Can the high cost of school uniforms be a barrier to attendance? 👕🤔
According to three researchers from the Department of Public Health in Wellington, the answer is yes.
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FYI - Tilburg is a city of 220k population (2x time the size of Dunedin).
Seriously, check out JUST the type 2 AC public chargers in this small city. Like that’s not even the rapid DC fast chargers.
Haha so Dutch. Love it!
Also make sure to check out one of more than 20 different salad options at the AH, when you get a chance. So good! 🥗
Hospitality at train stations is great, eh! Great for early morning coffee, or a quick lunch while on your way.
Totally. I’m feeling for the Wellington folks.
"Kuwait invokes ‘force majeure’ on its fuel, allowing it to forfeit delivery to NZ’s refined fuel suppliers"
Neat development #nzpol
Bit of a chilly day here, eh! Wearing many layers, but seems the weekend will be 18 degrees again.
Gotta love Ōtepoti weather. 😂
Some cool data from @mrcagney.bsky.social
83% wear active wear, versus 17% in normal clothes.
Also, safer&seperate infrastructure will lead to more women riding. Research identified a tipping point when cycling reaches 7% of all trips in a city, gender equity follows.
Source: shorturl.at/OQUl3
With the fuel-supply crisis brewing, there’s been talk of letting trucks use bus lanes.
But that may be starting at the wrong end of the question - and missing the bigger opportunities, writes Matt Lowrie: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/20/g...
An interesting, and I think accurate, take on Luxon from Dr Andrew Dickson. Buckle up for a bit of Lacanian theory.
#nzpol
“2 thirds of ute trips took place in urban areas – that’s according to where drivers lived and the duration of the trips.
Most were short, which produce disproportionately higher rates of emissions than longer trips, and mostly not for work purposes. Usually, there’s only 1 occupant, the driver.”
This is exactly how this street should be. It is not a street designed for motor vehicles, which are guests.
Already, people are demanding in these videos that the tech becomes more assertive against pedestrians and cyclists.
This is the beginning of a slippery slope for human-scale cities.
Rents fell in Austin when they built more homes. Good things are possible when you do planning reform 🏗️
Yep which is a good ride. Around 30km I’d assume.
“Samantha Hayde was biking in the Wild Dunedin Festival of Nature ‘‘Wild Ride’’ event yesterday.
She had started her journey in St Leonards and was excited to be ferried across the harbour to Portobello.”
If you are a Councillor, please watch this.
It happened nearly 50 years ago in the Netherlands. The arguments against restricting traffic were the same as those made today and were proven to be wrong.
Many cities would greatly benefit from a circulation plan.
youtu.be/bgKokpZMFnU?...
EU’s energy crisis response is broader than expected: remote work mandates, heat pump subsidies, EV leasing schemes — plus electrification targets and new laws to tax electricity below fossil fuels.
#NZ Science funding policy
Science offers great benefits, but to get it you want to fund basic science as widely as you can, stably, not only "commercialise". You can later *add* support for focus topics, not at the expense of basic research.
This outlines similar concerns I have previously, 1/3
I have tried to ge them here, but so hard to find nice ones, even though we are in the country of the flat white. 🙃
Ok choosing a birthday gift from my parents. And as I only have one coffee cup atm….
How cool do these look! 😍
www.debijenkorf.nl/d/hkliving-7...
We can create this in Aotearoa; if we made walking, cycling and PT easy/convenient, and getting around by cars harder in our cities.
So these are the kinds of streets in the neighbourhood of my Airbnb, and I just adore them …open right onto the street, gardens & patios in back, everything is so quiet, you can hear bicycles come by, cars are slow & hella infrequent so make very little noise. I can walk in the street easily.
“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic...If you invite people to walk more and use public spaces more, you get more life in the city. You get what you invite.” - Jan Gehl
"It’s closed out. It's finished. We voted it down yesterday, and it's over, and we're moving forward." - Luxon
“Cremated and buried”. - Potaka
They lied. Despite over 90% of submitters opposed and massive divisions caused.
National Govt continues to roll it out. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Good luck! 🫣 Hospitality isnt our strong point. Last time I was back home, I ended up going to a kiwi cafe in Utrecht quite a lot. 😆
So good, eh! And hope you find a good brunch spot.
gotta love well insulated houses. 😍
