UrbanAKL
@urbanakl.bsky.social
discussing the mess that is auckland's urban design, transport and politics
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Willis cancelled IREX because the final cost was going to be $3bn
Ferries that are critical for goods transport.
$4bn for a tunnel so politicians can get to the airport faster? And that’s before the costs escalate as they always do.
Sounds pretty dumb to me.
Ferries that are critical for goods transport.
$4bn for a tunnel so politicians can get to the airport faster? And that’s before the costs escalate as they always do.
Sounds pretty dumb to me.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Willis cancelled IREX because the final cost was going to be $3bn
Ferries that are critical for goods transport.
$4bn for a tunnel so politicians can get to the airport faster? And that’s before the costs escalate as they always do.
Sounds pretty dumb to me.
Ferries that are critical for goods transport.
$4bn for a tunnel so politicians can get to the airport faster? And that’s before the costs escalate as they always do.
Sounds pretty dumb to me.
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The Clean Car Standard requires importers to improve the average emissions of the imported fleet over time, or pay a penalty. Turns out there was a third option: do nothing and lobby the government to delete the penalty. Well spotted @robertmclachlan.bsky.social
The NZ car industry has made no progress towards meeting the 2025 emissions standards. Are they even trying?
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Clean Car Standard requires importers to improve the average emissions of the imported fleet over time, or pay a penalty. Turns out there was a third option: do nothing and lobby the government to delete the penalty. Well spotted @robertmclachlan.bsky.social
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I’ll be in NZ for the better part of the next fortnight—Wellington, Auckland, and a quick jaunt to Hamilton on Te Huia—and of course I’ll be resuming my very official Pie Inspector role. What bakeries in those three cities can I simply not afford to miss? Who’s doing the finest stuff right now?
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’ll be in NZ for the better part of the next fortnight—Wellington, Auckland, and a quick jaunt to Hamilton on Te Huia—and of course I’ll be resuming my very official Pie Inspector role. What bakeries in those three cities can I simply not afford to miss? Who’s doing the finest stuff right now?
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$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
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WTF.
"Nothing in ACC's proposals actually looks at rehabilitation,"
- ACC advocate Warren Forster
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme', and that's the antithesis of the statutory purpose. It's the antithesis of why we have ACC in NZ."
#nzpol
"Nothing in ACC's proposals actually looks at rehabilitation,"
- ACC advocate Warren Forster
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme', and that's the antithesis of the statutory purpose. It's the antithesis of why we have ACC in NZ."
#nzpol
ACC's use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme," says an ACC advocate
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
WTF.
"Nothing in ACC's proposals actually looks at rehabilitation,"
- ACC advocate Warren Forster
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme', and that's the antithesis of the statutory purpose. It's the antithesis of why we have ACC in NZ."
#nzpol
"Nothing in ACC's proposals actually looks at rehabilitation,"
- ACC advocate Warren Forster
"It's all about 'how can we ramp up exits, how can we get more people coming off the scheme', and that's the antithesis of the statutory purpose. It's the antithesis of why we have ACC in NZ."
#nzpol
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#TrainNews: Te Huia have launched a survey on the future of Te Huia.
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Future of Te Huia | Your Voice Matters Waikato
This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete and is open until Sunday, 30 November.
yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#TrainNews: Te Huia have launched a survey on the future of Te Huia.
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future.
MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...
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The car-cult just wants more, bigger roads but what we really need is more public transport, more protected bike lanes, safer streets and better choices in towns and cities that are designed for people, not cars.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The car-cult just wants more, bigger roads but what we really need is more public transport, more protected bike lanes, safer streets and better choices in towns and cities that are designed for people, not cars.
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"There's a lot of concern among our members that we're heading towards a duopoly like the supermarkets in primary healthcare, and we want to see the settings changed to prevent that because it's not good for consumers."
Uh oh!
Uh oh!
GP owners want separate primary health organisation after big corporates make their own
GP owners want separate primary health organisation after big corporates make their own
Two large corporate healthcare providers have received approval from Health NZ to set up their own primary health organisations.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"There's a lot of concern among our members that we're heading towards a duopoly like the supermarkets in primary healthcare, and we want to see the settings changed to prevent that because it's not good for consumers."
Uh oh!
Uh oh!
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Parade of Nations underway. Awesome atmosphere
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Parade of Nations underway. Awesome atmosphere
Mediawacth
Mediawacth: BBC under pressure from outside - and within amid edit scandal
Mediawacth: BBC under pressure from outside - and within amid edit scandal
A single edit in a Panorama episode ended up at the epicentre of what some are now calling an existential crisis for the world's biggest broadcaster.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mediawacth
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Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Last chance to make a submission against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
Last chance to make a submission against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
Fast-Track Amendment Bill submission guide - Greenpeace Aotearoa
In a vicious escalation of the Government’s war on nature, the Government is proposing changes to the Fast Track Act that would make it even more dangerous and undemocratic.
www.greenpeace.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Last chance to make a submission against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
Last chance to make a submission against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... #nzpol
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Wellington's failure to build an obviously needed upgrade to its dilapidated main streets is a damning and demonstrative example of a capital city self-immolating through incompetence and political cowardice.
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wellington's failure to build an obviously needed upgrade to its dilapidated main streets is a damning and demonstrative example of a capital city self-immolating through incompetence and political cowardice.
