Protecting poor people: the call for a rent freeze in Auckland
As property investors indicate an intention to raise rents, Renters United and 20+ community groups call for a rent freeze in Auckland.
flooding
Take Care Auckland and Northland
Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in Auckland, leading to evacuations, power outages, and high risk warnings of sewerage on beaches.
People are being urged to stay home if safe, and stay off the roads. Please also check on neighbours and people who may be struggling especially disabled people, elderly, those on their own, and those with young children and pets.
This is what the climate crisis looks like in New Zealand, so far
If we keep doing what we are doing (not acting on climate), then at some point there will just be too many of these events to keep up with. But we still have time to limit the damage and transition society.
Rain doesn’t cause most floods, humans do
What to do with all the water falling from the sky? Some choices are smarter than others.
Perhaps climate change will go away if we ignore it?
That seems to be Bill English’s position.
Thoughts are with Edgecumbe
Photo from the Whakatane Beacon.
North Island weather bomb
Further very heavy rain is expected over the North Island in the next 12 hours. Civil Emergencies have been declared in several places.
Climate change, weather bombs, and the infrastructure that we need
The effects of climate change are here, now, playing out in the flooded north. We should be preparing, we should be hardening critical infrastructure like Auckland’s fresh water supply. Instead of building – you know – more roads.
A bit wet lately
The Anthropocene
Heavy flooding in Chennai and the North of England is the latest in a long line of recent extreme weather events. Welcome to the Anthropocene.
Red Cross flood appeal
Red Cross is collecting for those recently affected by flooding in NZ. Here’s how to donate…
More flooding
All the best to those affected by the latest round of flooding.
Wild weather
All the best to those coping with the wild weather or its aftermath. We’ll see lots of photos of floods and damage, but no discussion of the increasing risks of extreme weather.
A little place by the beach
2014 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record. If you own a little place by the beach you might want to ponder the implications…