Maree
@twistedlogic.bsky.social
Runner, sewer, beer-lover, kayaker, e-bike commuter. New Zealand 🇳🇿
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More NZers support urban cycleways than oppose them. Plus: an age gap, with older ppl more likely to be against them. Choices today will shape how young ppl move through their cities for decades.
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-support-investing-urban-cycleways-outweighs-opposition-national-survey
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-support-investing-urban-cycleways-outweighs-opposition-national-survey
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
More NZers support urban cycleways than oppose them. Plus: an age gap, with older ppl more likely to be against them. Choices today will shape how young ppl move through their cities for decades.
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-support-investing-urban-cycleways-outweighs-opposition-national-survey
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-support-investing-urban-cycleways-outweighs-opposition-national-survey
I'm glad someone mentioned yesterday how hideous it was in the office. I packed my portable desk fan today and I am not regretting it.
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I'm glad someone mentioned yesterday how hideous it was in the office. I packed my portable desk fan today and I am not regretting it.
For a moment I thought @kiwieric.bsky.social was in the news again
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
For a moment I thought @kiwieric.bsky.social was in the news again
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For the price of less than ONE of National's Roads of National Party Significance you could expand the cycle network right across the motu, returning benefits easily 10x (so $12.8b) of what we have now (which is already formidable at $1.28b).
And more than RoNS will EVER return to Aotearoa 🚲 👇
And more than RoNS will EVER return to Aotearoa 🚲 👇
So cycling tourism particularly in the South Island is worth $1.28b to our national economy. And it will only expand.
NOW IMAGINE boosting cycle tourism even further into our big cities!
Exploring Auckland by e bike would be quite scenic given its very diverse geography!
voakl.net/2025/12/03/m...
NOW IMAGINE boosting cycle tourism even further into our big cities!
Exploring Auckland by e bike would be quite scenic given its very diverse geography!
voakl.net/2025/12/03/m...
Making Cycling Work for YOU and Your City!
Using Urban Simulator to illustrate how cycling can work for you So, you have medium density being built in your city, businesses want to establish or expand as a consequence of that medium density…
voakl.net
December 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For the price of less than ONE of National's Roads of National Party Significance you could expand the cycle network right across the motu, returning benefits easily 10x (so $12.8b) of what we have now (which is already formidable at $1.28b).
And more than RoNS will EVER return to Aotearoa 🚲 👇
And more than RoNS will EVER return to Aotearoa 🚲 👇
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When Americans get stopped by the New Zealand police 😃
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
When Americans get stopped by the New Zealand police 😃
Just need to make it to 2pm
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just need to make it to 2pm
Just got an email to tell me that Kathmandu's Boxing Day sale has started
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just got an email to tell me that Kathmandu's Boxing Day sale has started
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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
Why you should ditch your car in 2026
Comment: Want to save money, improve your health and your city? Think about making your commute carless next year.
newsroom.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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
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The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.”
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
What's in the RoNS files? - Greater Auckland
Earlier this week, Te Waihanga, The Infrastructure Commission, called for Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying to obtain information on the advice given to decision-makers about the RoNS. ...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.”
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
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Wait, what?! Yesterday, it emerged that Auckland Transport plans to re-open Queen St to all night thru-traffic. Boy racers, start your engines!🏎️🏎️🏎️
But why? And who on earth asked for this? Is this Project K all over again?
@connorsharp.bsky.social has the scoop - and a campaign to restore sanity.
But why? And who on earth asked for this? Is this Project K all over again?
@connorsharp.bsky.social has the scoop - and a campaign to restore sanity.
It's time to stand up for a better Queen Street, again! - Greater Auckland
Here we are again. For the umpteenth time, more changes are being proposed for Queen Street (and Midtown). Unfortunately, these are not good changes, and they include pouring traffic back into the sho...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Wait, what?! Yesterday, it emerged that Auckland Transport plans to re-open Queen St to all night thru-traffic. Boy racers, start your engines!🏎️🏎️🏎️
But why? And who on earth asked for this? Is this Project K all over again?
