I keep hearing it said that it is important to understand that many people still have not gotten over Covid-era lockdowns, but whenever I say that it is important to understand that Covid is still here many people tell me to just get over it already.

If you stop by the corner of Victoria St and Queen St, and continue up towards Te Waihorotiu station entrance, you’ll encounter two phenomenal new artworks: Horotiu - Chris Bailey and Sally Smith Wāhine - Arekatera (Katz) Maihi and Beronia Scott Highly encourage a visit to see these stunning works.

Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial)@teaonews.bsky.social · last wk.

Two towering art works have been unveiled in the Auckland CBD this morning paying homage to waterways that once ran through the city and tangata whenua.

Plant sale time! Carried three basketful this trip 👍🏼

And. The ever active Ima restaurant has another market on this morning. Nau mai to the Manurewa High School Year 13 Young Enterprise students to the Ima Cuisine market.

I don't really care about sportsball — but love that this morning, the library put up the Big Game on the big screen in the foyer, and the absolute scenes that followed when the Team won shows how libraries build communities in so many ways

People do not buy ebikes because they are happy to spend thousands more than they would on a regular bike. People buy ebikes because they save thousands compared to the car journeys they replace. That is the key distinction that many policy makers the general public miss or don’t understand.

Woof city centre dog owners here ones for you this Sunday 🌇🐶 facebook.com/events/s/dog...

Board games on Queens wharf this morning till 4 and why not pick up a bike and get your bike fixed at the same time😍😎🙏🌆 #citycentre

Two low tech and relatively low cost one. « Summer loop fountain » ( 2024 to today ) on Mont-Royal and « a temporary stream » ( 2023 ) on same street .

Just returned from a first summer visit to the city and I was not prepared (for the wonderful streets I’ve heard so much about). Particularly appreciated the multiple public misting stations.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4w ago

If anyone out there still doesn’t understand why I frequently say that Montreal has been doing the best fine-grained city-building in North America, watch and share this video by @streetfilms.bsky.social with @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social. Ped streets, school streets, urban greening, bike-lanes, more!

PSA: Karangahape Rd is open for people! Free boil up at 4pm. Mānawatia a Matariki! ✨

It’s gonna be an epic evening/ night all along Karangahape ridge for Matariki 🌌 The stretch of road between Queen & Pitt Street open only 4 people. Circular stage in the middle on the 🌈 crossing. Matariki ki te manawa. 🌃😎Mānawatia a Matariki 🌆😍 mailchi.mp/kroad/matari...

imma just repost this just to cleanse my brain from RNZ's new editorial direction #nzpol

UrbanAKL@urbanakl.bsky.social · 2y ago

no no no no, you can't be a tradie by using a powerful cargo e-bike! You need to have a big van with an enormous amount of useless space! We're investing in roads not cycleways, get with the past! #nzpol /s

Further colour pops from the stairs #tgif

If you're looking for some whimsy for your bicycle, Paper Roads (an awesome local bikepacking bag-maker) just dropped some cute reflective watermelons paperroads.co.nz/products/saf... They also have reflective pizzas

Safety Watermelon

A highly reflective watermelon slice to hang off your bike or strap to your bag! Just like the Safety Pizzas, the Safety Watermelon is made to last, reinforced with a plastic backing. These are also p...

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The kid was not having any of it

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by New Zealand-based designer and co-founder of Messy Press, Erica Harrison. From The Boring Drawing book, which is full of drawing tasks, some very simple, some more imaginative, but all triggering ideas and presented in an elegant graphic context. Messy Press 11 June.

The AUDACITY of a white dude with a heavy non-NZ accent telling me to "go back to your country" when I call him out for riding his motorcycle in the cycleway. He was previously mounting footpaths to circumvent red lights, while also running other red lights before turning into the cycleway

Does your local fancy restaurant look like this? If not, it’s probably because: 1) zoning created large distances between housing & restaurants. 2) the streets between housing & restaurants are unsafe for biking. 3) there isn’t any/enough bike parking 1/2

Don’t forget what REALLY “drives” a lot of regional growth and infrastructure politics. It’s pretty much this. Great drawing via Ian Lockwood.

👀 Riders on the NW Shared Path who cross Carrington Road, your crossing has moved. Turn north (toward Pt Chev peninsula) instead of the usual south (toward Mt Albert) to cross Carrington Road at the temporary crossing. Watch out for directions and signage telling you where to cross - it may change.

maungawhau station, auckland 📍 man what a baller photo @greaterauckland.bsky.social

just saw a video of a guy running after a bus he missed and then another guy passing by in a cargo bike told him to hop in the front basket and the they passed the bus and the cyclist dropped the dude at the next stop 😭😭😭 www.instagram.com/reel/DXzdVAX...

'Silva said Auckland was still “immature” in how it thought about apartment living, & needed to better recognise the city centre -not CBD-as a place where people lived full-time.' aint that the truth. Captive to a parochial 1960's suburban mind set & culture cough cough * decision makers & planners

No backyard, no car, no mortgage: The Kiwi families rewriting the quarter-acre dream

Attached homes - including apartments - have made up the majority of city’s new dwelling consents in recent years.

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There's a cycleway under here somewhere 🧐

At last a more accurate description of recent changes in the AKl city centre. A relief from the doom merchants who have found they get attention by mis-representing the real story. Media loves misery, usually. Ngā mihi Janika. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

From 'garbage' to 13 million visitors a year: How a decade of change reshaped foot traffic in central Auckland

Ten years after demolition of Downtown Shopping Centre to make way for Commercial Bay, pedestrian counts in the area are around double those further up Queen Street.

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What happens when bike lanes are part of a network

E-motos are _not_ E-bikes. I'm begging nz police to simply enforce the 300W law already in place (gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/20...) Anything >300W is a motor vehicle. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

‘A lethal weapon in a child’s hand’: Fears over high-powered e-bikes

The Herald clocked one e‑scooter rider, wearing a full-face helmet, travelling at 53km/h.

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Residents! Join the movement to re-green our 🌆🏙️ come meet other interested residents.  Myers Park Cottage are hosting Greening the City, a free programme supporting CC residents to share resources, knowledge & community to grow their own plants from seed. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/got-green-...

For any of my trans pocket freinds seeing this tonight. Just wanted to say I'm glad you're here, you all being goodness to my timeline. Seeing people find themselves and be happy that they did is a wonderful thing. But like, just as people, not because you're trans, just, you're good eggs.