Kasey
@kaseymcdonnell.co.nz
Do I need to say views my own because they are my own
Like I told the council this morning, what will a review tell us? It’ll say this is still value for money - more than a second mount vic tunnel that’s for sure. It’s still good for the climate. Even if the price is higher. I’d much rather grow our city than be the last person of my age left here.
Another 6 month review will not deliver the Golden Mile, just like the reviews before it. This city is stuck in managed decline and we desperately need to build our way out of it
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Like I told the council this morning, what will a review tell us? It’ll say this is still value for money - more than a second mount vic tunnel that’s for sure. It’s still good for the climate. Even if the price is higher. I’d much rather grow our city than be the last person of my age left here.
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“The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?”
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Op-ed of mine in The Post today on behalf of @greaterauckland.bsky.social on why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not)
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Pedal power surges, but Auckland infrastructure trails the biking boom
OPINION: Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity. But this maxim does not apply to adding cycling options.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?”
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Great op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social on the immense value of complete and connected bike networks. 🚲
Presenting to Wellington city council about the golden mile today… if you want a sneak peak of what my speech is about
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Presenting to Wellington city council about the golden mile today… if you want a sneak peak of what my speech is about
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
Oh my god www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Oh my god www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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The transit riders vs drivers election.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The transit riders vs drivers election.
Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
How Jacinda Ardern’s ‘groundbreaking’ climate law has become ‘a shell’
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
Inspired by @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book, so I’m trying to help support people focused places here in Wellington! Let’s mobilise to get more space for people in our city 💟
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Inspired by @thewaroncars.bsky.social’s book, so I’m trying to help support people focused places here in Wellington! Let’s mobilise to get more space for people in our city 💟
Ban fossil fuel advertising. Can’t be trusted. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/02/s...
Settlement gets Z Energy out of court – not 'out of the petrol business'
After a long legal fight the fuel giant, consumer and environmental groups find one thing to agree on: the Govt must step up to ensure NZ's emissions targets are achieved, they say. Jonathan Milne rep...
newsroom.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ban fossil fuel advertising. Can’t be trusted. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/02/s...
Life after Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social nails how much better life will be when we stop designing streets for cars. Streets made for people to enjoy are amazing; challenging, inspiring, connecting us. Streets for cars make us sad. Streets for people revitalise us.
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Life after Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social nails how much better life will be when we stop designing streets for cars. Streets made for people to enjoy are amazing; challenging, inspiring, connecting us. Streets for cars make us sad. Streets for people revitalise us.
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Things that cost approx $16 billion
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Things that cost approx $16 billion
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
-Northland road
-Lake Onslow power scheme
Auckland has pay by debit card and fare caps. Maybe it’s worth dumping the NTS and just using their system.
Totally with @yadana.bsky.social here. Cities like Sydney have been doing integrated ticketing for over a decade. Also Cable Car retired Snapper in expectation of the 2026 rollout. Another embarrassing example of NZ failing at simple infrastructure.
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
‘Getting ridiculous’: Councillor slams ticketing delays
A Wellington regional councillor says 17 years is too long to wait for national ticketing, as NZTA delays the city’s rollout to 2027.
www.thepost.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Auckland has pay by debit card and fare caps. Maybe it’s worth dumping the NTS and just using their system.
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You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage
The law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
bro can they give me ONE DAY where I don’t have to get sad about the slashing and burning of our climate policy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage
The law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
bro can they give me ONE DAY where I don’t have to get sad about the slashing and burning of our climate policy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
can’t afford having trains run every six minutes in Wellington but we can spend the same amount as the COVID response on roads that won’t improve traffic long term???
What was actually in the fine print of yesterday's roading announcement: a $40-to-$50 billion bill that we could not pay without bankrupting ourselves. This has been implicit for a long time and should be in the damn headlines. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/reality-bi...
Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation
The government’s mega-roads programme is now looking to cost an astonishing $40-50 billion, based on new documents released yesterday by the NZTA.On Monday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop touted the ...
greaterauckland.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
can’t afford having trains run every six minutes in Wellington but we can spend the same amount as the COVID response on roads that won’t improve traffic long term???
Catching up on the Government's suite of atrocious methane policy changes. Todd McClay said on Morning Report that the National Party didn't promise to price methane emissions on farm. Not true.
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Catching up on the Government's suite of atrocious methane policy changes. Todd McClay said on Morning Report that the National Party didn't promise to price methane emissions on farm. Not true.
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Pretty sure this breaks the terms of the free trade deal with the EU so that'll be funny when the farmers realize that #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes
The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Yet more anti-climate policy! On a Sunday no less! Lord almighty.
Current methane target: -24 to -47% by 2050.
New methane target: -14 to -24% by 2050.
Also, two year delay in critical decisions on carbon budgets and ag pricing permanently canned.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...
New methane target: -14 to -24% by 2050.
Also, two year delay in critical decisions on carbon budgets and ag pricing permanently canned.
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...
www.beehive.govt.nz
October 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yet more anti-climate policy! On a Sunday no less! Lord almighty.
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Provide free banking and mortgage lending at OCR+1 as a public banking service, and nationalise fossil fuel electricity generation (and incentivise generators to reduce it's use). Split wholesale / retail grocery and force sale of half of supermarkets to several new entrants. No more half measures.
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Provide free banking and mortgage lending at OCR+1 as a public banking service, and nationalise fossil fuel electricity generation (and incentivise generators to reduce it's use). Split wholesale / retail grocery and force sale of half of supermarkets to several new entrants. No more half measures.
Trying to do @drdrehistorian.bsky.social proud and taking the train to Auckland 🚞💟
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trying to do @drdrehistorian.bsky.social proud and taking the train to Auckland 🚞💟
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#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵
Featured in @thespinoff.bsky.social this morning: how renters are missing out on our energy revolution. Thanks for sharing spinoff team! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
As alternative energy options grow, renters will be left holding the power bill
We risk entrenching a two-tier energy system – expensive energy for the poor and cheap energy for the rich.
thespinoff.co.nz
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Featured in @thespinoff.bsky.social this morning: how renters are missing out on our energy revolution. Thanks for sharing spinoff team! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
The Verge has always done a good job building a direct, strong relationship with its audience. Even still they’re feeling the pressure of Google’s search changes. Never bet your audience acquisition strategy on another platform’s goodwill. www.theverge.com/tech/782887/...
How to make sure The Verge shows up in your Google search results
Google is now offering new ways to customize the sources that show up in your search results pages and your Discover newsfeed.
www.theverge.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Verge has always done a good job building a direct, strong relationship with its audience. Even still they’re feeling the pressure of Google’s search changes. Never bet your audience acquisition strategy on another platform’s goodwill. www.theverge.com/tech/782887/...
I may never need to own a car because electric bikes are so god damn magical www.theverge.com/transportati...
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation
www.theverge.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I may never need to own a car because electric bikes are so god damn magical www.theverge.com/transportati...