Ben Ross
@benakl.bsky.social
Spatial and Policy Planner
Resident of South Auckland
Cities Skylines Player and Snob
Resident of South Auckland
Cities Skylines Player and Snob
Pinned
Ben Ross
@benakl.bsky.social
· Dec 26
2025 was indeed even busier fighting for evidence based policy over fact free reckons.
Wonder what 2026 will bring?
Wonder what 2026 will bring?
28C in South Auckland today
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
Guess what?
IT'S FUCKING SUMMER TODAY!!!!
IT'S FUCKING SUMMER TODAY!!!!
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
28C in South Auckland today
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
And my blood sugars are just going ABSOLUTELY NOPE -_-
Go go air con
(Ill be back outside after 4pm)
Not all heroes wear capes 👇
Hope the fire guy doesn’t get in trouble but 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (watch the fire guy at the end)
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Not all heroes wear capes 👇
Reposted by Ben Ross
Time for the 3-30-300 Green Infrastructure Rule
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Time for the 3-30-300 Green Infrastructure Rule
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
See 3 trees
30% Urban Forest Cover
300m to nearest park or Green Infrastructure
Time to deal with these milk powder anti Maori christo fascists the same way a dairy farmer dumps spoilt milk, (put out) to pasture
NZ pumps out these anti Maori Christo conservative clones like they're milk powder.. #nzpol
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Time to deal with these milk powder anti Maori christo fascists the same way a dairy farmer dumps spoilt milk, (put out) to pasture
Thomas is not making the case for Willis but Hipkins and Edmonds equally need to be careful as well
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Chris Hipkins and Nicola Willis go to war over who broke the economy
As Parliament returned, Hipkins and Willis clashed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Thomas is not making the case for Willis but Hipkins and Edmonds equally need to be careful as well
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Urban Planning: Growth vs Preservation! Continuing to allow for urban growth following the Public Health, and Infrastructure First (Infrastructure Surplus) mandates while restoring a hard Rural Urban Boundary with a methodology how to engage in urban expansion.
Aka Nat Man down at the Pub
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
"it's left wing brainwashing to get our kids to like trains and hate single occupancy vehicles."
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Aka Nat Man down at the Pub
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
(who then gets pinged for DUI 5 minutes later while the kids and mum are happily walking or biking down the road thanks to dedicated active mode infrastructure)
Again, treason
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
The Government is negotiating with the US to mine critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Again, treason
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
And so much for NZ First
More like Shane Jones back pocket first
Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Going Green to Save Money in the 21st Century: Nature as Urban Resilience and should be at the top of the order in the proposed Planning Bill. By top of the order it would sit in: Part 2 Foundations, Subpart 1—Core provisions for decision making, Clause 11: Goals
WRONG HOME ALONE 2 ACTOR YOU DOLT
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
WRONG HOME ALONE 2 ACTOR YOU DOLT
I got mid Feb for a TC dropping out of the Coral Sea
La Nina is due to end Mid Feb as predicted and we start switching into a El Nino pattern
La Nina is due to end Mid Feb as predicted and we start switching into a El Nino pattern
Place your bets... next ex TC hitting AoNZ in the climate casino?
My bet is placed on mid Feb
SSTs are up, see anomaly map, possible break in blocking highs and disagree that La Nina has finished with us...
#AGW
My bet is placed on mid Feb
SSTs are up, see anomaly map, possible break in blocking highs and disagree that La Nina has finished with us...
#AGW
January 30, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I got mid Feb for a TC dropping out of the Coral Sea
La Nina is due to end Mid Feb as predicted and we start switching into a El Nino pattern
La Nina is due to end Mid Feb as predicted and we start switching into a El Nino pattern
Reposted by Ben Ross
Successive governments seem utterly incapable of running a state-owned postal system or bank as *a service for the public*. Brains so rotted with capitalism they can’t see beyond the tip of their own cut-off noses. And then prattle on about social cohesion.
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Successive governments seem utterly incapable of running a state-owned postal system or bank as *a service for the public*. Brains so rotted with capitalism they can’t see beyond the tip of their own cut-off noses. And then prattle on about social cohesion.
