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  • Ecotricity (NZ) Bill Confusion

    Ecotricity (NZ) Bill Confusion

    Ecotricity NZ (not to be confused by the power company of the same name but operating in the U.K.) has a very confusing bill. The invoice breaks down the costs of supplying electricity into various components, leading to many new customers being confused about exactly what they are being charged for. How bad is it?

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  • Christchurch Cafe Review: Gre3n Superfood Juice Bar

    Christchurch Cafe Review: Gre3n Superfood Juice Bar

    Tucked away at The Crossing in central Christchurch is a cafe called Gre3n Superfood Juice Bar, henceforth referred to as “Green” in the rest of this article. Green focuses on healthy foods, but you know us, we don’t do healthy 😹

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  • First Month of Solar

    First Month of Solar

    We’ve got our first full month of electricity usage since installing solar panels and a home battery. How did we do?

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  • Rooftop Solar Install in Christchurch, New Zealand

    Rooftop Solar Install in Christchurch, New Zealand

    We’ve recently got rooftop solar panels and a home battery installed. Why did we do it, and how did our experience with getting them installed here in Ōtautahi go?

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  • New & Improved!

    Every so often, I get bored and decide to redo this website. My intention now is to go back to how the web and blogs used to be – longer form articles instead of short photo-and-description posts. Time will tell… or not…

    My next post should detail my recent experience with installing rooftop solar panels and a home battery here in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand). It’s actually be in draft mode for quite some time now…