'farmers have struggled to produce enough potatoes to fuel the state[..] This in turn means that potato chip companies have to source potatoes from out of state, driving more transportation costs and even more planet-overheating air pollution from shipping'https://t.co/gJnndKLvHx
@nkean I feel your pain, as a Kiwi with a US @Citibank account that I can't access or close unless I post them unspecified papers that have been notarized during a two-hour timeslot on Wednesdays at the US consulate 650km from my home
@Economissive I hear you but I worry successive govts may not adequately address free allocation & ag emissions fast enough, so I think it's valid to make policy interventions now that target gross reductions via investment decisions in long lived assets like buildings & vehicles
There’s a saying in Samoan, “E le tu fa’amauga se tagata” – no one stands alone, no one succeeds alone – and, for me, no one suffers alone. Green MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins' speech at Parliament on February 15, 2024 https://t.co/OguaN3LRUz
Presenting a self-painted, cardboard cutout kiwi to a man in a suit on Parliament's steps with a bunch of my classmates. Don't know exactly what that was about but I guess West Coast logging. Also: grandma's colourful language about Richard Prebble, must have been '96
Moe mai rā Dr Roger Payne, giant of the movement to understand and protect the natural world of which we are a part. I'll always remember how you spoke of the kuaka: its sense of direction, teamwork, internationalism, and instinctive understanding of home https://t.co/tCEbSGEwbu
Shout out to @chennanigans who is so committed to the mahi that, the moment the shaking stopped, jumped back up from under her desk and continued mid sentence where she'd left off
New year, new job? There's nothing like the excitement of working on an election campaign. @NZGreens are hiring key roles for the 2023 campaign: comms, Māori comms, creative, field campaign, and data/IT directors https://t.co/rweOxrrXJu
Isolation day four
Mild: sore throat, fatigue, cough
Manageable: boredom
Extreme: hatred of whichever muppet left a beam scooter beeping in the no parking zone near my apartment several hours ago
I’m getting the big boots on to support our @MissWhanau to get Welly to be a city of impact! There’s much mahi to do but Wellingtonians are already leading in this space! Imagine what will happen when we are all working toward this together! https://t.co/EKX1FBgRQl