Ryan Mearns

@HaydenDonnell Star Spinoff gallery reporter Hayden Donnell strikes again

happy to have established myself as one of the leading sources of depressing housing news

"Nearly two-thirds (63%) say they are concerned about climate-related damage ... only 27% say they are confident in the Beehive’s preparedness." thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360960…

Phase one is denial

This … is actually a good lineup imo.

@miriammooretoo “The bucket fountain works”

However, that's before he went scorched earth on the government.

.@toby_etc's 'Cyclone Gabrielle, politics and the cost-of-the-status-quo crisis' is an apt state of play of how the Cyclone has altered the political reality thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-02…

New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister James Shaw denounced the global lack of action on climate change as Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc across his country reut.rs/3EvWfwz

Fall in petrol use in gas-guzzling US heralds shift for global markets via @FT on.ft.com/3JR6AGH

Our waste/rubbish workers are heroes every day but they’re going the extra mile doing rough work but always with a smile and so much care for our community. Thank you thank you thank you. We appreciate your work. 📸 Chris Weissenborn - NZDF @AklCouncil

Economic forecasts looking less dire than many predicted for the following year — it’ll be interesting to see whether NZRB’s shifts sharp negative tone from end of last year. on.ft.com/40qo3vE

There's an alt. timeline when it becomes apparent that this is more than a regular storm (circa 3-4pm), the Mayor goes on the radio & urges out of caution that all businesses that can to close early and send their staff home, don't go to the concert, avoid the floodwater, etc

@miriammooretoo 🤷🏼‍♂️

Wonder if my colleagues who mock our efforts on climate change and threaten to weaken our efforts will actually take it seriously now? I live in hope.

@MegdeRonde Welcome to the Commission Meg!

@LeroyBeckett 🫡

@thomaslebas San Miguel de Allende is 4-5 hours away from MC. Well worth a visit.

Anyone got recommendations for Mexico City? Or alternatively another place in Mexico to go that’s more than a party destination or “just another beach”?

@LeroyBeckett @henrycooke Hello from YouTube Premium/YouTube music land

ah the spotify quarterly (I switched from Apple Music in sept)

RBNZ is always 3-6 months behind US-FED — noting that "proposed downshifting to half-point rate rises as soon as the next meeting in December", so it'll be interesting to see come early next year whether they pull back from the language they used today ft.com/content/422c04…