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𝕀ℙℂℂ 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘: ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕒𝕡𝕥. Coastal homes in Tuvalu, Funafuti pictured on November 28, 2019. The low-lying South Pacific island nation of about 11,000 people has been classified as "extremely vulnerable" to climate change by the United Nations Development Programme due to rising sea levels. 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕤𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕪 "𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖" 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌ℕ'𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥. T he IPCC's Working Group II report,  Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability , was released at midnight New Zealand time. The authors of the report say that there is still a brief window of time to avoid the very worst. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that humans and nature are being pushed beyond their abilities to adapt. Over 40 percent of the world

  New Zealand's Covid-19 response still one of the best worldwide - Michael Baker 8:42 am today Share this Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share via email Share on Reddit Share on Linked In A public health expert says New Zealand's Covid-19 response is still one of the best in the world, two years after the first case was discovered here. Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker from the University of Otago. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Two years ago today, the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in New Zealand, in a recent returnee. The entire country would go into lockdown for the first time less than a month later. As New Zealand marks two years of living with Covid-19, 14,941 new community cases of the virus were announced yesterday alone and a total of 56 people have died from it. Epidemiologist Michael Baker said this country still has the

ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡/ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕞 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 ℝ𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕜𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖. 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞. A view of the protest in central Moscow this evening. Thousands across the country are risking serious repercussions to protest Putin’s attack on Ukraine. More than 850 people detained so far. pic.twitter.com/KHog0Acbir — Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) February 24, 2022 5 Ukrainian citizens destroy 8 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails(Petrol,Gasoline) in Kiev.They are using the guerrilla war tactics to counter russian army in their capital. Salute your courage✊ #Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack #Kiev #RussiaUkraineWar #Kyiv #StopRussianAggression pic.twitter.com/D8ZB49lLLx — Collins Iorchir (@iceolowo) February 27,

𝔻𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕃𝕆𝕋𝕆 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒? . pic.twitter.com/2k5Zgkz3uY — Kiwi_Watchdog (@Kiwi_Watchdog) February 27, 2022 .

𝕎𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣? 𝔽𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕟’𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙. T hat insistent darned alarm is going off again and there’s a glow of daylight peeking round the edge of the curtains. When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wakes up each morning, what is the first thing that goes through her mind? Covid-19? Protesters? Child poverty? The Ukraine? All these and more will be no doubt vying for attention. But it would be nice to think that, whatever it is, hopefully someone brings her a cup of tea or coffee to start the day and she can enjoy some quiet family time. . . "Morena – and here are the news headlines at six," the radio breaks in. "Scientis

𝔼𝕡𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕤 '𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥' 𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕-𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕐𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕊𝕚𝕣 ℝ𝕦𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕 "𝕤𝕠-𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕. ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝔼𝕡𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 T he trouble with sailing is that everyone listens too much to what the so-called "experts" have to say. I mean: Yes, the actual sailors have years of experience, and yes, the yacht designers have fancy so-called degrees. But I mean, what's all that worth? Captain Bligh was a so-called "expert' on sailing and look where it got him. . In yacht design, we've been expected to almost blindly follow the advice of so-called experts, just because they might have impressive credentials. You can learn pretty much everything you need to know about sailing from social media. I saw this thing on Fa

𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕚-𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥-𝕔𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕚𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕕 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡, 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚-𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥-𝕔𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕚𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕝𝕦-𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔 (𝔼𝕄𝔽) 𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. T he development comes after Brad Flutey, a prominent anti-vaxxer and one of the leaders of the anti-mandate protest,  posted a video online  on Thursday admitting "quite a few" demonstrators had fallen ill. But despite the Ministry of Health confirming  positive COVID-19 cases  had been detected among protesters and deeming the protest a location of int

𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕃𝕆𝕋𝕆 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕎𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕖𝕙? 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤. Guiness World record for saying "You know I youst to run an airline right" Lex Luther Luxon the one trick pony is a broken record maybe speaker Trev needs to play this on repeat to the insurrectionists Liar Luxon embraces and sympathises with. https://t.co/Pt6X868orv — Elephant in the room (@LetsGetPfizered) February 24, 2022 . This man has 'run an airline'. https://t.co/FtNEliEfKY — Ptriple Pfizered Pukeko 😈💃💃💃 (@PerformPukeko) February 24, 2022 This will explain everything: pic.twitter.com/k64HX3do50 — Mr. Kiwi (@MrHilariouskiwi) February 24, 2022 . . Loopy loop de loop! pic.twitter.com/wz5n6GH0eQ — Mr. Kiwi (@MrHilariouskiwi) February 23, 2022 .