Jessica de Heij
@jdeheij.bsky.social
15-minute cities advocacy | Urbanism | Sustainability | 🇳🇱🇳🇿
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📍Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ
Views are my own
📍Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ
House still pleasant despite high temps this afternoon. 🙌
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
House still pleasant despite high temps this afternoon. 🙌
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Fun fact: New Zealand's first homegrown rock 'n' roll song was 'Pie Cart Rock 'n' Roll' (1957). It goes deep.
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fun fact: New Zealand's first homegrown rock 'n' roll song was 'Pie Cart Rock 'n' Roll' (1957). It goes deep.
Outdoor lunch day! 😎 Definitely need a shady spot.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Outdoor lunch day! 😎 Definitely need a shady spot.
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Setting aside the actual impact of it for a sec: bloody hell this release is disrespectful to our regional councillors www.beehive.govt.nz/release/simp...
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Setting aside the actual impact of it for a sec: bloody hell this release is disrespectful to our regional councillors www.beehive.govt.nz/release/simp...
So Dutch! Why wear gloves? Even though it’s below zero. 😂😂🚲
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So Dutch! Why wear gloves? Even though it’s below zero. 😂😂🚲
Big sigh. 😕😤
So District and City Councils subsumed the responsibility of Regional Councils. This will make the Single Combined Plans under the Planning and Natural Environment Acts rather interesting. As it was assumed Regional Councils would do this and subsumed the role of District and City Councils.
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Big sigh. 😕😤
There needs to be!
Gary and Lola’s do on order though. Their cakes do look amazing.
Gary and Lola’s do on order though. Their cakes do look amazing.
Is there a cafe in Dunedin that specialises in awesome cake?? Cc @sophiefern.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
There needs to be!
Gary and Lola’s do on order though. Their cakes do look amazing.
Gary and Lola’s do on order though. Their cakes do look amazing.
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This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is the plan that the coalition government says is "not about centralising power". Jesus wept. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Interesting learning at Wāhine Connection about the amazing work Moana House is doing.They work with men with a connection to the criminal justice system.
They are on high st but housing is a struggle for them too. They can’t move because of resource consent and they can’t expand due to heritage.
They are on high st but housing is a struggle for them too. They can’t move because of resource consent and they can’t expand due to heritage.
Moana House - Dunedin NZ
Moana House is a well-established residential therapeutic community for adult male offenders.
www.moanahouse.org.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Interesting learning at Wāhine Connection about the amazing work Moana House is doing.They work with men with a connection to the criminal justice system.
They are on high st but housing is a struggle for them too. They can’t move because of resource consent and they can’t expand due to heritage.
They are on high st but housing is a struggle for them too. They can’t move because of resource consent and they can’t expand due to heritage.
28 degrees tomorrow 🥵☀️
Is summer finally here? ☀
You may want to keep your sunscreen handy as temperatures for the next couple of days will reach high 20’s and low 30’s🌡🔥
Keep an eye on our website as heat alert maybe issued🧐
To find out more on heat alert: metservice.com/heat-alerts
You may want to keep your sunscreen handy as temperatures for the next couple of days will reach high 20’s and low 30’s🌡🔥
Keep an eye on our website as heat alert maybe issued🧐
To find out more on heat alert: metservice.com/heat-alerts
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
28 degrees tomorrow 🥵☀️
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No clear benefit? For a tug that has performed recent rescues? And with an ageing Interislander fleet clinging to grim life until replacements come along in a few years? On a notoriously turbulent body of water? Oh, well then. What could go wrong!
Transport Minister Chris Bishop blames “a significant escalation in costs and little clear benefit” for calling it quits on a replacement.
Cook Strait rescue tug going with no replacement
Transport Minister Chris Bishop blames “a significant escalation in costs and little clear benefit” for calling it quits on a replacement.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
No clear benefit? For a tug that has performed recent rescues? And with an ageing Interislander fleet clinging to grim life until replacements come along in a few years? On a notoriously turbulent body of water? Oh, well then. What could go wrong!
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A quote from the man who just gave Ray Chung a promotion.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A quote from the man who just gave Ray Chung a promotion.
