Matthew
@kakarikicastle.bsky.social
Inspiring people to make a better place to live.
Healthier, low-carbon homes.
Less misinformation.
NZGBC Senior Residential Manager, Co-host of the Passive House Podcast.
https://nzgbc.org.nz/introduction-to-homestar
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com
Healthier, low-carbon homes.
Less misinformation.
NZGBC Senior Residential Manager, Co-host of the Passive House Podcast.
https://nzgbc.org.nz/introduction-to-homestar
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com
Missing the mark can be expensive. #passivhaus @passivhaustrust.bsky.social
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Misunderstanding Passivhaus Principles
Neglecting the Passivhaus principles of an integrated approach, modelling in PHPP and quality assurance can introduce significant risks, as shown in the case studies described in this paper.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Missing the mark can be expensive. #passivhaus @passivhaustrust.bsky.social
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What makes #passivhaus work?
@passivhaustrust.bsky.social @passivehouseie.bsky.social @phaccelerator.bsky.social
@passivhaustrust.bsky.social @passivehouseie.bsky.social @phaccelerator.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Starter Packs are a great resource for folks new to BlueSky wondering who to follow. I’ve made one called “Passive House Powerhouses” with some of the leading names and orgs in our industry. Come join us! Where and how you engage matters.
go.bsky.app/TQqTTtW
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June 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Starter Packs are a great resource for folks new to BlueSky wondering who to follow. I’ve made one called “Passive House Powerhouses” with some of the leading names and orgs in our industry. Come join us! Where and how you engage matters.
go.bsky.app/TQqTTtW
go.bsky.app/TQqTTtW
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To everyone who believes the National/ACT/ First view that Govt interest costs risk ‘spiralling out of control’ just like they were in the 1990s, so we need to ‘save for a rainy day,’ just print out this chart.Then give it to your friends and family. Then your MP.
Lol, absolutely nothing like the early 90s! Although I have seen quite a few young people wearing flared jeans.
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
To everyone who believes the National/ACT/ First view that Govt interest costs risk ‘spiralling out of control’ just like they were in the 1990s, so we need to ‘save for a rainy day,’ just print out this chart.Then give it to your friends and family. Then your MP.
Check this out and sign if you agree. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/do...
Don't Subsidise Pollution: End Free Carbon Credits
Subsidising pollution in a climate crisis doesn’t make sense.
When we all play our part in cutting climate pollution, then we can get further together, faster. But as cyclones and floods devastate ...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Check this out and sign if you agree. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/do...
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Here’s my Picks ‘n’ Mixes for paying subscribers to The Kākā today: Budget includes new fee for first-home buyers; Auckland considers big new housing intensification; Brian Roche's warning against leaking was leaked; Rod Drury wants a power sector shakeup. thekaka.substack.com/p/bernards-p...
Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes on Wednesday, May 28
Budget includes new fee for first-home buyers; Auckland Council considers big new housing intensification; Brian Roche's warning against leaking was leaked; Rod Drury wants a power sector shakeup
thekaka.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Here’s my Picks ‘n’ Mixes for paying subscribers to The Kākā today: Budget includes new fee for first-home buyers; Auckland considers big new housing intensification; Brian Roche's warning against leaking was leaked; Rod Drury wants a power sector shakeup. thekaka.substack.com/p/bernards-p...
It's becoming increasingly difficult for National to maintain a posture of financial responsibility, or even competency.
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Nicola Willis's Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government
Current & planned debt will surpass Labour's full term debt in less years. Willis also admitted Budget 2024 had a higher deficit than all of Grant Robertson's bar Covid.
mountaintui.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's becoming increasingly difficult for National to maintain a posture of financial responsibility, or even competency.
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mountaintui.substack.com/p/nicola-wil...
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Here’s my daily chorus and email newsletter via The Kākā: Brown opts for Hospital with extra 41 beds, vs 92 extra beds Labour proposed; Even Labour's plan was based on 0.4%/year projected population growth, despite recent growth of over 1.6%/year. thekaka.substack.com/p/new-nelson...
New Nelson Hospital to cater for just one eighth of likely population growth
Brown opts for Hospital with extra 44 beds, vs 92 extra beds Labour proposed; Even Labour's plan was based on 0.4%/year projected population growth, despite recent growth of over 1.6%/year
thekaka.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Here’s my daily chorus and email newsletter via The Kākā: Brown opts for Hospital with extra 41 beds, vs 92 extra beds Labour proposed; Even Labour's plan was based on 0.4%/year projected population growth, despite recent growth of over 1.6%/year. thekaka.substack.com/p/new-nelson...
Liking that I can catch an electric train and an electric bus to the airport for under $5. An uber would be about $50.
May 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Liking that I can catch an electric train and an electric bus to the airport for under $5. An uber would be about $50.
