This is a HUGE 100% battery powered tug right here in New Zealand. We went head-to-head with a dirty diesel tug in #Auckland harbour.
The planning, filming & editing took WEEKS and the finished result was epic, but sadly Twitter and Facebook's algorithms both decided it sucks and should not be seen by anyone unless I pay hundreds of dollars. 😭
Is this what the internet has become?
What do I do?
Black Swans of New Zealand.
All the babies lined up with volcanic Rangitoto Island in the background, while mum wanders along behind them with Auckland city in the beyond.
A love letter to Auckland’s small but mighty inner-city Pasifika community
Still Here is the latest all-female Pasifika production which celebrates the small but mighty #Pasifika community of inner-city #Auckland who have remained despite decades of rampant gentrification.
With four episodes lasting 15-20mins long, Still Here weaves intergenerational stories of Pasifika families, community, and culture dispelling the myth that “all the Islanders have left”.
PSA for those of you in West #Auckland - avoid the Edmonton Rd area. Access from Henderson end has been closed. Traffic chaos at this time of day with school finishing. #NZTwits
The #Auckland 🇳🇿 to #Wellington#GreatJourneysNZ “Northern Explorer” climbs up to National Park station (825 metres a.s.l.) by means of the complex “Raurimu Spiral”, a line development with loops and hairpin bends, reminding me of the #Albula line in Switzerland.
#Auckland 🇳🇿 to #Wellington by train means a full day of travelling. Yet time passes quickly with all these options on the table, be it, literally, this delicious cheese platter (together with some New Zealand Merlot) or, figuratively, with these vistas from the fresh air car. 😊
Auckland Council meeting disrupted, Restore Passenger Rail protesters stage sleep in
Simon Wilson
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Voyager 2023 media awards
The climate protest group Restore Passenger Rail has disrupted an Auckland Council meeting this morning, a day after the group vandalised two Auckland car yards in a protest against inequality and climate change
Waiheke’s Stony Batter fort was built in WWII to defend #Auckland against feared Japanese invasion (a sub did launch aerial recon & a German raider mined the Gulf). Excavated by hand, the base housed ~200 soldiers & labourers under strict secrecy. A DOC concession allows $ entry into restored tunnels & chambers; free to walk around 8M yr old basalt boulders above. The 9.2” naval guns had a range of 34km.
Smelly Red Seaweed Blankets Auckland Beaches - Faharas Net
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Red seaweed covering Auckland beaches causes a stink
Red seaweed covering Auckland beaches causes a stink, alarming residents and beachgoers. The unusual sight has sparked concerns among locals, some of whom claim they’ve never witnessed such an event. Experts, however, assure that this is a natural occurrence, though its frequency may be increasing due to climate change
A view into Mātiatia Bay from the 3km/ 90min Mātiatia Headland Path (📷1); #Auckland’s Sky Tower is 21km as the crow flies from Waiheke’s Mahuehue Point. On that path we came across this orange #fungus—a spectacular rustgill/ Gymnopilus junonius (📷2). From Little Oneroa Bch another short path to the point affords views back into the secluded cove below Ocean View Rd (📷3); a lookout peers into Sandy Bay (📷4).