Meredith
@meredith-nz.bsky.social
urbanist, neighbourhood nerd
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he pākehā ahau
she/her
he pākehā ahau
Catching the bus in new places.
January 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Catching the bus in new places.
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Nightingale developments are pretty much the gold standard and do everything the most ardent NIMBY claim they want — non-profit developer, architecturally designed, portion for social housing, climate conscious, communal spaces.
1/ 🚨 The Labor Allan Government envisions Victoria as the Townhouse Capital of Australia—but Merri-bek Labor didn’t get the memo.
Along with Sue Bolton, they’re seemingly pushing Victoria towards unaffordable housing and car dependency. Here’s what’s happening: 🧵👇
Along with Sue Bolton, they’re seemingly pushing Victoria towards unaffordable housing and car dependency. Here’s what’s happening: 🧵👇
January 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Just had a thought: the difference between a "food desert" and a "car dependent neighborhood" is the income of the residents.
Both are food deserts (there are no supermarkets, etc) one just has enough ppl with cars for it to not matter.
Both are food deserts (there are no supermarkets, etc) one just has enough ppl with cars for it to not matter.
January 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Just had a thought: the difference between a "food desert" and a "car dependent neighborhood" is the income of the residents.
Both are food deserts (there are no supermarkets, etc) one just has enough ppl with cars for it to not matter.
Both are food deserts (there are no supermarkets, etc) one just has enough ppl with cars for it to not matter.
If you want some local art on your feed, follow Matt, a groovy gifted abstract painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau ✨⚡(and, also a lovely human!)
January 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If you want some local art on your feed, follow Matt, a groovy gifted abstract painter based in Tāmaki Makaurau ✨⚡(and, also a lovely human!)
I've just arrived in Taipei and wow, so impressed with transit, how family friendly infrastructure is, and how generally pleasing the varied and eclectic buildings are.
January 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I've just arrived in Taipei and wow, so impressed with transit, how family friendly infrastructure is, and how generally pleasing the varied and eclectic buildings are.
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So many dolphins in Pōneke harbour that I had to film in landscape and still couldn't capture em all
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
So many dolphins in Pōneke harbour that I had to film in landscape and still couldn't capture em all
This visa policy will also be terrible for 🏡🏡housing in NZ and for New Zealanders - especially those based in popular areas/tourism hubs, already out priced and pushed out by Airbnb.
We need real investment from this government, not policy putting more pressure on housing.
We need real investment from this government, not policy putting more pressure on housing.
So wait, tourists can come and work for foreign employers, not pay any taxes, use our infra and this is nacts growth policy?
Is Willis on crack?
This is an utter irrelevance
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Is Willis on crack?
This is an utter irrelevance
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Visa rules for 'digital nomads' to be loosened, Nicola Willis announces
The so-called 'digital nomads' include visitors such as IT specialists and social media influencers.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This visa policy will also be terrible for 🏡🏡housing in NZ and for New Zealanders - especially those based in popular areas/tourism hubs, already out priced and pushed out by Airbnb.
We need real investment from this government, not policy putting more pressure on housing.
We need real investment from this government, not policy putting more pressure on housing.
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Always was always will be 🖤💛❤️✊🏾
January 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Always was always will be 🖤💛❤️✊🏾
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🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈PRIDE BUS 🏳️🌈
Every NZ friend (or stranger) that I have met in Australia admits they wished they had moved sooner. Better jobs, wages & quality of life higher, cost of living lower (mostly) and, unprompted, ppl mention the 12.5% employer cont.
NZ needs serious policy responses to boost the reasons to stay.
NZ needs serious policy responses to boost the reasons to stay.
January 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Every NZ friend (or stranger) that I have met in Australia admits they wished they had moved sooner. Better jobs, wages & quality of life higher, cost of living lower (mostly) and, unprompted, ppl mention the 12.5% employer cont.
NZ needs serious policy responses to boost the reasons to stay.
NZ needs serious policy responses to boost the reasons to stay.
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One of the wonderful things about cycling for transport is you can bump into friends, share a section of your journey together spinning yarns, then continue on separately with no effort
January 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
One of the wonderful things about cycling for transport is you can bump into friends, share a section of your journey together spinning yarns, then continue on separately with no effort
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Wow. This article.
“…people sleep in doorways and alleys… & undeveloped public housing projects rot away... Every concession that NZ has made to the profits of private landlords pushed Scarlett Pavlovich into Gaiman’s arms. She had nowhere else to go. None of the women like her do.”