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is looking very Aucklandy this evening.
May 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is looking very Aucklandy this evening.
2/ Buildings need to 'breathe', but walls, floors, roofs and windows don't. Like mammals, buildings should breathe continuously, automatically and through very specific holes.
If air is freely flowing somewhere it shouldn't, you should get that looked at. (Applies to both buildings and mammals.)
If air is freely flowing somewhere it shouldn't, you should get that looked at. (Applies to both buildings and mammals.)
May 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
2/ Buildings need to 'breathe', but walls, floors, roofs and windows don't. Like mammals, buildings should breathe continuously, automatically and through very specific holes.
If air is freely flowing somewhere it shouldn't, you should get that looked at. (Applies to both buildings and mammals.)
If air is freely flowing somewhere it shouldn't, you should get that looked at. (Applies to both buildings and mammals.)
1/ A note about building ventilation and airtightness.
Infiltration (leakiness) is not ventilation.
Airtightness is about control. The more airtight the envelope, the easier it is to control the internal environment, including temperature, humidity, noise, pollutants and pests.
Infiltration (leakiness) is not ventilation.
Airtightness is about control. The more airtight the envelope, the easier it is to control the internal environment, including temperature, humidity, noise, pollutants and pests.
May 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
1/ A note about building ventilation and airtightness.
Infiltration (leakiness) is not ventilation.
Airtightness is about control. The more airtight the envelope, the easier it is to control the internal environment, including temperature, humidity, noise, pollutants and pests.
Infiltration (leakiness) is not ventilation.
Airtightness is about control. The more airtight the envelope, the easier it is to control the internal environment, including temperature, humidity, noise, pollutants and pests.
Does New Zealand have a debt problem? If we do, it’s not the one we think it is. @bernardchickey.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Does New Zealand have a debt problem? If we do, it’s not the one we think it is. @bernardchickey.bsky.social
Easter is a time for new life.
Especially if you leave damp coffee grounds in the office for a four day weekend.
Especially if you leave damp coffee grounds in the office for a four day weekend.
April 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Easter is a time for new life.
Especially if you leave damp coffee grounds in the office for a four day weekend.
Especially if you leave damp coffee grounds in the office for a four day weekend.
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Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
Just, wow, NZ government.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
And
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Way to be a world laggard! 😒
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
And
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Way to be a world laggard! 😒
Pacific nations split, as NZ abstains vote from global shipping emissions pledge
The deal was 10 years in the making and covers the vast majority of the world's commercial shipping.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Just, wow, NZ government.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
And
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Way to be a world laggard! 😒
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
And
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Way to be a world laggard! 😒
I love that Auckland Airport @aucklandairport.bsky.social has a Locky Docky. 🚲🛫🚲
@bikeauckland.bsky.social
@bikeauckland.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I love that Auckland Airport @aucklandairport.bsky.social has a Locky Docky. 🚲🛫🚲
@bikeauckland.bsky.social
@bikeauckland.bsky.social
Which is more scary? That he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or that he does?
April 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Which is more scary? That he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or that he does?
Meanwhile…
April 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Meanwhile…
How ironic that Winston Peters swiftly fires someone for “just asking questions”.
March 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How ironic that Winston Peters swiftly fires someone for “just asking questions”.
Do you drink cows milk?
If so, why?
It’s kind of weird, when you think about it. Maybe a little bit gross.
And in most cases, dairying cows is by necessity exceptionally cruel.
If so, why?
It’s kind of weird, when you think about it. Maybe a little bit gross.
And in most cases, dairying cows is by necessity exceptionally cruel.
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Do you drink cows milk?
If so, why?
It’s kind of weird, when you think about it. Maybe a little bit gross.
And in most cases, dairying cows is by necessity exceptionally cruel.
If so, why?
It’s kind of weird, when you think about it. Maybe a little bit gross.
And in most cases, dairying cows is by necessity exceptionally cruel.
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Oh hey, what about all those “health benefits of measles?”
February 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Oh hey, what about all those “health benefits of measles?”
Congrats on embarking on Te Reo journey with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa @patbrittenden.bsky.social. Snap. Me too!
February 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Congrats on embarking on Te Reo journey with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa @patbrittenden.bsky.social. Snap. Me too!
Tax work less.
Tax wealth more.
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social
#nzpol
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Tax wealth more.
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social
#nzpol
youtu.be/DLuJ2fWsVCQ?...
#BHN Gary economics' masterclass to Piers Morgan and Dave Rubin
YouTube video by DOC Studios
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February 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tax work less.
Tax wealth more.
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social
#nzpol
youtu.be/DLuJ2fWsVCQ?...
Tax wealth more.
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social
#nzpol
youtu.be/DLuJ2fWsVCQ?...