This article is reproduced on Substack. Subscribe to Wise Response on Substack here. When the Trucks Stop – A community mutual aid guide for fuel-constrained New Zealand – open for your input! Mar 20, 2026 At the time of writing, New Zealand has roughly 20 to 27 days of physical onshore fuel stocks. We …
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This article is reproduced on Substack. Subscribe to Wise Response on Substack here. Wise Response Society calls for immediate rationing as conflict duration projections lengthen and Australia begins fuel rationing. 9 March 2026 – One week after US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Wise Response Society …
This article is reproduced on Substack. Subscribe to Wise Response on Substack here. 3 March 2026 – The Wise Response Society iswarning that the military conflict now disrupting the Strait of Hormuzposes a direct and immediate threat to New Zealand’s fuel supply, and iscalling on the government to be transparent with the public …
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Wise Response Submission in response to the “Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Ministry for the Environment. 2025. Building New Zealand’s Long-term Resilience to Hazards: Draft Long-term Insights Briefing. Wellington: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.” Available here as a PDF. Press Release as a PDF. Press Release: Government’s “Resilience” Plan is …
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Manifesto of the Wise Response Society The Wise Response Society asserts that profound changes in global priorities and respect for the biosphere are essential for humanity to endure well into the future. Our Current Crisis 1. Existential Threats: Our current way of living causes unprecedented exploitation and damage to critical resources and the biosphere, …
The cost of upgrading water infrastructue (3 Waters) will have to be paid by future New Zealanders. Our children, grand children and great grand children. Councils will have to go into debt to pay for urgently needed infrastructure, and will be forced to pass on the cost to taxpayers and ratepayers. Meanwhile, the government is …
PRESS RELEASE: Fast-track Bill a fraud being perpetrated on all future generations. The Fast-track Bill, if passed, would allow three Ministers, unchallenged and unchecked, to approve the immediate extraction and exhaustion of one-off resources. That is not democracy; democracy allows for reasoned discussion and evidenced debate. In short, democracy is about the greater good. Until …
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Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society Journalism – Call for public funding Press Release from Wise Response Society PRESS RELEASE: Journalism should be about ascertaining truths. Ironically, the need to at least break-even financially, has resulted in …
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PRESS RELEASE: Wise Response Society Slams Climate Change Commission’s Growth Orientation New Zealand, June 26, 2023 – The Wise Response Society, a coalition of scientists, engineers, planners, artists, and sportspeople, has strongly criticized the Climate Change Commission (CCC) for its continued focus on growth despite the undeniable link between growth and increased emissions. In its …
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The Petition has been forwarded to NZ PM Chris Hipkins with a copy to all Labour and Green MPs, co-leaders of Maori Party, Christopher Luxon, David Seymour, Simon Upton, Kim Hill, Jim Mora, and heads of MBIE, MPI, MfE and Productivity Commission. We call on Government to arrange a public enquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner …
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