@connorsharp.bsky.social has the scoop - and a campaign to restore sanity.
But why? And who on earth asked for this? Is this Project K all over again?
@connorsharp.bsky.social has the scoop - and a campaign to restore sanity.
Damn bike dramas strike again. Supposed to be at work lunch but something was weird with bike chain. Lovely dude (apparently a mechanic) was walking by and tried to help and we worked out the issue (broken chain link).
December 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Damn bike dramas strike again. Supposed to be at work lunch but something was weird with bike chain. Lovely dude (apparently a mechanic) was walking by and tried to help and we worked out the issue (broken chain link).
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"In 2024, 82% of people in New Zealand walked for transport at least once a week, a significant increase from 64% in 2023."
So why isn't investment in walkability keeping pace?🚶🚶♂️🚶♀️
Guest post by @timjonesbooks.bsky.social of @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/27/n...
So why isn't investment in walkability keeping pace?🚶🚶♂️🚶♀️
Guest post by @timjonesbooks.bsky.social of @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/27/n...
New Zealand is walking again, but our streets aren't keeping up - Greater Auckland
This is a guest post by Tim Jones, President of Living Streets Aotearoa. By profession, Tim is a writer, editor and anthologist, and his latest book is the poetry collection Dracula in the Colonies. N...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"In 2024, 82% of people in New Zealand walked for transport at least once a week, a significant increase from 64% in 2023."
So why isn't investment in walkability keeping pace?🚶🚶♂️🚶♀️
Guest post by @timjonesbooks.bsky.social of @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/27/n...
So why isn't investment in walkability keeping pace?🚶🚶♂️🚶♀️
Guest post by @timjonesbooks.bsky.social of @livingstreetsnz.bsky.social:
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/27/n...
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If only NZ was as ambitious as... any country other than Iceland.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If only NZ was as ambitious as... any country other than Iceland.
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Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming:
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Only in Dunedin do 20% of motorists have a chainsaw at hand when driving.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Only in Dunedin do 20% of motorists have a chainsaw at hand when driving.
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Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.”
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
Accessing the Acropolis - Greater Auckland
Tāmaki/Auckland only has a few public institutions of national significance: the Art Gallery, the Museum, and Auckland University, each housed in nationally significant buildings. Plus only a few trul...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.”
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
@patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...
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"Everyone deserves safe streets." It's wrong for the local MP to interfere with a plan for a new bike lane.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
‘Terrible idea:’ Cycling groups clash with minister over plan to scrap proposed bike lane
Cycling advocates are urging Auckland Transport not to bow to pressure from Simeon Brown and scrap a planned bike lane in East Auckland.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Everyone deserves safe streets." It's wrong for the local MP to interfere with a plan for a new bike lane.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
Much fun with airports today. Carry-on got pulled aside in Adelaide because of my power bank and the dude took forever to read the label. Remote gate at AKL so we were bused to the terminal. Then stuck for an age to show our bottle of honey mead because everyone in front of us had boxes of food 😬
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Much fun with airports today. Carry-on got pulled aside in Adelaide because of my power bank and the dude took forever to read the label. Remote gate at AKL so we were bused to the terminal. Then stuck for an age to show our bottle of honey mead because everyone in front of us had boxes of food 😬
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Who would have thought that the announcement of the BYD Atto 1 selling for under $30k NZD would anger so many people on Facebook? It's crazy. Me and the other moderator have removed so many seething comments from people who feel threatened by this smöl car. 🤷
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Who would have thought that the announcement of the BYD Atto 1 selling for under $30k NZD would anger so many people on Facebook? It's crazy. Me and the other moderator have removed so many seething comments from people who feel threatened by this smöl car. 🤷
What a beautiful venue for a concert!
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What a beautiful venue for a concert!
Something for @kiwieric.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Something for @kiwieric.bsky.social