TheSarapocalypse

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Relentlessly hopeful for our future 🌿🌏♻️🚴‍♀️ Tangata Tiriti. She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

Screenshot of a post "Most coalition MPs, on Tuesday morning, said they thought Peters* latest outburst was "racist". But they wouldn't be drawn on whether Luxon, in allowing Peters to remain in his post, has failed to hold the foreign minister accountable."
Screendhot of headljne reading "Let's not get caught up in the small things' / Nat MPs grilled over Peters remaining Foreign Minister"
Screenshot of a headline reading "Labour MP Kieran McAnulty booted from the House after challenging Speaker over Peters' racist' comments" from Feb 2026
Screenshot of a Facebook post from Winston Peters saying "The only thing THICKER than Chris Hipkins ruling me out TWELVE MONTHS AFTER I RULED HIM OUT is the low IQ media who report it."
Screenshot from a price comparison website where Anchor butter is $8.49 at Durham St New World, $9.99 at Moorhouse Pak n Save and $10.40 at Moorhouse Woolworths. All within a few hundred meters of each other.
Photograph of a swing bridge on Rakiura Stewart island. There Is a yellow diamond shaped sign attached at the entrance. On the top half of the sign is an image of a person walking across the bridge with the numbers, 1 to 5 and a tick. On the bottom half is an image of the swing bridge, broken and someone falling from it with the numbers, 5 + 1 and a cross.
Screenshot of a Post headline and photo of the PM from April 20. Headline reads Christopher Luxon hints at joining UK-France led mission in Strait of Hormuz.
Screenshot of a Facebook post from National Mp Maureen Pugh. In the chamber of Mp Vanessa Weenink, knitting. Post reads: 'It was such a waste of productive time Vanessa Weenink MP for Banks Peninsula pulled out her knitting rather than listen to the Leader of the Labour Party's speech. The neonatal unit will benefit from her baby blankets.'
Image shows Sam Neil in Jurassic Park dealing with three velociraptors.
Menu Hotspot Screenshot from The New Zealand Herald 21 Apr 2026 Weather-related claims skyrock­eted in the past 12 months, high­light­ing the volat­ile nature of New Zea­l­and’s weather, an expert says. New Zea­l­and’s largest insurer, IAG, says weather-related claims rose 256% after the coun­try was battered by 46 storms. New data from IAG New Zea­l­and’s Wild Weather Tracker revealed its insur­ance brands received 33,174 claims from 46 storms between March 2025 and Feb­ru­ary 2026, up from 9324 claims over 29 storms in the pre­vi­ous 12-month period. Storm-related claims covered home, con­tents, motor, com­mer­cial and boat policies across IAG New Zea­l­and’s insur­ance com­pan­ies, which include AMI, State and NZI. Phil Gib­son, chief exec­ut­ive of AMI, State and NZI, said storms were arriv­ing more often and with greater intens­ity. “Over a 15-year timeline, a storm typ­ic­ally affected parts of the coun­try once every 19 days. In the last 12 months, that fre­quency has more than doubled to once every eight days, mak­ing storms a near-weekly occur­rence.”
Screenshot of a Te So News post. It gas an image of Paul Goldsmith and the headline 'Analysis: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard'.
Two Mt Cook buttercups in bloom along the Routeburn Track. They are white with gold and green centres and a beautiful amongst the heve, tussock and other alpine foliage.
A group of around 80-100 people are sitting and standing in full sun on the steps of a beautiful wharenui at Ōnuku Marae. The sun us out, the sky is blue and we're all smiling. I'm sitting in the middle in a green and white dress.
Photograph of the front of a wharenui with stunning carved wooden maihi, amo and kōruru framing the paepae and entrance. There us blue sky above, a green lawn in front and the Akaroa Harbour in the distance. It's a beautiful setting.
Photo of a ginger cat snoozing on the top back of a comfy sofa.
Screenshot from Google Maps showing Yirk St and Te Kura.
A reused clear plastic bag holds a collection of smallish green apples with marked skins. Beside it, a fabric bag holds a bounty of feijoas.
