Marc Daalder
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️
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Marc Daalder
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
· Aug 13
We strangled our rivers; now they're fighting back
Special report: We forced NZ's braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds – now we're seeing the consequences. Marc Daalder investigates.
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Paywall now lifted: My special report this morning is about how we spent generations strangling our rivers to make room for our homes and farms, only to find we've ended up supercharging their flows.
What do we do when we realise we've built a society in a riverbed?
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What do we do when we realise we've built a society in a riverbed?
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"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
Driving from Wellington to Auckland in an electric vehicle? Can it be done?!?!?
(yes)
We set off around 8:30 this morning, with a quick stop in Porirua to pick up a Boxing Day sale purchase, then north on SH1.
Range says 485km, that'll fall a bit as we do some (less efficient) highway driving.
(yes)
We set off around 8:30 this morning, with a quick stop in Porirua to pick up a Boxing Day sale purchase, then north on SH1.
Range says 485km, that'll fall a bit as we do some (less efficient) highway driving.
December 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Driving from Wellington to Auckland in an electric vehicle? Can it be done?!?!?
(yes)
We set off around 8:30 this morning, with a quick stop in Porirua to pick up a Boxing Day sale purchase, then north on SH1.
Range says 485km, that'll fall a bit as we do some (less efficient) highway driving.
(yes)
We set off around 8:30 this morning, with a quick stop in Porirua to pick up a Boxing Day sale purchase, then north on SH1.
Range says 485km, that'll fall a bit as we do some (less efficient) highway driving.
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yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New from me: Health officials said there was ‘no evidence base’ about the likely impacts of the Government’s decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/c...
My OIA Wrapped 2025
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My OIA Wrapped 2025
A crazy story from @foxmeyer.bsky.social on a (postal) hostage crisis in Arthur's Pass:
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A standoff at Arthur’s Pass
A neighbourly spat has drawn in dozens of unsuspecting hikers on New Zealand’s longest trail, whose resupply packages are stuck behind lock and key
newsroom.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A crazy story from @foxmeyer.bsky.social on a (postal) hostage crisis in Arthur's Pass:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
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When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for the long haul after years of decline
Fishing regulators are extending a shutdown for New England’s historic shrimp fishing business, effectively shuttering an industry that fell victim to warming oceans.
www.pressherald.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
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I'm posting at least one Jewishly joyful thing for every day of Hanukkah.
This morning's joy: just got back from my 3-year-old nephew's preschool class, where my sister and I taught about Hanukkah. Tots played with dreidels, ate munchkins, oohed and aahed at the menorah. So many warm fuzzies 😊
This morning's joy: just got back from my 3-year-old nephew's preschool class, where my sister and I taught about Hanukkah. Tots played with dreidels, ate munchkins, oohed and aahed at the menorah. So many warm fuzzies 😊
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm posting at least one Jewishly joyful thing for every day of Hanukkah.
This morning's joy: just got back from my 3-year-old nephew's preschool class, where my sister and I taught about Hanukkah. Tots played with dreidels, ate munchkins, oohed and aahed at the menorah. So many warm fuzzies 😊
This morning's joy: just got back from my 3-year-old nephew's preschool class, where my sister and I taught about Hanukkah. Tots played with dreidels, ate munchkins, oohed and aahed at the menorah. So many warm fuzzies 😊
"A candle does not negotiate with darkness. It pushes back, stubbornly, flame-first."
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"A candle does not negotiate with darkness. It pushes back, stubbornly, flame-first."
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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ICE is thug scum
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICE is thug scum
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Menorah in window, Kiel, Germany - Rachel Posner, 1931
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Menorah in window, Kiel, Germany - Rachel Posner, 1931
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"imagine winning. This is your sacred task.
This is your power. Imagine
every detail of winning, the exact smell of the summer streets
in which no one has been shot, the muscles you have never
unclenched from worry, gone soft as newborn skin"
This is your power. Imagine
every detail of winning, the exact smell of the summer streets
in which no one has been shot, the muscles you have never
unclenched from worry, gone soft as newborn skin"
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"imagine winning. This is your sacred task.
This is your power. Imagine
every detail of winning, the exact smell of the summer streets
in which no one has been shot, the muscles you have never
unclenched from worry, gone soft as newborn skin"
This is your power. Imagine
every detail of winning, the exact smell of the summer streets
in which no one has been shot, the muscles you have never
unclenched from worry, gone soft as newborn skin"
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Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
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Offshore wind firm exits NZ as seabed mine seeks consent
An offshore wind developer warned the Taranaki seabed mine would render its planned farm unviable. Now it is closing up shop in NZ.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is not concerned at the lack of opportunity for public input on the Government’s decision to weaken the 2050 methane target to align it with a level of global warming deemed catastrophic by the United Nations.
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Govt to rush climate target change through Parliament under urgency
The public will not have their say on the Govt's weakening of the methane target, even though it could raise household bills by $270 a year.
newsroom.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is not concerned at the lack of opportunity for public input on the Government’s decision to weaken the 2050 methane target to align it with a level of global warming deemed catastrophic by the United Nations.
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Just five of 89 public sector organisations have a chief financial officer who isn’t a chartered accountant. NZ’s largest agency is one of them.
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Almost all public CFOs are chartered accountants – Health NZ's isn't
Just five of 89 public sector organisations have a chief financial officer who isn't a chartered accountant. NZ's largest agency is one of them.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just five of 89 public sector organisations have a chief financial officer who isn’t a chartered accountant. NZ’s largest agency is one of them.
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the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Gas in Auckland is formally past its peak in the latest forecasts from Vector, the city’s only gas distribution business, with new connections set to fall to zero in three years.
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No new gas connections from 2029 – Vector
Vector is adopting a new strategy to avoid a 'gas death spiral' as the number of customers on its network is set to shrink, Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Gas in Auckland is formally past its peak in the latest forecasts from Vector, the city’s only gas distribution business, with new connections set to fall to zero in three years.
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Imagine getting pulled over and 47 constables surround your car. 😅
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Imagine getting pulled over and 47 constables surround your car. 😅
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It's hard not to call everything AI when everything keeps being AI
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December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's hard not to call everything AI when everything keeps being AI
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question.
'You are terrible!' Trump fumes as reporter catches him making a U-turn on strike video
President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The president is increasingly erratic, forgetting promises he made just days ago and lashing out angrily at reporters for asking routine questions.
Seems like the news should talk more about this
Seems like the news should talk more about this
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lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now