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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 54m

Yep and most new ones seem to be on the centre right 🫣

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

Margin is a 100 votes!!! And they are still counting, so not final yet. 🫣

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

Sophie hopefully wins. Which I consider centre left. Been in the council for a long time.

Andrew Simms known from the car dealership. 😄 New to council but has done a massive PR campaign.

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

It’s between Simms and Barker now…..

Radich loses Dunedin mayoralty

The results for the Dunedin mayoralty are imminent and Jules Radich has confirmed he did not win a second term. Meanwhile Lee Vandervis also...

www.odt.co.nz

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

Yes congrats @juliefairey.bsky.social 🥳👏

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Joel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 2h

Andrew Little has been elected as the new mayor of Wellington.

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

This is bad. 🙄

Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 2h

Well fuck - Selwyn has elected a majority of Council with links to VFF, Act, and Trump fans. Maybe put that on the no fly list for the next three years

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

What’s up with that!! 😆

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 3h

Ōtepoti living up to it's reputation of not booking ahead for events, even when it comes to local body voting.

Because of getting 9400 voting ballots today (more specifically, this morning), no results until later

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 2h

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 3h

And has defeated New Zealand's longest serving Mayor, Wayne Guppy. 😱😍

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 3h

OMG!! Peri is amazing!!😍😍😍🍾🍾
So good!!!

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 4h

#nzpol

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4h

Phil Mauger will stay on as Christchurch mayor after a convincing win.

Phil Mauger wins Christchurch mayoralty with a 20,000 majority

Phil Mauger will stay on as Christchurch mayor after a convincing win.

dlvr.it

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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 7h

I'm doing live updates on the local election results this afternoon on RNZ, if you want to be the first to know how much of a crushing victory 'did not vote' had across the country

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 6h

STAY in line if you’re special voting, if you get in line before 12 noon, the elections team need to let you vote. Every other box will be sealed shut at 12.

So you’ve got 20 minutes to get to a library or Woolworths or Warehouse to drop your vote in.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 7h

This billboard misses the point entirely.

We should be designing cities where adding 15,000 new neighbors doesn't automatically mean adding 15,000 more cars. The goal is to build places so good that people are freed from the necessity of driving.

Stage is set for a vote on a tense zoning fight that involves the North Side's Broadway

As charges of NIMBY-style narrow-mindedness fly about, Edgewater's alderperson is pressing for zoning changes she says can promote neighborhood vitality.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 7h

A big day…with lots of emotion no doubt.

Wishing everyone standing for local elections the best and hoping for some more progressive cities around Aotearoa. 🤞❤️

a cartoon of spongebob holding his hands over his head with the word positivity next to him

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob holding his hands over his head with the word positivity next to him

media.tenor.com

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 8h

“Almost 7 in 10 people in New Zealand supported lifting benefits in early 2021; and after the government increased benefits in 2021, 60% thought income support should have been increased further.

It’s not the 1980s any more, as much as the Govt wants to drag us back there.” @maxdnharris.bsky.social

Welfare changes are trying to drag us back to a time most of us have left behind

OPINION: It’s not the 1980s any more, as much as the Government wants to drag us back there.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 9h

Felt like summer though 😎

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".

We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.

American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

How to design safer intersections:

1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.

2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 1d

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely outside lunch weather 😎😍

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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Greater Auckland @greaterauckland.bsky.social · 1d

Cities rock.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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