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“If you want to attract tourists, you need an attractive city,” she said. “Nobody’s going to sit and have a coffee in a parking lot.” @davidzippel.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
On the French Riviera, Street Reforms Come From the Right
Politically conservative Côte d’Azur cities like Cannes and Nice have embraced pedestrianization, car bans and bike lanes. That’s a departure from global norms.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“If you want to attract tourists, you need an attractive city,” she said. “Nobody’s going to sit and have a coffee in a parking lot.” @davidzippel.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s so sad, people behave like this. 😔
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It’s so sad, people behave like this. 😔
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The issues board at Labour's stall at the Grey Lynn Park Festival on Saturday. "Tackling poverty and inequality in New Zealand" well out ahead of everything else.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The issues board at Labour's stall at the Grey Lynn Park Festival on Saturday. "Tackling poverty and inequality in New Zealand" well out ahead of everything else.
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Same as Jacinda. She didn’t leave, she was bullied and hounded and made to feel unsafe in her home.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Same as Jacinda. She didn’t leave, she was bullied and hounded and made to feel unsafe in her home.
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Three-day free trial is still a thing, get it over Thanksgiving and binge the hell out of this nerdy crap. Also, Man Carrying Thing is the best
nebula.tv/videos/cityn...
nebula.tv/videos/cityn...
CityNerd — Top 10 US Cities That Are Becoming More City-Like
If you listen to political discourse or follow urbanism content on the apps, you could easily believe US cities are uniformly terrible and getting worse. I'm here to tell you, this is incorrect. US ci...
nebula.tv
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Three-day free trial is still a thing, get it over Thanksgiving and binge the hell out of this nerdy crap. Also, Man Carrying Thing is the best
nebula.tv/videos/cityn...
nebula.tv/videos/cityn...
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The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'It just seems cruel': Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments - but she was still stunned.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The abuse Julie Fairey copped after being HIT BY A CAR is exactly what happens when we treat online harm as background noise. Women in politics bear the brunt, especially women of colour. Until NZ actually regulates platforms properly, this will keep happening #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Hoo boy. We are all in such trouble.
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hoo boy. We are all in such trouble.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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The only problem I have with Labour running Renney in Rongotai is if they dont give him a solid list ranking.
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The only problem I have with Labour running Renney in Rongotai is if they dont give him a solid list ranking.
Amazing to see Te Komititanga so full for the lighting of the Christmas tree. ❤️
Lots of people were against building the square and against the investment of the tree. Look at it now! 😍
Lots of people were against building the square and against the investment of the tree. Look at it now! 😍
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Amazing to see Te Komititanga so full for the lighting of the Christmas tree. ❤️
Lots of people were against building the square and against the investment of the tree. Look at it now! 😍
Lots of people were against building the square and against the investment of the tree. Look at it now! 😍
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Also the comparison to Australia is disingenuous
In Aussie they have a Mandatory Employer Contribution: By law, employers must contribute a minimum of 12% of an eligible employee's pre-tax income to an approved superannuation fund
That's paid in addition to wages and salaries
#NZPol
In Aussie they have a Mandatory Employer Contribution: By law, employers must contribute a minimum of 12% of an eligible employee's pre-tax income to an approved superannuation fund
That's paid in addition to wages and salaries
#NZPol
Who cut the $1000 Kickstarter? National
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
Who reduced the minimum contribution to 3%? National
Who reduced the member tax credit from $1040 to $521? National
Who then reduced the same member tax credit from $521 to $260.72? National.
Don't believe National on Kiwisaver.
#nzpol
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Also the comparison to Australia is disingenuous
In Aussie they have a Mandatory Employer Contribution: By law, employers must contribute a minimum of 12% of an eligible employee's pre-tax income to an approved superannuation fund
That's paid in addition to wages and salaries
#NZPol
In Aussie they have a Mandatory Employer Contribution: By law, employers must contribute a minimum of 12% of an eligible employee's pre-tax income to an approved superannuation fund
That's paid in addition to wages and salaries
#NZPol
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The fence certainly doesn't stop cars: two years ago, a motorist ended up upside down in his vehicle on the bike path after first driving over the central reservation and the other side of the road...
www.duic.nl/algemeen/aut...
www.duic.nl/algemeen/aut...
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The fence certainly doesn't stop cars: two years ago, a motorist ended up upside down in his vehicle on the bike path after first driving over the central reservation and the other side of the road...
www.duic.nl/algemeen/aut...
www.duic.nl/algemeen/aut...