David Mathieson
@seafever.co.nz
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by | Lawyer (Fintech) | Currently developing an obsession with wing foiling
This has aged worse than sour milk. "Luxon rejected suggestions that a Defence Force flight allowed greater flexibility." #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Christopher Luxon commits to flying commercial if elected
Opposition leader Christopher Luxon says he will not use Defence Force planes to travel internationally if elected as prime minister.
rnz.co.nz
There are about 15,000 jobs advertised today and... - 174,000 people officially unemployed - Another 144,000 people who want more hours - A further 80,000 potential jobseekers (underestimate) This is a failure of laissez-faire economic management on an absolutely tragic scale.
This article is nearly a week old but I wanted to express how much I dislike this argument. Not only is this kind of tall-poppy skinflint traditional kiwi culture just really detrimental to having a nice country with good infrastructure, but we deserve nice things www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
'Future-proofing is a stupid word': Wayne Brown expresses mixed feelings about CRL opening
The Auckland Mayor compared the Karanga-a-Hape and Te Waihorotiu designs to ‘cathedrals'.
nzherald.co.nz
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
Tuanz calls for bipartisan technology strategy: https://billbennett.co.nz/tuanz-bipartisan-nz-technology-strategy/ New Zealand needs a clear, long-term technology strategy ‘that endures beyond electoral cycles - Tuanz. Chorus happy with longer fibre regulatory period.
We’re calling on all political parties for an immediate pause on signing a PPP contract for NZ’s costliest bit of road (so far),Warkworth to Te Hana. There’s cross-party consensus on the need for proper scrutiny of major infrastructure. So let’s start now! www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/06/18/u...
Urgent call to rescope Warkworth to Te Hana - Greater Auckland
On Monday Greater Auckland wrote to all political parties calling for a pause on signing a Public-Private Partnership for the Warkworth to Te Hana expressway, and urging the government to work with op...
greaterauckland.org.nz
This is a fantastic article in The Spinoff about Professor Tim Welch's research on safer speeds. Tim's research is important to provide evidence that safer speeds do save lives and the blanket policy to increase speed limits will likely cost them. Tim has analysed speed limit changes in Auckland:
Simeon Brown deemed speed limit cuts ‘anti-car ideology’ – a new analysis shows they saved lives
The National-led government has raised speed limits. New data reveals the potential human cost of that move.
thespinoff.co.nz
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.
stuff.co.nz
We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a... #nzpol #climate
'A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying' – climate activist
Fonterra and Z Energy confirm in court they met with the Prime Minister's staff – something the PM says he has no record of.
1news.co.nz
The latest from @connorsharp.bsky.social on the RoNS boondoggle is extraordinary. NZTA has successfully fought to avoid releasing the BCR for Warkworth to Te Hana – on the argument that PPP bidders might pull out if they knew how bad the project was. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/21/w...
When transparency might stop a bad project - Greater Auckland
Six months ago I lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman, appealing a refusal by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to release information related to the Warkwor...
greaterauckland.org.nz
Jealous of this level of competence in government.
Isi Baehr-Breen@isibb.bsky.social · 3mo agoHasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
Paywall now lifted: Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark a renaissance in domestic fossil fuel production. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/11/o...
OECD tells NZ there's no future in gas
NZ could achieve electricity security, affordability and sustainability by breaking the power sector's reliance on gas, economic forum advises
newsroom.co.nz
It feels like these guys have been given personal KPIs by the CEO to see how much long-term damage they can inflict before they get a boot up the arse. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits
The announcement means a landmark trial next year will no longer go ahead.
rnz.co.nz
In his latest, @connorsharp.bsky.social looks at another cost of the government's RoNS mania: deaths and serious injuries that could have been avoided with low-cost safety improvements that were sidelined by "a myopic focus on over-scoped highways". www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/12/t...
The Road Toll of the RoNS - Greater Auckland
How many people have been killed or seriously injured because of a myopic focus on over-scoped highways? This isn’t a rhetorical question. The Roads of National Significance (RoNS) – the name of which...
greaterauckland.org.nz
New urban nerd blog just dropped - Ranking Auckland is starting with malls, and the transport score is based on access by PT not car 😍 rankingauckland.blogspot.com
Ranking Auckland
A local blog ranking all sorts around Auckland, indoor and outdoor! Read along to find out about the very best of our city!
rankingauckland.blogspot.com
Love a bit of public art. Especially when it can make you smile.
Wherein “LLMs will decimate white‑collar work” is decisively disproved. An impromptu essay about the generation of “work products” without the required context or intent. (1)
Auckland earlier tonight. (Pic by the Hauraki Gulf Weather account on Facebook, seeing as he's not on this platform)
Welcome to Bluesky @courtsofnz.bsky.social, and hope other government Ministries, and Departments in New Zealand follow suit. #nzpol
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.
March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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We've wrapped up our 3-day hearing v Minister of Climate Change at the Wgtn High Court. Now we await the Court's decision. Thank you for all the support, from the ELI & Lawyers for Climate Action teams. Our final comments here: www.eli.org.nz/updates/clim... #nzpol #climatelitigation #climatechange
Minister was required to do better than ‘a coin toss’ on climate — Environmental Law Initiative
Three days of hearing in the Wellington High Court in Lawyers for Climate Action and Environmental Law Initiative v Minister of Climate Change, concluded this afternoon. The Minister was required b...
eli.org.nz
Reminder - Simeon Brown and Cabinet signed off a rule change that said if a local authority lowered speed limits with schools as one of the reasons, they had to increase them. Let me repeat that, if speed limits were lowered because a school was nearby, Brown forced an increase.
Connor Sharp@connorsharp.bsky.social · 5mo agoOh look, more chickens coming home to roost for all the fucking atrocious decisions made in transport by the government (and especially Simeon Brown) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Who could have predicted that this approach was stupid: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/11/11/s...
Very glad I had the shingles jabs as part of a vaccine trial a couple of years ago. Cannot recommend highly enough signing up for these trials! I do them via St George's in Tooting, but there are trial centres all around the country.
Greg Folkers@gregfolkers.bsky.social · 5mo agoShingles vaccine drastically cuts risk of serious cardiac events bit.ly/47Prvoy
Officials slammed move-on orders in just-released advice, warning they would add: - 6 people to the prison pop - 200-800 court cases - Make homelessness worse www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials warn move on orders will make homelessness worse
Government agencies are scathing of the proposed move-on orders - which official documents say will see an estimated six people imprisoned every year and up to 818 cases taken to court.
thepost.co.nz
