Wellington weather continues to be, on average, very cycling-friendly

We’ve had a few gusty days recently, as you’d expect in the springtime. But winter was noticeably calm and sunny.

NIWA figures for wind and sun over the winter months show that:

·        Average wind was just 17km/hour, with 80% in the moderate band or lighter.

·        Over this last winter we had over 400 sunshine hours

2023 Election Scorecards

A 500,000-people-strong coalition launched election scorecards, assessing the ability of the major parties to respond to the social and environmental crises facing Aotearoa.

Compare political party’s commitments for the General Election 2023. How do parties rank in categories of Justice, Housing, Climate, Taxation, Workers, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Fairness?

Download the election scorecards, showing which parties have committed to improving the wellbeing of all people in Aotearoa

The scorecards are designed to be shared through your social media – but you can also print them out as a PDF or just read them for your own vote decision-making pleasure.

Be part of a Vote for Climate Action event on 23 September

Come to Oriental Bay (where the picnic tables are) on 23 September at 11am.

SS4C Welly needs people to hold up letters, making up the phrase “VOTE CLIMATE ACTION!”.

There will be a practice before the action at 12 noon.

That doesn’t sound like we need a lotta people, but we want some back-ups in case some can’t make it at the last moment. Also, supporting extras are great! You could always bring your own sign and make it a protest party.

Photos will be take, and media should be present to capture the moment and spread the message.

If you are interested, please email admin@fridaysforfuture.nz and we will pass on your name and email address to the organiser. Or just turn up at 11am.

So what’s happening during Climate Week?

Aotearoa Climate Strike Coalition is a coalition of climate activist groups around New Zealand. They have organised a series of events for Climate Action Week 18 – 24 September.

Depending on where you are, these range from:

  • a Tarras Airport die-in
  • attending candidate meetings (to ensure political candidates have to answer questions about climate change policy)
  • chalking the town (Kapiti)
  • climate rallies to
  • tree planting

Find out what’s happening near you, on the Aotearoa Climate Strike Coalition website.

FFF is all over the place

We are going to election candidate meetings to make sure candidates know that people want climate action
Supporting climate activist and Restore Passenger Rail member Rosemary Penwarden outside the courts at her hearing (she got to go home on bail)
Taking part in the Vote Climate campaign as part of our usual Friday protest at Parliament (multitasking)
Getting a selfie with Woody the tree guy, because we have the perfect protest placard for him!