by David Cunliffe | 29 Apr 2012 | Climate action economics, Election turnout
Speech to the New Lynn Women’s Branch of the Labour Party Introduction You know that at the last election, the one that we lost so badly, nearly one million people didn’t vote; more thansorry, sorry, but the Mahurangi Magazine just cannot bring itself allow ‘over’ in...
by Steve Reid | 27 Apr 2012 | Reviews
This book’s got it all. The Great Disruption explains why and how two huge crises will hit the world at virtually the same time—rather imminently—and how, author Paul Gilding believes, we can not only survive, but thrive. Gilding reckons global climate change and...
by Cimino | 17 Apr 2012 | Sea-level rise
The ex-president of the Maldives is seeking to make sea-level rise a presidential election issue. Forced out of office at gunpoint in February, Mohamed Nasheed is in the United States promoting the documentary The Island President. On the Daily Show, Nasheed said:...
by Cimino | 10 Apr 2012 | Biodiversity
It should have happened overnight. Dr Gareth Morgan’s Million-Dollar Mouse campaign deserved to have been over-subscribed by lunchtime the next day. After all, the philanthropist is matching contributions dollar for dollar, and so is only seeking $350 000—the...
by Cimino | 5 Apr 2012 | Coalition democratisation, MMP
As submitted to the Electoral Commission The Mahurangi Magazine has campaigned for MMP to be retained and improved for four and a half years—‘1 2 3, tune-up MMP.’ This submission primarily addresses an inherent historical deficiency of mixed member proportional...
by Cimino | 2 Apr 2012 | MMP
It’s a graphic illustration of the limitations of an electoral system. Despite every poll screaming its opposition to asset sales, the National Party ploughs ahead claiming that last year’s win over Labour provides it with an unassailable mandate to implement its...
by Bergin et al | 23 Mar 2012 | Establishment trials
Cimino Cole Mahurangi Action Philip Smith Taupō Native Plant Nursery Jaap van Dorsser Nursery consultant David Bergin Scion Research 22–23 March 2012 Introduction to the open-ground method A considerable proportion of the pastoral land in Aotearoa, particularly...
by Cimino | 21 Mar 2012 | Establishment trials
It could be seen as the epitome of the failure of market forces. Raising indigenous plants by the open-ground method was always going to be more cost-effective, yet it was the many more times expensive planter bag method that became an overnight success. The...
by Cimino | 11 Mar 2012 | Establishment trials
Next week’s open-ground field days have just become a much bigger deal. Philip Smith of Taupō Native Plant Nursery said on Thursday that Landcorp has taken every open-ground plant they currently have growing, and that next year Landcorp is intending to order...
by Tony Dunlop | 8 Mar 2012 | Science
As I said at the time, the psychology of climate change isn’t rocket science; it is far more complicated than that. At December’s Mahurangi Club I shared a few ideas around psychology, climate change, and climate change denial. Here I will share a bit more psychology...