“…people sleep in doorways and alleys… & undeveloped public housing projects rot away... Every concession that NZ has made to the profits of private landlords pushed Scarlett Pavlovich into Gaiman’s arms. She had nowhere else to go. None of the women like her do.”
"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape - Overland literary journal
The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name...
overland.org.au
January 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Wow. This article.
“…people sleep in doorways and alleys… & undeveloped public housing projects rot away... Every concession that NZ has made to the profits of private landlords pushed Scarlett Pavlovich into Gaiman’s arms. She had nowhere else to go. None of the women like her do.”
“…people sleep in doorways and alleys… & undeveloped public housing projects rot away... Every concession that NZ has made to the profits of private landlords pushed Scarlett Pavlovich into Gaiman’s arms. She had nowhere else to go. None of the women like her do.”
Secure and affordable housing for all.
Absolutely fundamental.
Absolutely fundamental.
"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape - Overland literary journal
The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name...
overland.org.au
January 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Secure and affordable housing for all.
Absolutely fundamental.
Absolutely fundamental.
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This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
Today I opened up Word and now on every freaking line there is an icon for Microsoft's Copilot AI tool, always asking me to use it to write. WTF. After googling, it appears IMPOSSIBLE to remove. I cannot use Word with an AI tool. I'm a professional fucking writer. I don't want it inserting shit.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
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A little comic about desire paths.
January 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A little comic about desire paths.
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I think we can change the world by having protected bike lanes and secure bike parking everywhere.
January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I think we can change the world by having protected bike lanes and secure bike parking everywhere.
I'm in a coastal town in the Mornington Peninsula (VIC) at the moment, and cool to stumble across this on-demand bus service outside a retirement village. Unsure how much it is used though (!).
January 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm in a coastal town in the Mornington Peninsula (VIC) at the moment, and cool to stumble across this on-demand bus service outside a retirement village. Unsure how much it is used though (!).
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Timothée Chalamet arrives by bicycle to the London premiere of ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’
January 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Timothée Chalamet arrives by bicycle to the London premiere of ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’
Seeing Shit You Should Care About on the Spinoff bulletin today. Chefs kiss.
Love to see innovative local media platforms growing, and making an impact in how we receive & understand news ✨👌 @shityoushould.bsky.social @thespinoff.bsky.social
Love to see innovative local media platforms growing, and making an impact in how we receive & understand news ✨👌 @shityoushould.bsky.social @thespinoff.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Seeing Shit You Should Care About on the Spinoff bulletin today. Chefs kiss.
Love to see innovative local media platforms growing, and making an impact in how we receive & understand news ✨👌 @shityoushould.bsky.social @thespinoff.bsky.social
Love to see innovative local media platforms growing, and making an impact in how we receive & understand news ✨👌 @shityoushould.bsky.social @thespinoff.bsky.social
After two months ish working remote and travelling around Australian cities (great time!), I'm planning the next leg through SE Asia. 🌏
I forgot how much effort travel planning takes, and short notice stress /$$ (the first leg was planned slowly over many months, well before I left Ao/NZ). 😅
I forgot how much effort travel planning takes, and short notice stress /$$ (the first leg was planned slowly over many months, well before I left Ao/NZ). 😅
January 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
After two months ish working remote and travelling around Australian cities (great time!), I'm planning the next leg through SE Asia. 🌏
I forgot how much effort travel planning takes, and short notice stress /$$ (the first leg was planned slowly over many months, well before I left Ao/NZ). 😅
I forgot how much effort travel planning takes, and short notice stress /$$ (the first leg was planned slowly over many months, well before I left Ao/NZ). 😅
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Want to help families by giving them free bikes? We’ve started a campaign to raise $3000 to fund 100 free bikes. Please donate and share if you can. #freeride #bikeequity
Help Free Ride give away 100 Free bikes
Fundraising for Free Ride Charitable Trust
givealittle.co.nz
November 11, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Want to help families by giving them free bikes? We’ve started a campaign to raise $3000 to fund 100 free bikes. Please donate and share if you can. #freeride #bikeequity
Last night I had a deep & insightful convo about Te Tiriti, the Voice, colonisation and NZ/Aus histories with a retired white Aussie couple.
It began with Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark's haka.
Our histories are different, but intertwined. There's a lot to share and learn together.
It began with Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark's haka.
Our histories are different, but intertwined. There's a lot to share and learn together.
December 1, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Last night I had a deep & insightful convo about Te Tiriti, the Voice, colonisation and NZ/Aus histories with a retired white Aussie couple.
It began with Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark's haka.
Our histories are different, but intertwined. There's a lot to share and learn together.
It began with Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark's haka.
Our histories are different, but intertwined. There's a lot to share and learn together.