HE WENT ON A RAMPAGE AND DROVE A UTE INTO THE GROUP OF CYCLISTS AND A JOURNALIST JUST ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY LIGHTS ON THEIR BIKES FFS. And yes, the capslock are necessary
Jochem Kranen
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Good bye Downtown Carpark and Flyover, hello new signature mixed use complex although not so sure on the 613 caparks (100 is more than enough) www.nzherald.co.nz/property/auc...
Approved Auckland tower would rise above stalled Seascape
The taller tower will reach 222.5m, exceeding the stalled 187m Seascape project.
nzherald.co.nz
I have once again made a meme, this time to illustrate National's official position on coalition negotiations thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-...
Tried the future Journey Planner and the time savings on the Western Line are of course not what was promised. Not getting improved frequency, we should have at least gotten the promised time savings but AT says no lol
📢 People are urged not to handle sick or dead birds after the coastal detection.
First case of bird flu confirmed in New Zealand
nzherald.co.nz
📢 The City Rail Link is tipped to open on August 30, multiple sources have told BusinessDesk. The project's completion would unlock more than 50,000 peop...
City Rail Link opening tipped for August
businessdesk.co.nz
I'm pretty keen to not hear the American-accented voice spell out 'Te R-a-p-a' any longer. New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
Language commission hails normalisation of te reo Māori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced words
theguardian.com
WTF are Auckland Council's Consent Planners doing now? First NW Busway with NZTA and now the Precinct Tower development at the Downtown Parking Building? IT IS THE CITY CENTRE WHICH MEANS GO FOR BLOODY GOLD on the mixed use development businessdesk.co.nz/article/infr...
Council planners say Auckland towers planned by Precinct Properties are ‘inappropriate’
Auckland Council planners say the 227-metre and 162m towers that Precinct Properties plans for the Downtown Carpark site are “inappropriate development&rd...
businessdesk.co.nz
BREAKING: USGS upgrades Venezuela earthquake to 7.5. Major damage to buildings.
Have we cloned Joe Bell now? There's two of them in the lineup
Hate the "hydration" breaks, but wow do I need this break to get my heart rate down. Go the #AllWhites!
Trying to ignore every and all news, message, and social app to stay ignorant of the earlier game's result, which I'd like to watch later, and TVNZ is showing the outcome of the early game *front and centre in their app* for everyone to see when they start it up to watch the current live game
In other transit news: the 666 bus to Hel has been reinstated
NOS@nieuws.nos.nl · 2mo ago'Highway to Hel' keert terug: bus 666 gaat weer rijden in Polen
In Pokemon GO there are Pokestops (corresponding to IRL locations). One of my favourite pokestops outside New Lynn station is a Gregor Kregar sculpture, "Transit Cloud"; locals have a different name. Game-name: "Phallacy of New Lynn" gregorkregar.com/portfolio/tr... #pokemonGO #pokestop #Auckland
Rising bollards in action at Karangahape Road/Mercury Lane 😍 The secret of civilised streets is to use bollards. @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social @ccrg.bsky.social #Auckland #CRL
📢 Edinburgh Castle on Symonds St is being turned into a new commercial entity by Finn.
Inside the pub with the dodgy reputation that superstar Neil Finn has bought
nzherald.co.nz
He recorded 10,000 concerts on tape, now they’re streaming for free
He recorded 10,000 concerts on tape, now they’re streaming for free
The music collection of a 59-year-old Chicago man who attended more than 10,000 concerts and recorded each one on cassette tape is slowly being digitized and released online for free. Like many Gen…
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