Winter blues? It's not just you! We've had just 31 sunny days since May 1 in Wellington - the lowest since 1979 and tied for second lowest on record.

The NBA will retire the No. 6 league-wide honoring the late, legendary player and activist Bill Russell.

"To survive climate breakdown will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken". How will NZ prepare and fare in the century of climate migration? theguardian.com/news/2022/aug/…

This bad tomato rejecting machine. x.com/engineervids/s…

National Poetry Day is tomorrow! You can: 📖Read a poem! 🖋Write a poem! 🎤Recite a poem! 🔗Share a poem! 🥰Tell a poet they’re cool! There’s a lot of stuff happening around the country - get into it… nzbookawards.nz/national-poetr…

Stunning waiata in New Zealand parliament from the whānau of speaker Adrian Rurawhe after he was sworn in this week.

The outtakes of NASA astronauts trying to walk on the moon are amazing.

I’ve come up with an interim solution to the queuing issue to see the Queen’s coffin in Westminster, let me know what you think, it’s not perfect but I don’t see anyone else coming up with anything

Sarah was at the courthouse when Adnan was released, a new episode is coming tomorrow morning. nyti.ms/3QVJwGG

Chinese scientists develop face mask that can detect Covid-19. rnz.co.nz/news/world/475…

Bill requiring public sector to ditch jargon passes into law rnz.co.nz/news/political…

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FYI on Rocketlab’s reported exposure to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. 7th most exposed with US$38m (NZ$62m) in there and just US$250k guaranteed.

Wellington City Council has made its interactive 3-D map of the city public available and it is extremely cool. I highly recommend playing around on it. wcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/3…

Opinion by Rick Reilly: He has seen more than 100 countries. He figures that he and his very happy wife have been on more than 120 honeymoons. He has played United like three-card monte, and there’s been nothing they can do to stop him. wapo.st/3pjj028

Totti v Del Piero - the rise of a vintage Serie A community. bbc.com/sport/football…

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The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Mac…