John Macilree MRAeS

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John Macilree MRAeS

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Transport consultant interested in aviation & transport technology. Past President of @aerospacenz Live with wife Wendy & 3 dogs. RT ≠ endorsement. 317.72ppm

Whangarei, New Zealand Tham gia Ocak 2008

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David Starkey@DrDStarkeyCBE·15h

Whatever one thinks about Trump’s intervention in Iran, the fact is it has cruelly exposed the vulnerability of our national defences. But that warning is a blessing that we must be grateful for. We MUST act now to rebuild our armed forces and defence infrastructure. The next lesson we receive could well be much harsher. History is full of examples of nations who didn’t heed the warnings of looming danger. I hope that Reform’s decision to commit to the triple lock doesn’t signal a further dive into the consumer politics that has consistently treated national defence as a secondary priority.

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Big Brain Philosophy@BigBrainPhiloso·1d

John Locke's argument for tolerance hits different when you realize it's rooted in humility: "We don't really know all that much. We're wrong about a lot. So we're not justified in forcing our views on others."

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Ani O'Brien@aniobrien·17h

Filming yourself complaining about petrol prices… while filling up a vintage Holden Kingswood 🤔 It’s like moaning about grocery prices while pushing a trolley full of caviar! A car designed in the 1970s… Carburettor. Built like a fridge. And drinks fuel like it’s still 50 cents a litre and Muldoon’s on the telly. I asked AI to do the maths: Kingswood: ~12–22+ L/100km Corolla: ~4–7 L/100km Hilux (ute): ~7–11 L/100km That’s 2 to 4 times the fuel burn. So yeap, if you choose to drive a rolling museum exhibit, filling it up is going to hurt. Normal Kiwis don’t have the luxury of turning inefficiency into a lifestyle. But here we’ve got Labour MP Dan “Koru Club” Rosewarne staging a social media moment in a gas-guzzling classic and presenting it as evidence of hardship. Mate, skipping one Kingswood fill could probably keep a few Corollas running for a week.

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Carl Worker@carlworker·1d

He is going in his capacity as UK King, but the same person is King of NZ. Do we have a right to a view on the propriety of the visit?

Jonathan Lis@jonlis1

Absolutely unconscionable that the King is about to make a state visit to this President.

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Luke Christensen@lukechristensen·15h

Bay of Plenty's Route 150 has got to be the coolest bus route in New Zealand. 130km route from Opotiki to Potaka. Terminus is the "hot bread shop", vehicle is a white van, and the timetable has the drivers phone number for any questions! Only operates Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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@juhasaarinen @ClintVSmith Would the supply of PT services be increased to meet the extra demand (over and above that created by higher fuel prices) and, if so, how quickly?

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@ClintVSmith PT usage needs to go up much more... make it free.

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Clint Smith@ClintVSmith·15h

The Government has this great resource I haven't seen reported anywhere that shows how traffic volumes are responding to the fuel crisis hormuz-458b0b.gitlab.io It shows light vehicle travel down 10% year on year, and commercial vehicles down 7% vs Feb. Public transport up 6%

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Charted Daily@Charteddaily·10h

@mixedusezoning Here's the 65+ employment rate across those countries up until 2024. The impact of New Zealand removing the compulsory retirement age in 1999 is pretty clear. The plot doesn't show it, but in the latest December 2025 quarter New Zealand's 65+ employment rate had risen to 25.7%.

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Proudofus.uk@ProudofusUK·1d

Every time you fly anywhere on earth. It traces back to Croydon. ✈️ South London. 1920. The world's first international airport. The world's first air traffic control tower. The world's first airport terminal. The world's first airport hotel. 🏨 And the word Mayday. In 1923 senior radio officer Fred Mockford needed a distress call. Most flights went to Paris. So he chose the French for help me. Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Used by every pilot. Every sailor. Across every sky and sea. 🌊 Charles Lindbergh landed here in 1927. One hundred thousand people came to meet him. Amy Johnson took off from here in 1930. The first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia. Winston Churchill took flying lessons here. George VI got his wings here. 🇬🇧 It closed in 1959. The building still stands. In Croydon. Every international airport on earth. Every air traffic control tower. Every Mayday call. Traces back to South London. This is the kind of history we were never taught. 📚 Proud Of Us UK is funded entirely by the community watching it. No sponsors. No broadcaster. No institution. Just people who believe British history deserves to be told. If you watched this and felt something... That's exactly why we exist. Join the people keeping it alive: proudofus.co.uk/support 🇬🇧 Be Part Of Us. Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧

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Peter Carrell ن@petercarrell·1d

My understanding is that, because we don't have significant storage capacity, as long as tankers are on the seas to us, we may as well use fuel [if we can afford to] ... what we need to know is when the tankers are not coming, and then we need to save/conserve/minimise usage.

