The kid was not having any of it

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by New Zealand-based designer and co-founder of Messy Press, Erica Harrison. From The Boring Drawing book, which is full of drawing tasks, some very simple, some more imaginative, but all triggering ideas and presented in an elegant graphic context. Messy Press 11 June.

The AUDACITY of a white dude with a heavy non-NZ accent telling me to "go back to your country" when I call him out for riding his motorcycle in the cycleway. He was previously mounting footpaths to circumvent red lights, while also running other red lights before turning into the cycleway

Does your local fancy restaurant look like this? If not, it’s probably because: 1) zoning created large distances between housing & restaurants. 2) the streets between housing & restaurants are unsafe for biking. 3) there isn’t any/enough bike parking 1/2

Don’t forget what REALLY “drives” a lot of regional growth and infrastructure politics. It’s pretty much this. Great drawing via Ian Lockwood.

👀 Riders on the NW Shared Path who cross Carrington Road, your crossing has moved. Turn north (toward Pt Chev peninsula) instead of the usual south (toward Mt Albert) to cross Carrington Road at the temporary crossing. Watch out for directions and signage telling you where to cross - it may change.

maungawhau station, auckland 📍 man what a baller photo @greaterauckland.bsky.social

just saw a video of a guy running after a bus he missed and then another guy passing by in a cargo bike told him to hop in the front basket and the they passed the bus and the cyclist dropped the dude at the next stop 😭😭😭 www.instagram.com/reel/DXzdVAX...

'Silva said Auckland was still “immature” in how it thought about apartment living, & needed to better recognise the city centre -not CBD-as a place where people lived full-time.' aint that the truth. Captive to a parochial 1960's suburban mind set & culture cough cough * decision makers & planners

There's a cycleway under here somewhere 🧐

At last a more accurate description of recent changes in the AKl city centre. A relief from the doom merchants who have found they get attention by mis-representing the real story. Media loves misery, usually. Ngā mihi Janika. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

What happens when bike lanes are part of a network

E-motos are _not_ E-bikes. I'm begging nz police to simply enforce the 300W law already in place (gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/20...) Anything >300W is a motor vehicle. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

Residents! Join the movement to re-green our 🌆🏙️ come meet other interested residents.  Myers Park Cottage are hosting Greening the City, a free programme supporting CC residents to share resources, knowledge & community to grow their own plants from seed. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/got-green-...

For any of my trans pocket freinds seeing this tonight. Just wanted to say I'm glad you're here, you all being goodness to my timeline. Seeing people find themselves and be happy that they did is a wonderful thing. But like, just as people, not because you're trans, just, you're good eggs.

Something a bit nasty about older people dismissing playground improvements as a needless extravagance www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Imagine living in a street without cars in front of the door, but benches, parked bicycles, flower boxes and exuberant greenery against the lovely facades. 😍😍

What is up with drivers who angry honk you because they nearly hit you for not giving way at the roundabout?

Two different absolute cabbages with driving licenses just could not compute why they had to give way to me, as required by law, when I could’ve been braking hard to avoid crashing into them instead 🤬

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

People sit where there are spaces to sit. Britomart precinct on Saturday. #WHWhyte @greaterauckland.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social

@lucyknisley.bsky.social Surprise Linney cameo in a comic by the kid!

Why is RNZ talking to someone from the Heritage Foundation ugh

Kirsten is a PhD student gathering data on the experiences of people with safety on public transport. It's super important that marginalised communities are represented in this, so if you're a public transport user, take the online questionaire! auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Today in carry shit olympics.

Huffy dude who shouted at me to not take the lane proves exactly why I needed to take the lane. He saved no time being a dangerous dick — we easily went waaay ahead of him lol

This book might help some people struggling with apologies today

Nah, it's fine. Just do a left hook across the cycleway without looking

People keep talking about e-bikes, e-trikes, e-scooters, and other power-assisted mobility like they are toys, shortcuts, or something to sneer at. But for a lot of people they are freedom machines. They turn impossible trips into possible ones. They turn pain into manageability, distance into

We’re in 🚆

Eldest kid was reading a comic in @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Slice of Heaven and had to catch her up on some classic ads like Togs togs togs undies and Ghost chips and the Big Save Furniture lady

Biked from work in Mt Eden into town to drop off a dinner at daughter's work, then to the peninsula for a meeting (motorway chocka), now catching up on messages, then will bike home after. Could have never done this in a car. Bikes are freedom! And you bump into mates on the way, too 😊

Broke: short car trips Woke: replacing short car trips with fun little bike trips 🚲 Bespoke: replacing short CAT trips with fun little bike trips* 😻 #nzpets *to the local V-E-T… and surprisingly, she didn’t hate it!

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

Les passagers.

This Stuff story doesn't mention Westmere's street makeover but the video gives a glimpse: two kids galloping joyfully over a new crossing at the formerly hostile intersection. Burying the lede: new bike lanes etc didn't "destroy" this village – quite the opposite! 🥰 www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

Found a cool tiny fungi in the garden today

On the blog this week I've dusted off an oldie-but-a-goodie and given it a re-vamp 🌱 Originally written during the 2020 lockdowns, but now perfect for any apocalypse this decade might throw at us. If you're looking to get some food growing with minimal investment, this one is for you.

How great is to see so much more people on bikes around the city. Especially students (who normally drive - make it make sense 🫠). Just normal people, wearing normal things. I know! very Dutch 🙃🚲 #letschangethatbikeculture 🦺⛑️

Mamdani launches Office of Curb Management

Vibes

Eldest kid just discovered her first Map Without New Zealand (in a book! Printed in 2026!) She was outraged

I like big caudices, I cannot lie

Bonsai is not in my wheelhouse but I’m quite fond of this wee fella

Learn how to change a tyre, oil ur chain, do a safety check, disassemble your bike for transport, & get to know the tools needed. start with basics, then head outside for a practical demo. Sun 5 Apr 10:30am – 12:00pm Betty Wark Room, Ellen Melville Centre Take your bike along if you have one

Peak threaten me with a good time

That was a wet school run! We have peeled off the wet weather gear and now enjoying some hot beverages and a bikkie

This is mainly me being stubborn about keeping my commute streak, but it was a great day to test out my new Ortlieb panniers. (Fully waterproof!).

Today was the first time the kids rode pillion in a deluge to school — they were otherwise usually dry inside the tricycle box. Thought it was hilarious 😅

Anyone spot a number plate on this moped?? I realise that they can't be on the motorway at 50kph, but using a shared footpath is a bit much...