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The Govt's rationing speclialist (aka MSD) is overheating trying to constrain benefit spending, but the number of people on a working-age benefit continues to sail way above forecasts. We are watching a permanently scarring event here. Grim.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Govt's rationing speclialist (aka MSD) is overheating trying to constrain benefit spending, but the number of people on a working-age benefit continues to sail way above forecasts. We are watching a permanently scarring event here. Grim.
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It is worth noting that this is a pattern amongst the likes of media, who inevitably paint a woman who has laid harassment, assault, rape, etc allegations against men as somehow less than pure & innocent, thus casting aspersions on her validity, with whatever denials that this is what they're doing.
It bears remembering that this woman, according to the IPCA report, sent at least 36 emails to media outlets, presumaby including NZME, as well as the PM, Police Minister, and police command in Dec 2023 & Jan 2024, and they did fuck-all about it too
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The woman in the Jevon McSkimming saga wasn't innocent here
So it turns out the woman with whom Jevon McSkimming had an affair, whose warnings police ignored and who police charged instead of investigating McSkimmin
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It is worth noting that this is a pattern amongst the likes of media, who inevitably paint a woman who has laid harassment, assault, rape, etc allegations against men as somehow less than pure & innocent, thus casting aspersions on her validity, with whatever denials that this is what they're doing.
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Dean Kimpton and Auckland Transport: I hope sincerely you are to keep the bike lanes and other associated infrastructure that was designed and paid for as part of the Flyover in Pakuranga please.
Oppose MP Simeon Brown's request for a last-minute removal of a cycleway from Pakuranga - Bike Auckland
The Reeves Road Flyover was built to improve bus reliability, walking and cycling safety, and long-term traffic flow across Pakuranga — not just to add space for cars. We’re concerned by calls to remo...
www.bikeauckland.org.nz
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Dean Kimpton and Auckland Transport: I hope sincerely you are to keep the bike lanes and other associated infrastructure that was designed and paid for as part of the Flyover in Pakuranga please.
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Voices for Palestine
a night of comedy,acting and storytelling for families in Gaza who don’t have a voice right now
Organised by @dailyactingscenes, this special event will raise funds for ReliefAid’s Gaza Appeal,supporting families who have lost so much
Tickets www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/...
a night of comedy,acting and storytelling for families in Gaza who don’t have a voice right now
Organised by @dailyactingscenes, this special event will raise funds for ReliefAid’s Gaza Appeal,supporting families who have lost so much
Tickets www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/...
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Voices for Palestine
a night of comedy,acting and storytelling for families in Gaza who don’t have a voice right now
Organised by @dailyactingscenes, this special event will raise funds for ReliefAid’s Gaza Appeal,supporting families who have lost so much
Tickets www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/...
a night of comedy,acting and storytelling for families in Gaza who don’t have a voice right now
Organised by @dailyactingscenes, this special event will raise funds for ReliefAid’s Gaza Appeal,supporting families who have lost so much
Tickets www.iticket.co.nz/events/2025/...
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Record migration to Australia continues thanks to National
Back on Track
Am I right?
Back on Track
Am I right?
Record number of New Zealanders leave country
Record number of New Zealanders leave country
72,700 Kiwis have moved overseas in a year, but the number of Australians visiting is surging.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Record migration to Australia continues thanks to National
Back on Track
Am I right?
Back on Track
Am I right?
New Zealand's job market is fucked #nzpol
Open, agreeable New Zealanders less likely to be employed, study shows
Open, agreeable New Zealanders less likely to be employed, study shows
Being extroverted or emotionally stable doesn't help with employability as much in this country as it does in most others.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New Zealand's job market is fucked #nzpol
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If you can spare 90 minutes, this film by #NotJustBikes is worth a watch. Even after the cheeky Californian 1972 CYCLOPS junction pops up 90 seconds in.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you can spare 90 minutes, this film by #NotJustBikes is worth a watch. Even after the cheeky Californian 1972 CYCLOPS junction pops up 90 seconds in.
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
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The Reeves Road Flyover is to improve bus reliability, walking and cycling safety, and long-term traffic flow across Pakuranga. Oppose the removal of the planned cycle lane:
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/oppose-mp-simeon-browns-request-for-a-last-minute-removal-of-a-cycleway-from-pakuranga/
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/oppose-mp-simeon-browns-request-for-a-last-minute-removal-of-a-cycleway-from-pakuranga/
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The Reeves Road Flyover is to improve bus reliability, walking and cycling safety, and long-term traffic flow across Pakuranga. Oppose the removal of the planned cycle lane:
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/oppose-mp-simeon-browns-request-for-a-last-minute-removal-of-a-cycleway-from-pakuranga/
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/oppose-mp-simeon-browns-request-for-a-last-minute-removal-of-a-cycleway-from-pakuranga/
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Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.”
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
Accessing the Acropolis - Greater Auckland
Tāmaki/Auckland only has a few public institutions of national significance: the Art Gallery, the Museum, and Auckland University, each housed in nationally significant buildings. Plus only a few trul...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.”
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
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Congestion pricing moves forward with bi-partisan support. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Legislation allowing congestion charging passes third reading in Parliament
The Bill establishes a framework permitting local authorities to set up a congestion charging scheme, by notifying NZTA.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Congestion pricing moves forward with bi-partisan support. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Most deteriorated' - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Guess Casey Costello and NZ First will be able to claim a big ol’ bonus from the death industry for her good work. Shameful. But she is proud of her work - NZ First’s investment in alternative realities really paying dividends.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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tamatha paul is owed an apology by the media and most of her colleagues in parliament.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
tamatha paul is owed an apology by the media and most of her colleagues in parliament.