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What can I do in response to the Fuel Supply Crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand?

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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Hormuz Crisis Deepens: One Week In, the Strait Remains Closed and New Zealand Has No Plan

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 …

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NZ fuel supply directly threatened by Hormuz crisis

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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WR submission to Building New Zealand’s Long-term Resilience to Hazards

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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New Wise Response Manifesto Released

  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, …

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Unlearning Economics”, on the Great Simplification

Wise Response recommends this website with a series of podcasts and episodes exploring themes around degrowth. The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment.  The goal of the show is to …

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Seminar: How can New Zealand respond to ecological overshoot?

How can New Zealand respond to ecological overshoot?A Panel Discussion organised by Wise ResponseWhen: 09:30 – 11:30 on 21 July 2023Where: Room GBLT 4, Victoria University of WellingtonPanelists: Maria Bargh, Alison Dewes, Barry Ridler, Peter Victor When: 09:30 – 11:30 on 21 July 2023 Zoom Address. all welcome: https://vuw.zoom.us/j/92250866363 Background:Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative …

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Wise Response Society Slams Climate Change Commission’s Growth Orientation

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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