Providing free #e-bikes with training and social support helps people keep riding and improves their physical and mental health, supporting the case for wider access to grow active transport in Aotearoa New Zealand. 🚲⚡ www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/fun...

It is possible England will rig their last Super 8 match against NZ, but the good thing with them is we will never be able to tell.

The economic cost of fraud in NZ is about $10 billion a year; $7-$8b of that is tax avoidance. Wealthy individuals and multinational corporations are the primary drivers of large-scale tax avoidance. If we want to “claw back welfare payments” let’s start with the ones we’re giving to the wealthy.

podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t... I know I’m late to the party but this is a great series. I think it’s the first time I’ve heard properly heard Iwi perspectives on Treaty negotiations.

Introducing this bill TODAY. Wow. Woooooowiee.

I admit, Canada being a curling villain wasn't on my Olympics bingo card. lol

“Should LNG imports proceed, domestic gas pricing would increasingly be influenced by international energy markets as existing long-term contracts expire. This has the potential to place upward pressure on gas prices over time.” - LNG supplier. @dileepafonseka.bsky.social (paywalled)

Live, laugh, levies (definitely not a tax).

Questions: Does anyone believe the oil/gas ban prevented new gas, when there hasn’t been a gas find in 26yrs? Why does half our gas go to methanex? Can that deal be undone to prioritise NZ households? Or no? Have power co’s underinvested to focus on dividends since the sale?

So these dipshits won't fund a *pair* of ferry terminals that'd get used several times a day, but will fund an LNG terminal that *might* get used once in a blue moon? One terminal, for the same price as two, and with zero (0) ferries?

Counterpoint:

Imagine being the party that opposes the passage of Modern Slavery legislation eh. Tells you everything you need to know about Van Velden and Act. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #NZPol

It's like she's doing Pokemon Go but with Nazi war criminals.

People. are. dying. A negotiator friend used to say that in the Paris Agreement carbon markets negotiations when the debate veered into obstructionism and game-playing. There were sometimes embarrassed laughs: it was hard to equate the bean-counting work being done there to life and death. 1/-

One thing to note re the NZ election date is that in dragging things out close to as long as he could Luxon has it happening days *after* the US mid-terms. We saw last year US election vibes can be be quite consequential in other countries. Not sure Luxon was wise to add that variable to the mix.

Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.

Fiscal conservatives should be clamouring for cycleways

I love GDPR. Better regulation with material consequences drives better company behaviour. Even from Ryanair. NZ needs an uplift.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Our survey of 1000+ New Zealanders found that more people support increasing investment in urban cycleways than oppose it (41% vs 35%), but that 24% were “neutral”. Results indicate significantly higher support amongst younger people, Māori, and those in the highest income bracket. #ActiveTravel

This is really the damning part of this Newsroom story about the rates cap gimmick. They had their performative policy and weren't very interested in being told whether it made sense or not. newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/15/r...

Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

"Shut the embassies, freeze the assets and put the IRGC on the terrorist list. If you do that, the regime is isolated." Omid Djallili, actor and comedian, on what the Iranian protesters want. #Newsnight

Building communities in our most connected places makes sense, but often seems harder than it should be. So I’ve been working on a research project for Massey University documenting new or improved communities built up around public transport hubs in the UK - transit-oriented developments. 1/

I like this idea. Over due electrek.co/2026/01/06/b...

The New Zealand Labour Party condemns the US attack on Venezuela including kidnapping its president as a blatant violation of international law.

Happy New Year folks. Every year there’s a generous soul who puts on a fantastic fireworks display at Lake Tarawera that rivals Auckland’s. It’s a lovely way to ring in the New Year

We've have launched a billboard campaign across Aotearoa, after ANZ New Zealand released their annual climate statement, showing ANZ refuses to cut ties with coal companies like Bathurst Resources and continues to invest millions of dollars in fossil fuels.

#nzpol Data released today shows that for all the talk of green shoots, the economy hasn’t grown at all in 2 years. Unemployment is up, & the cost of living is still rising for middle and low-income New Zealanders. The GDP increase today simply balances out the fall previously. A Thread

Want more joy in your life? On ya bike, says health and transport expert. newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/17/w... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @greaterauckland.bsky.social @newsroom.co.nz

It is a truth universally acknowledged, bicycles give you the freedom that car ads promise. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-joy-o... @tomflood.bsky.social @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @nzherald.bsky.social

Bike lanes for the win! I'll be on RNZ this evening around 6.40 banging on about this new study. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/pub... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @rnzrss.bsky.social

"To me this is a pivotal moment, an in-between... This thing is actually now airborne, and maybe unstoppable? We can more than pretend it’s a city, or imagine we could one day have one – we can actually live it." @patrickreynolds.bsky.social on city vibes, city visions, and the magic of momentum. 🥰

Appalling batshittery from the Act Party's 'Free Press' newsletter this morning.

My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods

Fun thing about the Herald’s coverage of PC120. Since Thursday 4th Dec they have had an op Ed from me, deputy chair of the relevant council committee, explaining some of the stuff previous op Ed’s got wrong, and encouraging folks to submit. It remains unpublished & no reply to me when I ask why. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Imagine, a city

Glyphosate safety paper retracted after 25 years – Expert Reaction

It can feel like “chaos” but could bike-plus-pedestrian crossings be a gamechanger for Auckland’s intersections? https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/bikes-mix-with-people-on-foot-at-crossings-in-trial-at-three-high-efficiency-crossings/ #barnesdance #urbandesign

The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.

Remember when it was too much WFH that was the problem? This is just that again – finding something to point at and blame. The fact that the economy is full of seasonal businesses that make their money in summer is studiously ignored. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Midtown traffic cicrculation preso at Tuesday WLB workshop. Lots of good good stuff, the AVO changes not so much, and the bus lanes finishing at 7pm on Wellesley Street is way too early. shrtm.nu/NAzT7Uu

The NZ Govt is doing everything it can to obstruct climate action domestically and globally. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Going to the IKEA opening? You may be thinking about going by bike 🚲 ⚠️ Please be careful: it's an area for experienced bike riders, with some more dangerous areas. If you're not sure, the train is an option If you do bike there, this map shows a good approach 💡

A small cry over this. how wonderful

Today, we re-share a fab op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social: “The more options people have, the more they’ll use the one that works best for their needs. And for many trips in a city, that won’t always be a car. What’s not to like about freedom of choice?” www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/12/02/c...

New cycleway on Vincent 🔥 🔥🔥