Media Release from GasNZ 13 March 2026 GasNZ reassures customers that “gas decline” stories are not about LPG supply Despite the diminishing supplies of natural gas in New Zealand, there is no shortage of LPG, GasNZ says. Chief executive Jeffrey Clarke says most of the news about declining ‘gas’ production in New Zealand is actually about ‘natural gas’, and is not relevant to ‘LPG gas’ users. “LPG supplies are not declining like natural gas is,” he says. There are 300,000 customers of LPG in New Zealand – including all South Island ‘gas’ consumers – who don’t have to worry about the decline in natural gas affecting them. People sometimes ask how they can be sure whether their gas is LPG or natural gas, Clarke says. “It’s pretty simple - if your gas comes in a cylinder or tank, then it is LPG. “If you are a South Islander, then your gas is LPG – because there is no natural gas supply in the South Island. “And if your gas is piped to your home or business in the North Island, then it is probably natural gas.” Clarke says that if you are in any doubt, just check with your retailer. And that despite the war in the Middle East – LPG suppliers in New Zealand say that they have plenty of stock, he says. “Most of New Zealand’s LPG comes from Australia and USA, with some produced here domestically. “None of the LPG New Zealand imports is shipped through the Middle East.”
A frijoa sits, sliced in half, on a bamboo chopping board. In front, a retro sliver-plated teaspoon reflects the light.
I have written to the Chair of the Governance and Administration Select Committee requesting that we hold an urgent inquiry on the capability and capacity of FENZ. Yesterday I attended the firefighters' strike in Central Auckland with ChlĂśe Swarbrick and spent some time at their fire station. Firefighters there share concerns raised across the country. In the short time I've been the spokesperson for Internal Affairs for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, it has become very obvious that there are serious issues that need immediate attention within Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
Photonof a newspapers article describing the huge jump in the number of people biking in Ōtautahi Christchurch in the last few weeks.
Screenshot from BusinessDesk: Transport Minister Chris Bishop has told an infrastructure sector audience he doesn't think the public fully comprehend how bad the fuel crisis might get. "It's a scary prospect and I'm not 100% sure the public have quite worked it out vet.Bishop made the comments at an Infrastructure NZ conference in Auckland on Thursday
Screenshot of a map of Ōtautahi Christchurch with a stack of green and purple dots all over it. The doys have numbers in them that are the weekly cycling numbers for each counter. They range from 231 to over 11 000.
Social media tile advertising a quiz night fundraiser for the Ilam Greenz. Its on Wed 15th April 630pm at Elmwood Trading Co. Book table ilam@greens.org.nz . $20pp. $10 student or unwaged.
Photo of the lower half of the front page of The Press today. The headline reads 'More cyclists on city roads, bike shops report rush'.
Screenshot of a price comparison website. It shows royal gala apples different prices at my two local supermarkets, New World $3.99 and Pak n Save $3.49 and the dare 19 March.
Harrison Ford riding a bicycle. He's wearing jeans and a dark jersey ovr a blue shirt.
Photo shows a small solar panel on a concrete pad in bright sunlight. A phone side cable are just visible in the shade behind it.
Screenshot of the website where the plan is framed as 'New Zealand relies on imported refined liquid fuels. These fuels primarily petrol, diesel and jetfuel-are critical for our industries, businesses and day-to- day activities.Our liquid fuels are mostly derived from crude oil but also include some biofuels.
Scrednshot from the Study: Based on the results of the analysis above, we concluded that the most cost-effective strategies for enhancing fuel resilience is accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles, adding trucking capacity and increasing diesel storage. These measures provide the highest resilience benefits at for the cost. For jet fuel, increasing storage is the most cost-effective option. Investing in biofuels could also be viable for both jet fuel and diesel, but it requires further analysis and comes with higher costs. In contrast, reestablishing Marsden Point Refinery or developing a new refinery for indigenous crude proved inefficient due to either high costs and/or limited effectiveness across all fuel types.
Graph showing the relative placement of the six options with the two axis being volume usefulness and cost.
Very dense and tiny text on the 'Plan on a Page' - not really legible, except for showing the four parts of the plan - Resilience against global shocks, domestic resilience,supporting domestic alternatives and resilience in a transitioning market.
