Paul van Brakel
@paulvanbrakel
Retired enviro eng 1st cab off the rank will probably be AMOC Net Zero = BAU Marketing Strategy Embrace Biodiversity No profile = no follow Smile while you work Aotearoa New Zealand
Thinking back to the hike in the weekend in the Northern Hunuas where I heard about 6 Kokako, of the recovering population, in late afternoon I, now, worry as bird flu found in the country #biodiversity #birds youtube.com/shorts/IY6wd...
Species or business? Species Option 3 for me What say you Mr Jones, let me guess... #nzpol www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/...
I have been corrected .. My wife tells me that this is not a feijoa date manuka earl grey relish it is a chutney. Relish is from the word relais meaning leftover...
Like his mentor Muldoon, Peters is a disingenuous attack dog. Tom Scott got his number years ago
Weakening Polar Stratospheric Winds above us AoNZ @ 1800 8th June - thanks Nullschool
Also published in the Waitemata Kaipara Gazette circa 1911 If only the world would have taken heed we wouldn't have our backs against the wall #ClimateCrisis
Completely puzzled seasons down here in Aotearoa New Zealand as after the harvest and leaf drop our Bramley apple tree not only leafs up but starts to fruit again... #ClimateCrisis
Strolling in the old cemetery of Lyttleton Ōhinehou high above the Port shores, Queen's song, 39, comes to me, a song calling across the passage of time, as a headstone next to the path tells me of a young death, Anna Maria
Decided to stash Remy, our dog, in the safety of the letterbox so my wife could drive off thru the gate to go to work. I was intrigued he managed to turn around to look out
I remember Dad on ANZAC despite him being from Java. He was put in a Japanese concentration camp after the invasion. Starved, diseased, and tortured. He had it really hard. He was there until the Americans dropped the bomb in Japan. A photo from that era
Milei's mate David manipulates sycophants downplaying true costs faced by the Remembrance Army who he says restore headstones for $2.50 compared to Govt for $2K He leaves it for his madding crowd to pile on anyone pointing out the truth #nzpol
Healthy hydro = healthy profits BUT not healthy retail electricity pricing. Yep you guessed it most of us are paying 3-4 times this...We are waiting Simeon /1 #nzpol
Yeah real handy, along with full back up if we're offgrid as we're rural and had up to 8 outages a year & didn't want to think what we wanted to use
Surf's up Take care out there AONZ as Vaianu is steaming in with big wave heights ⬇️
Advertising itself on a country roadside Funny how Marketers attempt to greenshame you into disposing of their single use packaging properly yet it is still single use Wouldn't it be shocking if Enviro Minister Penny Simmonds said don't buy that crap bake some crackers yourself #nzpol #environment
1st of the Persimmons and last of the fruit, barring citrus, as we draw into Autumn Pukekohe area Aotearoa New Zealand
Look after your pollinators, and plant flowering plants. Pukekohe area, Aotearoa New Zealand #biodiversity Eucalyptus pulverulenta aka Baby Blue
Moving in mid-week Mark Mitchell, ready...or reckon it's just a bit of rain? #nzpol
Look after your pollinators, and plant flowering plants. Pukekohe area, Aotearoa New Zealand #biodiversity
Plants are parched, 25mm cracks in the ground, all after the driest Feb in 10y at our place. Hopefully some wet stuff soon. Pukekohe, Aotearoa New Zealand
While walking the dog after the onion harvest, pumpkins are next - Pukekohe Aotearoa New Zealand