Reposted by Ben Ross
Treason
Breaking: the Government is negotiating with the US to provide access to our critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Treason
Sunset from Waiuku tonight
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Sunset from Waiuku tonight
Fuck this is turning out to be an absolute laugh only because RNZ and its CE decided to leave their brains at home this morning while that ioc3 article was written
Christ on a stick. The investigative organisation, ioc3.org, isn't even a real website, but redirects to BloxShield. And the person responsible for both Caden Scott, is an 18yo who was - up until very recently - a game developer. Come on RNZ maybe don't be so gullible eh.
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Fuck this is turning out to be an absolute laugh only because RNZ and its CE decided to leave their brains at home this morning while that ioc3 article was written
Reposted by Ben Ross
National squandered $6B for climate resilience projects, using it to top up tax cuts for their mates, and now local councils are footing the bill instead 👇🏼
Government rejecting solid business cases for climate resilience, loading costs onto local councils.
New emergency response system will cost local govt $82m
Local and central government hope to save money by investing in resilience, and will split the cost of implementing a new response system
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
National squandered $6B for climate resilience projects, using it to top up tax cuts for their mates, and now local councils are footing the bill instead 👇🏼
Reposted by Ben Ross
Treason
Breaking: the Government is negotiating with the US to provide access to our critical minerals, while a memo before the Waitangi Tribunal says a backdoor deal violates obligations to Māori
NZ in talks with US on Trump minerals deal
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Treason
Fucks sake unless it was Premium Mince in April (peak slaughter season) Mince was considered the arse end of meat and about 8.99/kg
$31 is cheap scotch steak range
$31 is cheap scotch steak range
Mince being $31/kilo feels insane to me.
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Fucks sake unless it was Premium Mince in April (peak slaughter season) Mince was considered the arse end of meat and about 8.99/kg
$31 is cheap scotch steak range
$31 is cheap scotch steak range
Reposted by Ben Ross
If Cottage Courts are the GOAT for Residential Gentle Density then Live/Work Typologies are the GOAT of Town Centres, the incubator of start ups and small business, and the social glue that brings everyone to the Centre!
Live/Work Business Incubators in your Community
youtu.be/ClXRZI5ovs8
Live/Work Business Incubators in your Community
youtu.be/ClXRZI5ovs8
Live/Work Business Incubators in your Community | #urbanplanning
YouTube video by Palpatine001
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If Cottage Courts are the GOAT for Residential Gentle Density then Live/Work Typologies are the GOAT of Town Centres, the incubator of start ups and small business, and the social glue that brings everyone to the Centre!
Live/Work Business Incubators in your Community
youtu.be/ClXRZI5ovs8
Live/Work Business Incubators in your Community
youtu.be/ClXRZI5ovs8
Bishop still holding the 🗡️
These points reinforce my belief that Luxon is nervous about a coup and wants to hold back promotion prospects of his caucus for as long as possible to keep them in line and also that he has wanted to get rid of Judith for some time #nzpol
January 29, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Bishop still holding the 🗡️
Reposted by Ben Ross
A grand coalition??? In today’s NZ Herald
January 29, 2026 at 8:19 PM
A grand coalition??? In today’s NZ Herald
Then came the KFC
Suppose it wasnt McDonalds
Suppose it wasnt McDonalds
Also, a comment on the Prime Ministerial beersies post.
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Then came the KFC
Suppose it wasnt McDonalds
Suppose it wasnt McDonalds
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I used to work at the UN for the disaster risk reduction, the champions of these prevention efforts were the storm and cyclone battered Southeast Asian and Carribean states in the peak climate-change zone who had learned the hard way. It’s FAFO time for NZ.
NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut.
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
My story looking at last week’s storms
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I used to work at the UN for the disaster risk reduction, the champions of these prevention efforts were the storm and cyclone battered Southeast Asian and Carribean states in the peak climate-change zone who had learned the hard way. It’s FAFO time for NZ.