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Glad to see the City Rail Link bringing in a lot of new development,
such as Eden Park's plan to include 1500 new car parks.
Because, fuck trains and buses amirite?
#nzpol
such as Eden Park's plan to include 1500 new car parks.
Because, fuck trains and buses amirite?
#nzpol
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Glad to see the City Rail Link bringing in a lot of new development,
such as Eden Park's plan to include 1500 new car parks.
Because, fuck trains and buses amirite?
#nzpol
such as Eden Park's plan to include 1500 new car parks.
Because, fuck trains and buses amirite?
#nzpol
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Auckland Transport and the Eastern Busway Alliance have discovered an unknown effect that's jamming traffic on the new Rā Hihi intersection:
they have dubbed it "higher traffic growth than expected"
but experts say that it's something called "induced demand" or whatever.
#nzpol
Auckland Transport and the Eastern Busway Alliance have discovered an unknown effect that's jamming traffic on the new Rā Hihi intersection:
they have dubbed it "higher traffic growth than expected"
but experts say that it's something called "induced demand" or whatever.
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🚨 Breaking News 🚨
Auckland Transport and the Eastern Busway Alliance have discovered an unknown effect that's jamming traffic on the new Rā Hihi intersection:
they have dubbed it "higher traffic growth than expected"
but experts say that it's something called "induced demand" or whatever.
#nzpol
Auckland Transport and the Eastern Busway Alliance have discovered an unknown effect that's jamming traffic on the new Rā Hihi intersection:
they have dubbed it "higher traffic growth than expected"
but experts say that it's something called "induced demand" or whatever.
#nzpol
Simeon Brown is now big sad
because drivers have to slow down, and buses and cyclists are prioritised.
So his solution to solve car traffic on Pakūranga road today, is to remove a not-yet constructed cycleway
and, quite literally, another lane for cars.
#auckland
because drivers have to slow down, and buses and cyclists are prioritised.
So his solution to solve car traffic on Pakūranga road today, is to remove a not-yet constructed cycleway
and, quite literally, another lane for cars.
#auckland
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Simeon Brown is now big sad
because drivers have to slow down, and buses and cyclists are prioritised.
So his solution to solve car traffic on Pakūranga road today, is to remove a not-yet constructed cycleway
and, quite literally, another lane for cars.
#auckland
because drivers have to slow down, and buses and cyclists are prioritised.
So his solution to solve car traffic on Pakūranga road today, is to remove a not-yet constructed cycleway
and, quite literally, another lane for cars.
#auckland
but but but socialism bad?
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
but but but socialism bad?
There's an indescribable level that's above "fucked"
when even MSD prefers non-austerity options to reduce young jobseeker numbers.
#nzpol
when even MSD prefers non-austerity options to reduce young jobseeker numbers.
#nzpol
![From: https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/cabinet-papers/2025/tightening-access-to-jobseeker-support-and-emergency-benefit-for-18-and-19-year-olds/regulatory-impact-statement-tightening-eligibility-for-18-and-19-year-olds.pdf
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Regulatory Impact Statement: Tightening access to Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit
for 18 and 19 year olds
IN-CONFIDENCE
Summary: Problem definition and options
What is the policy problem?
More young people are receiving Jobseeker Support. This has the potential to negatively
impact their long-term outcomes as well as contributing to increased benefit expenditure,
which is a significant expense for Government.
What are the policy objectives?
To reduce the number of young people on Jobseeker Support, by encouraging them to enter
employment, education, or training, and thereby reducing government expenditure.
What policy options have been considered, including any alternatives to regulation?
The policy options that have been considered are:
1. Retain the status quo and make no changes to the eligibility criteria of specified benefits
for young people.
2. [Ministry of Social Development’s preferred option] Provide more education and
training services for young people, including addressing numeracy and literacy barriers to
employment, education, and training. This is the sole non-regulatory option.
3. Introduce a parental income test, which would restrict young people’s access to
specified benefits to those whose parents earn under a certain amount, assuming the
young person meets all other eligibility criteria.
4. Introduce a parental support gap test, which would restrict young people’s access to
specified benefits to those who do not have the ability to rely on their parents (e.g.
because they do not have a relationship with their parents or their parents have died),
assuming the young person meets all other eligibility criteria.
5. [Minister’s preferred option]....](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohvpe54mxynxokn3d76cohi/bafkreiad5l7mzxzifq6tlzibbbozg3esf2pl6dyvasmhpbjwkh63urfqoq@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
There's an indescribable level that's above "fucked"
when even MSD prefers non-austerity options to reduce young jobseeker numbers.
#nzpol
when even MSD prefers non-austerity options to reduce young jobseeker numbers.
#nzpol
Out of all of the magnificent pedestrian bridges that could be referred...
@colossalorder.fi has managed to immortalise the "temporary" Wynyard Crossing bridge.
@colossalorder.fi has managed to immortalise the "temporary" Wynyard Crossing bridge.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Out of all of the magnificent pedestrian bridges that could be referred...
@colossalorder.fi has managed to immortalise the "temporary" Wynyard Crossing bridge.
@colossalorder.fi has managed to immortalise the "temporary" Wynyard Crossing bridge.
"Truckers waiting for hours due to storm damage or while fatal road crashes are investigated are asking if there is a better way."
If only there was a better way...
A more efficient way to move tons of freight with less people...
A more climate resilient, cost effective way...
#nzpol
If only there was a better way...
