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Benoit 🌱

@BenoitPette

Wellingtonian. All in for a full transition away from fossil fuel. Writer for Inside Wellington. Member of NZ Greens.

Wellington, New Zealand Katılım Ağustos 2015
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
This. Once lockdown is over, please consider ditching combustion engines, switching to EV, PT or AT, and together we’ll create this sustainable, peaceful world we all aspire to.
Shane Montague 🇮🇪🇳🇿🇪🇺@MontagueShane

@nashthomas The number of birds in our garden has increased very noticeably and our Dunedin city center neighbours have also commented on this - from a safe distance 😄 And the quiet from lack of traffic has been a revelation- so less stressful- had not realise how much ambient noise we had

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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@GeorgeKCampbell Because with a left city council, a Green regional councillor chair of transport, and two Green MPs, Wellingtonians have clearly showed they want a tunnel with more cars to an expanding airport?
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Georgina Campbell
Georgina Campbell@GeorgeKCampbell·
Last Capital Letter column for the year: Wellington has been more of a loser than a winner in 2023 and if the city has learnt anything from this experience it’s that it should take the new Government’s money for a second Mt Victoria tunnel and run. nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-…
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@RebeccaJEmm Wellington, a city massively left and Green leaning at each administrative level (local, regional and national) ... and an airport expanding, with soon a brand new highway puking its cars through it. Why still vote really?
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Rebecca Matthews
Rebecca Matthews@RebeccaJEmm·
Why on earth would we REcarbonise our transport system?
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
And soon the repeal of the plastic bag ban ... Why? Because Labour
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
12% was the amount of Wellingtonians satisfied with WCC in 2022. 12% is the rate increase Wellingtonians are faced with. 10% is Barbara McKerrow's payrise. No shade of decency.
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
Here is WCC in 2023: Lamps falling from posts, private data leaks, budgets blowouts ... yet not a single apology. And now this, just when rates are exploding. An utter disgrace. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350124…
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@nashthomas @paulebruce So GWRC and WCC *could* put a lid on airport's carbon emissions? So why you, our Green mayor and two Green MPs haven't done it yet? So embarrassing really.
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Thomas Nash@nashthomas·
One thing about local government is that councils can apply higher standards at a regional / local level than what is required by national direction. So even if national direction is less ambitious than locals want on climate, freshwater, transport, housing, councils can do more.
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Georgina Campbell@GeorgeKCampbell·
KiwiRail wanted a decision from ministers on its “significantly more costly” mega ferry terminals by July, documents reveal, but the problem remains unresolved and there’s no promise it will be sorted out before the election. @nzherald 👀 nzherald.co.nz/nz/dire-strait…
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
Do you think they get the message?
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@nashthomas What about a strategy to promote actively working from home, reducing transport strain, and allowing offices buildings to be repurposed in homes? What about working actively against the expansion of the airport to *not* create more traffic to it?
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Thomas Nash
Thomas Nash@nashthomas·
Wellington needs way more housing because we have a dire shortage - many people might not realise this because they are well housed. We need way more public transport because there’s no room for everyone to drive cars. Prioritising a new Mt Vic tunnel does zero to help with this.
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@KatrinaZBWgtn Surely thousands of cars less on the road is a good thing now? Surely there is a new world to invent, less centralised? I say we are not going far enough with working from home, and saving some businesses is not a good enough reason to go back the old ways.
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Katrina Bennett
Katrina Bennett@KatrinaZBWgtn·
Both Wishbone & Carly Harris - based in Welly - have recently blamed ppl working from home for going under. So how bad is it post-Covid? The numbers don't lie - occupancy rates of 53% at some of our biggest ministries, thousands fewer cars on our roads nzherald.co.nz/nz/working-fro…
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@ScoopWellington Last time a Green mayor went to Asia with a business delegation, we ended up with Shelly Bay and an airport expansion. Can't wait to see what this one brings.
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
Hi @WgtnCC. Can you please let me know when the 2023 edition of the Residents Monitoring Survey will be released? It was released early June in 2022. Many thanks.
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Kieran McAnulty MP
Kieran McAnulty MP@Kieran_McAnulty·
A lovely note left under my wipers. Mum, if this was you next time just ring me.
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
@WgtnCC Hi. Has the panel any electrification component (e.g. 20% of machinery being used must be electric)?
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Wellington City Council@WgtnCC·
We're proud to welcome a new contractor panel to deliver our ambitious transport programme for the next five years! 🏙️ The new panel will be instrumental in delivering the changes to make sure Wellington’s core transport infrastructure is a safe, resilient and reliable network.
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Benoit 🌱@BenoitPette·
Will Wellington's Green mayor even consider such policy? Or will Wellington Region's Green chair of Climate Change committee?
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