View from the top of Mt Herbert. Rolling hills slope down in the foreground. Beyond them you can see Lyttelton Harbour, the Port Hills, a glimpse of Christchurch City then the Southern Alps in the distance. Blue skies above with a few wispy clouds.
Screenshot shot of news stories detailing data breaches at Manage My Health and MediMap.
Image with heading We want your feedback on 5 proposed changes to the riad rules. There are pictures of a bus, car, scooter and bikes.
Photo shows individually ziplock bagged seed cracker ingredients for the crackers and a long, wooden handled spatula fir soothing them out on the baking tray when mixed.
Screenshot of a new alert from RNZ with the headline 'Banks Peninsula, Christchurch next in firing line'
Photo of a laptop screen showing a lot of lines of numbers in a budget. Hard to read, but all the red highlighted bits (a lot) are cuts to drinking water budget lines.
Text from The Press article "The risk of pipes bursting along Christchurch’s ageing water infrastructure network is not going away, as councillors consider not funding a third of priority projects. The city’s water infrastructure is described as “sweating” in the council’s own draft long term plan, but staff told councillors on Tuesday it will make do with the budget it gets. As it stands, in the draft long term plan (council’s 10 year budget) the team won’t have the funding to tackle its backlog of asset renewals for four more years."
A hillside covered in lush green trees, with mostly nikau palms.
An image showing the earth without the oceans, but all the world's water volume in two small (salt water) and tiny (fresh water) drops over North America.
Album cover for The Hunting of the Snark by Mike Batt.
A small hut with verandah and chimney with a small woodshed beside it. They are surrounded by native bush and there's a patch of blue sky above.
Close up od part of a plant and pot with a yellow plastic stick sticking out of the potting mix.
Screeshot of text from PM spech reported on RNZ that reads "We have incredible weather events and natural disasters that hit this country, we've got to control what we can control. What we can control is our response to these events and our recovery from these events. And ultimately how we build more resilience into our core infrastructure is ultimately what we've been doing."
Photo shows an outdoor stage with trees behind it. The set is mountains, a round door, and a tower. Three actors are on stage, one holding a long pole with along piece of black fabric as a ringwraith. There are lots of people picnicing on the ground in front.
Screenshot of a bicycle cover for sale at The Warehouse. The bike is half covered with the cover half off showing the front of the bike... which is going to be difficult to ride as it is a hilarious AI image with two front wheels and one long handlebar. While there are two pedals, they are both on the left dime of the bike with the actual pedals facing inwards under the bike. It's a mess and the shop should have checked it before pitting up the supplier's images.
Video of a waterfall. It's narrower at the top and spreads widely over large rocks as it falls. The day is overcast and drizzling.
Screenshot of a pop up box saying 'You have already requested to close your account'. In the background is text about closing the account and a green 'close account' button - which I couldn't activate.
Photo of a large trifle in a glass bowl. It has layers - from the bottom - of jelly, custard, jam roll, peaches, custard, whipped cream and then a scattered pile of strawberries and blueberries. It's got sherry inside, but that's not visible. Also inside is an extra layers of peaches, extra custard and boysenberry curd.
Photo is of a dark green hut surrounded by ferns and other native bush. There's a set of wooden steps up to a verandah. The sky is overcast. A sign on the hut reads North Arm Hut. Note: it's on Rakiura, Stewart Island
View of a steep sided valley from above the bushline. A woman sits drinking water from a bottle and looks at the view to the craggy mountain peak at the end of the valley. There is a smattering of snow on the tops.
A fabulous pile of gifts including mini brick model flowers and parrot, moisturizer and facial scrub and a wonderful hand knitted bright green and multicolored scarf! Oo - and chocolates that made a great treat on the track after dehydrated dinners.
Two parcels wrapped in joyful multicolor Christmas paper on my table. The bottom one is rounded and the smaller one on top is rectangular. I have NO idea what they could be and am super exited to take them away on holiday next week for opening day!
Screenshot of the tracker details showing my Secret Santa gift is in Ōtautahi and due to be delivered today!
A glass trifle bowl with five red apples in it for scale. It is 20cm across and 13cm high. Plain, but classy.