Clint Smith@ClintVSmith

So, the people who supply our fuel are pushing hard on fuel savings.... but here, at the end of the supply line, we're being told to act like everything's normal

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Ibrahim Jalal | إبراهيم جلال@IbrahimJalalYE·2d

New satellite imagery from @SoarAtlas shows 3 large tankers loading at 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s Al Muajjiz Terminal on the Red Sea The East-West Pipeline is now running at full capacity of 7 million bpd, up from 2.2 million bpd in the first 9 days of March.

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Sky News@SkyNews·1d

The movement of fuel tankers shows how high the demand for energy is in the UK. Sky's economics and data editor @EdConwaySky looks at how the Iran war has forced the world into a race for energy. Read more Iran coverage on Sky: trib.al/1F0YlpH

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Dr Richard Hirschson@richardhirschs1·1d

BP service station owner in Sydney: -petrol tanker response times for an order to a delivery have blown out from 24 hrs to 6 days. -Tanker orders only accepted if a fuel type has already run out. -There is no fuel hoarding any longer, fuel tanks are full, and kept full, sub $60 top ups. -Sales volumes are now back to what they used to be pre-crisis. ⚠️This is no longer a demand issue. Service stations in Sydney are now suffering from a lack of supply.

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Happy Motorhead@HappyMotorhead·2d

Eye opener... #Funny #Humor

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Epic Maps 🗺️@theepicmap·2d

The difference between UAE, Dubai and Abu Dhabi

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Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal·1d

🚨🇴🇲🇸🇦🇦🇪🇮🇷 Someone just found a way around Iran's toll booth... Three tankers loaded with Saudi and Emirati crude and LNG exited the Persian Gulf today through an unconventional route hugging Oman's Musandam coastline, completely bypassing Iran's checkpoint between Larak and Qeshm islands. Satellite imagery confirmed it. No spoofing. Real ships, real cargo, real breakthrough. These are the first fully insured, sanctions-compliant supertankers to leave the Gulf since the war started on February 28th. Four million barrels of crude on two ships alone. The route tells the whole story. Oman, which has quietly maintained relationships with both Iran and the West throughout this war, appears to have brokered a safe passage corridor through its own territorial waters. Iran either agreed to let it happen or couldn't stop it. If this corridor holds, it changes the entire economic calculus of the war. Gulf states can start moving oil again without paying Iran's toll or waiting for a UN resolution that Russia and China just blocked. The chokehold that gave Tehran its strongest leverage starts loosening without a single shot being fired. Three ships is a trickle. Normal traffic is 75-85 tankers a day. But every flood starts with a trickle, and energy markets are watching these three vessels like the world depends on it. Source: @TankerTrackers, ESA Satellite Imagery

Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal

🇺🇳🇮🇷 The Gulf's plan to force Hormuz open just hit a wall at the UN Russia, China, and France blocked Bahrain's Security Council resolution authorizing military force to reopen the Strait. Three veto-wielding powers said no to any language permitting the use of force. A vote is scheduled for Friday but the math hasn't changed. Macron called Trump's "just go take it" approach "unrealistic," warning it would expose any force to Iranian coastal weapons and ballistic missiles. The most devastating line came from the International Crisis Group: "It treats a political crisis as if it can be solved at gunpoint." The Strait was open before the bombs fell. It closed because of the war. Ending the war reopens it. Everything else is theater. The deeper damage is in the relationships. Qatar and Oman, who mediated between the U.S. and Iran for years, now say ties with Tehran are "probably irreparably damaged." They've handed the mediator role to Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt entirely. Saudi Arabia, which restored diplomatic relations with Iran just three years ago through a China-brokered deal, is now leading the charge against it at the UN. Source: New York Times

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Charted Daily@Charteddaily·1d

The large number of international students at @AucklandUni has helped it become New Zealand's largest university by a mile. Student numbers are up 71% since 2000. AUT has grown even faster (+82%) and is now the second-largest university. By comparison, Massey has gone backwards.

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Most of the increase in international student enrolments in 2025 was at universities in the North Island. Auckland, Waikato and Massey were all at record levels.

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Steven Rattner@SteveRattner·1d

Past oil shocks had massive effects on our economy and politics. And the current one—caused by Trump’s War in Iran—is nearly two times larger. @Morning_Joe