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Jessica de Heij

@jdeheij.bsky.social

15-minute cities advocacy | Urbanism | Sustainability | 🇳🇱🇳🇿 Views are my own 📍Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ

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Meredith Glaser@cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 12h ago

"Children who travel independently and actively to school have better spatial awareness, a better sense of balance, faster social development and fewer learning disorders on average than children who are driven to school." - Ulla Rasmussen, Executive Director Mobility with a Future (Vienna)

Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷@paullecomtephoto.nz · 18h ago

Youth underutilisation up to 37% of workforce Youth enrolment for election dangerously low They go hand in hand

Bernard Hickey@bernardchickey.bsky.social · 18h ago

Free & open for all: Unemployment rate up to 11-year high of 5.6%; Underutilisation rate up to 13-year high of 13.8%; Youth underutilisation up to 37% of workforce; Yet 111,000 work visas were granted & the RBNZ hiked to take 'heat' out of the economy. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Queen Olivia III@queenoliviaiii.com · 2d ago

Hey NZ parents, what can we do to get your young adult kids enrolled to vote? I know it's the responsibility of the young adults, but is there something we can do to help things along?

Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)@alans-world.bsky.social · yesterday

I did this in 2018, some data will be out of date now, but it was a big topic then too... I pulled and made assumptions based on the data I *could* get ahold of exhalantblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/23/f...

Foreign drivers and NZ’s crash stats: click-bait commentary VS actual data

People should try not to abuse the real statistics for simplistic cheap points scoring, whether this is on social media or through the media itself (in other words, politicians current or former ma…

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Emma Hart@ghet.bsky.social · 2d ago

Let me take a minute to tell you how bonkers this is. The first election I worked was (I think) 2008, before there was really any advance voting. At every election, if you weren't on the roll, we let you cast a special vote and then worked out if you were eligible afterwards. Two reasons: 1/2

Marc Daalder@marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren't on the printed roll and who say they're unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected. newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/03/t...

Hayley@writagal.bsky.social · 2d ago

“The Electoral Commission has told staff to turn away voters who aren’t on the printed roll and who say they’re unenrolled, but has no plans to count how many people will be affected.” So nice to see democracy in action, nothing to worry about here, love NZ’s accessible and clear election process.

Newsroom NZ@newsroom.co.nz · 2d ago

The Opposition says people who think they're not enrolled should lodge special votes rather than being turned away from voting entirely.

Ben McNulty@ponekeben.bsky.social · 2d ago

Five heritage listings in Wellington are stopping new housing, delaying life safety features and costing ratepayers hundreds of thousands in maintenance costs. Here's the detail and why the govt is stepping in 👇

Renew Economy@reneweconomy.com.au · 2d ago

Major NZ government review finds “no good reason” for preventing Kiwis from using plug-in solar, and may make it legal within a year. Will Australia follow? https://reneweconomy.com.au/if-theyre-good-enough-for-germany-new-zealand-set-to-beat-australia-to-legalising-plug-in-solar/

"If they're good enough for Germany..." New Zealand set to beat Australia to legalising plug-in solar

Major NZ government review finds "no good reason" for preventing Kiwis from using plug-in solar, and may make it legal within a year. Will Australia follow?

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