A more efficient way to move tons of freight with less people...
A more climate resilient, cost effective way...
#nzpol
October 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"Truckers waiting for hours due to storm damage or while fatal road crashes are investigated are asking if there is a better way."
If only there was a better way...
A more efficient way to move tons of freight with less people...
A more climate resilient, cost effective way...
#nzpol
If only there was a better way...
A more efficient way to move tons of freight with less people...
A more climate resilient, cost effective way...
#nzpol
I remember reading an opinion during one of UoA's "Complex Conversations" projects (likely Auckland at 15)
that asked: "why don't we tear up the railways and replace trains with buses? No one really uses them anyway!"
Anyway, unrelated, the SH1 is fucked due to there being no trains.
#nzpol
that asked: "why don't we tear up the railways and replace trains with buses? No one really uses them anyway!"
Anyway, unrelated, the SH1 is fucked due to there being no trains.
#nzpol
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remember reading an opinion during one of UoA's "Complex Conversations" projects (likely Auckland at 15)
that asked: "why don't we tear up the railways and replace trains with buses? No one really uses them anyway!"
Anyway, unrelated, the SH1 is fucked due to there being no trains.
#nzpol
that asked: "why don't we tear up the railways and replace trains with buses? No one really uses them anyway!"
Anyway, unrelated, the SH1 is fucked due to there being no trains.
#nzpol
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
And here's the project's proposed outcomes and benefits:
I wish this is a joke investment case, but welcome to 2025
I wish this is a joke investment case, but welcome to 2025
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
And here's the project's proposed outcomes and benefits:
I wish this is a joke investment case, but welcome to 2025
I wish this is a joke investment case, but welcome to 2025
Oh btw, the "East West Link" has been resurrected.
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oh btw, the "East West Link" has been resurrected.
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
NZTA is pushing an investment case to spend $3.7-4.1 billion to get <1% back in economics benefits ($49.5m) each year.
Who the fuck is still asking for this?
#nzpol
William Vickrey, an economist touted as the father of congestion pricing, wrote an essay days prior to his death about the "15 fatal fallacies of financial fundamentalism".
Despite being written in 1996, it may as well be from a 'woke' economist 30 years later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Despite being written in 1996, it may as well be from a 'woke' economist 30 years later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
William Vickrey, an economist touted as the father of congestion pricing, wrote an essay days prior to his death about the "15 fatal fallacies of financial fundamentalism".
Despite being written in 1996, it may as well be from a 'woke' economist 30 years later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Despite being written in 1996, it may as well be from a 'woke' economist 30 years later.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Rā Hihi, the flyover on top of Pakūranga plaza, will have both of its lanes opened tomorrow.
It promises to cut congestion by up to 40%, and would benefit the Eastern Busway "built underneath".
There's just one small problem... underneath it...
#nzpol
It promises to cut congestion by up to 40%, and would benefit the Eastern Busway "built underneath".
There's just one small problem... underneath it...
#nzpol
October 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Rā Hihi, the flyover on top of Pakūranga plaza, will have both of its lanes opened tomorrow.
It promises to cut congestion by up to 40%, and would benefit the Eastern Busway "built underneath".
There's just one small problem... underneath it...
#nzpol
It promises to cut congestion by up to 40%, and would benefit the Eastern Busway "built underneath".
There's just one small problem... underneath it...
#nzpol
I mean there's still this
(RNZ still hasn't fixed yet)
(RNZ still hasn't fixed yet)
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I mean there's still this
(RNZ still hasn't fixed yet)
(RNZ still hasn't fixed yet)
The BSA receives a complaint on a certain political podcast for "unacceptable racist comments"
and Winston Peters, and one of the fake unions, are freaking out on losing their freedom to spew racist bullshit.
#nzpol
and Winston Peters, and one of the fake unions, are freaking out on losing their freedom to spew racist bullshit.
#nzpol
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The BSA receives a complaint on a certain political podcast for "unacceptable racist comments"
and Winston Peters, and one of the fake unions, are freaking out on losing their freedom to spew racist bullshit.
#nzpol
and Winston Peters, and one of the fake unions, are freaking out on losing their freedom to spew racist bullshit.
#nzpol
Exhibit A, B, C, and D
for why this argument isn't bound to reality
for why this argument isn't bound to reality
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Exhibit A, B, C, and D
for why this argument isn't bound to reality
for why this argument isn't bound to reality
more like great savings... and then an eternity of great expenses
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
more like great savings... and then an eternity of great expenses
"They need their teacher in front of them for that very last minute revision."
is frankly not an effective rebuttal against teachers - who are striking after years of being overworked, understaffed, and underpaid from teaching students...
#nzpol
is frankly not an effective rebuttal against teachers - who are striking after years of being overworked, understaffed, and underpaid from teaching students...
#nzpol
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"They need their teacher in front of them for that very last minute revision."
is frankly not an effective rebuttal against teachers - who are striking after years of being overworked, understaffed, and underpaid from teaching students...
#nzpol
is frankly not an effective rebuttal against teachers - who are striking after years of being overworked, understaffed, and underpaid from teaching students...
#nzpol
Good to hear that Mayor re-elect Wayne Brown is still considering surface-level light rain in Auckland.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social
@haydendonnell.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Good to hear that Mayor re-elect Wayne Brown is still considering surface-level light rain in Auckland.
@haydendonnell.bsky.social
@haydendonnell.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
