This report finds "catastrophic" impact for Wellington, #NewZealand, even for an moderate emissions scenario (global warming reaching between 1.7 and 3.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100).
Warming of 1.7C is not moderate, at least for Wellington.
Maybe time for reports to include current impacts, which are starting to become clear.
At least #Australia has shown the decency to consider recognising a Palestinian State. The neoliberal racist #NewZealand government’s not even acknowledged the atrocities being committed by Israel in Palestine let alone consider human rights of Palestinians. They are currently trying to dismantle te tiriti o Waitangi. The founding document of Aotearoa NZ. Big protests planned for tomorrow against this corrupt #NZPol government. #ToitūTeTiriti
🇳🇿"New Zealand is experiencing its highest peak in COVID-19 cases since December 2022, professor Michael Baker says."
"Despite the recommended isolation period now only being 5 days, Baker suggested people still getting a positive Covid-19 test wait to test again on day 6 or 7 before going back into society."
"The biology hasn't changed," Baker said, but there was more pressure for people to go back to work and school."
Things spotted on market day in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human pressing the button at the traffic lights just as the pedestrian signal goes green. His expression on discovering that he has newfound magical powers is pure glee.
A man in his 60s/70s on a pushbike riding down a hill behind a woman of the same age. He yells out "I love you!" She yells back "What?" He yells back "I love you stupid." She yells back laughing. "I know. You don't have to be rude about it. Idiot." They cycle on.
A man in his twenties swiftly walking through the markets with a cloth shopping bag tightly packed with at least 4 large bunches of celery. He's grinning to himself like he has secret exciting celery business to attend to.
A man in his 50s/60s saying to a woman that he went to the beach and didn't like how people had made pictures in the sand. He says emphatically, "It's not natural". The woman shrugs and says, "But the water washes them away so what's your problem.". He replies "But I know they were there!"
A small human ordering a hot chocolate being given two separate marshmallows. There's a moment of crisis while he looks from his hot chocolate to the marshmallows in his hand and back again. Then he shoves the marshmallows in his mouth as if making the problem go away, swallowing them whole. Seems content with solution.
I have just found another image from last weekend's auroral display. This was taken at 20:51:58 from Lake Aviemore, New Zealand. It shows one of the lovely aurora corona's seen on the night. #aurora#corona#NewZealand
Things spotted on market day in small town Aotearoa #newzealand
A very large man with a big bushy beard riding a pushbike with a very small dog sitting in the wicker handlebar basket. Both little #dog and man are grinning.
Two men in plaid shirts and work boots, next to a woolly hat display:
One says to the other "Did you hear about Jane? She got TWO sheds."
There's a pause then the other replies. "Two sheds?"
"Yeah. Two."
2nd guy shakes his head. "Yeah. Wow. Two sheds."
Contemplative silence follows.
A middle aged man saying, "I think I'll get a cheese scone," before veering towards cheese truck.
Middle aged woman speaks with sort of tone you'd use to address a puppy next to a suspicious puddle, "You don't like cheese scones."
A man in his 20s with almost no eyebrows standing at a book stall talking to a woman wearing a bemused expression. He says, "I was doing stir-fry last night and the flames hit the ceiling. Probably wasn't a good idea in hindsight."
A small human and a labrador both licking a car window while small human's very serious looking mum earnestly talks to a friend, oblivious to what is going on behind her.
A teenage boy standing at a soap stall with an intense look of concentration. Looks at vendor with a very serious expression. "Mums like soap, right?" Vendor replies just as seriously that mums do indeed appreciate soap. Teenager nods thoughtfully. "Yeah. That's what I thought."
There are moments when you have to say, Mother nature is awesome. One such moment occurred at Lake Aviemore last night at 02:25:45. This is three five second exposures combined to make a panorama. WOW! #aurora#auroraaustralis#beauty#NewZealand
A moment from last night's extraordinary display of the Aurora Australis. A 6.5 second exposure taken at 00:30:17 this morning #aurora#auroraaustralis#NewZealand
If the sky is dark where you are GO OUT NOW AND WATCH AN AMAZING AURORA!!! Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere get out now! Clouds marred the view before dawn at Hoopers Inlet in Dunedin NZ but the aurora was still incredible! #aurora#auroraaustralis#NewZealand
Here is another picture of Comet Pons Brooks from last night. This was taken by merging/median combining 35 images taken using a 93mm refractor to remove the shitty Starlink satellites. The ion and dust tails from the comet are clearly visible as is its green coma! #astronomy#NewZealand#comet#cometponsbrooks
Things spotted on market day in small city Aotearoa #newzealand
A man resembling an anxious wizard talking to a friend near a granola stall. Says: "I don't think I'm emotionally ready for macadamia nuts." Friend nods solemnly and the conversation moves on.
2 teenagers teasing their nan while in line at a food truck. "You like eating big sausages, don't you Nan?" Their grandad cutting in looking thoughtful. "She once ate two at the same time, didn't you love?" Gran nods. "I wouldn't do it every day, but it made a nice change"
A teenager (13ish) asking his mum "How much are you worth?" after explaining it's important to know for jobs in the future. Mum laughs and says "I'm priceless". Teenager comes straight back with "No, you're depreciating."
A couple in their 20s wearing athleisure wear walking past a vegetable stall. One says "I saw a video where you could imagine your bicep getting bigger and tried it, but I messed up and only imagined the one."
A small human being asked to hold his mum's hand. He shouts "No!" and stomps off to grab onto the hand of a passing tourist who finds the whole thing hilarious. Tourist says to mum that she'd keep toddler as long as he likes broccoli. Toddler shouts "No!" and marches back to his mum.
Things spotted on market day in small city Aotearoa #newzealand
Two women standing by a patisserie stand, talking smack in French about a nearby woman's shoes. Nearby woman then orders cakes in fluent French. Vibe is of a perfect mic drop.
A guy being greeted by friends who say they haven't seen him since a pandemic zoom call when he'd appeared to be doing it tough. He replied that he'd spent the pandemic stuck in a house with his Uncle Kev who'd been trying to learn the xylophone. The word "challenging" was used multiple times.
A small human completely entranced with a busker playing guitar. Bobbing and dancing along to the music. Doesn't want to leave when parents call her name.
A woman with a bright red scarf buying a selection of cakes at a Ukrainian fundraising bake sale. She then turns to her 3 grandkids with a straight face, saying sugar is bad for kids so she'll have to eat them all. Waits for the protests and then emits a delightfully wicked belly cackle.
A preacher delivering the fire and brimstone to the people at a zebra crossing through a portable mic.
His hype man contributing Dad-made-me-come ad libs of:
"Uhm, yeah, praise the lord?"
"Yeah. Uhm. Praise Jesus?" before getting the lowered eyebrows of retribution and stepping it up with a,
"Yeah. Uhm. Praise be?"
A batty author who thought that buying a large pumpkin and carrying it home up a steep hill would be a good idea.
More Far North smalls. Although introduced from AU, this Ranoidea aurea | green & golden bell frog is 1st 🐸 we’ve spotted in the “wild” at Waitangi Treaty Grounds (📷1). Dicathais orbita | cart-rut shell, a predatory sea snail, at Hendersons Bch (📷2). Rare Naultinus grayii | Northland green 🦎 gecko, captive at Gumdiggers Park (📷3), where an ancient insect (mosquito?) is entombed in kauri gum (📷4).