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Spatial and Policy Planner Resident of South Auckland Cities Skylines Player and Snob
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Duncan's typewriter is the source
Former Labour candidate supports Wayne Brown's re-election as mayor
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Yep
So Prime Minister Bishop when?
Needing something different this very trying day? My alter ego Planner self as Mayor of Insert City here with #CitesSkylines and #CitiesSkylines2 benscities.blog
Spot the Sky Rasin aka the π
And lessons from Germany, Italy and the former Soviet Union on what happens to fascists. Take note USA Europe has the lessons
Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - While Seattle Population Spikes, Car Population Stalls Out Β» The Urbanist link.theoverheadwire.com/gejnw @theurbanist.org
Something like that
Bishop, due to speak today at the RLMA conference. Waiting to see which stage of the Planning reforms are next. Tomorrow, there is a Panel on spatial planning, including natural hazards and those proposed National Standardized Zones
Backfiring on Bishop, Jones and Seymour
Why stick around for Depression Economics and the 38% who still support it
Was going the happen Which fascist is next to meet their fate at the hands of 2A as 2A was designed to do?
Designed to depress wages and conditions because that is what NZ businesses want
Wait a Fascist in the US got their beans served?
If they confirm my role is disestablished on Friday, Ill see you in Sydney from Brisbane Unless an Auckland job comes through, crossing the Tasman is now all but confirmed
Technically it is 2 million homes enabled No matter as the numbers is still completely mismatched if the Queensland State Government is planning to enable 1 million homes across the State rather than a single city as Bishop is wanting
What a plank indeed
that as well
Record migration to Australia continues in Depression Economics
Trust me I know It is a very weird feeling right now
That was a thread I was not expecting this morning after my meeting with our Spatial and Consents Team today Then again I wasnt expecting Planners in consultancies who should know better that 2 million homes and 2 million homes enabled is the same thing to the general public
Local Government is a creature of statue
Go do something productive with your lives
Prosperity Gospel Basically leading shallow lives worth nothing and nothing to show when you finally 6ft under pushing the daisies Ultimate in pathetic
Taught by the best at UoA Learned the dark arts and maxim whims as a Nat for 13 years (until Judith Collins)
I did study politics and am an expert and I don't trust Labour with 2026 until Hipkins, Salmond, Kirkton and their white bread Centralism is β’οΈ from orbit entirely. 1 point difference with NACT1 as the Depression continues is well beyond unacceptable Vision now Collaboration Policies yesterday
National and Labour are still the same crew steering the Titanic π
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Record migration to Australia continues
Nicola Willis is the perfect blend of arrogance and ignorance working in harmony
The answer is no, no matter how much National and NZME spins it
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Record migration to Australia increases with negative GDP figures all but certain no matter how Liam and NZME spins it and Joyce is in denial
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Correct @publicaddress.bsky.social you are stating the obvious to someone who knows the Unitary Plan saga inside and out. But the optics from Bishop to what Queensland with 1 million homes aceoss the State rather than the a City is trying to achieve you can see is off by light years
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Orders in fron Joyce Choco rations gone up to 20grams (It was already 20 grams)
Just a note Queensland is planning for 1 million homes for 3 million people across the State, not just a single city.
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Yep, and yes! As a Planner π
Bishop wants 2 million more homes in Auckland, which is enough for six million new residents. On top of the 1.75 million already here. This would make us as large as both Melbourne and Sydney. Where will business, industry, power, water, sewerage, and civic infrastructure all go? π«©
Shamubeel noting herein that job stats even in dairy-heavy regions are looking dire, imho that suggests that the still buoyant dairy industry does not really have the kind of immediate local economic multiplier effect that deserves its Very Special Boy treatment in the political discourse.
Private debt is at 175 percent That is a problem π
F U L G Y they have no fucking alibi they're fugly hey hey they fugly
I'll be doing the same Or hiring a π
Cant get out and do the spring clean up ready for Labour Weekend planting
ditto
yep I see Willis lost her shit over the Aussie inflation target too
Who the fuck asked for Little Johny's opinion He lost his seat when his Government was defeated
Shout out to Table Salt Because the NZ diet lacks phosphate and iodine needed for our Thyroid
This week's forecast brought to you by Australia offloading their shit - again Sydney has been getting smacked silly by the constant rain www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhGV...
Ok, for reasons which will become obvious or not in a few days, i am taking a road trip from AKL to South Otago via SH1 (mostly), I will have to stop every 3- 4 hrs because I'm a human and need rest.If you want to catch up for a coffee, or need a small package delivered, hit me up.Leaving Friday.
F U L G Y they have no fucking alibi they're fugly hey hey they fugly
Private debt is at 175 percent That is a problem π
Yeah
Mine is in the toilet somewhere somewhat
Going through this at work as restructuring continues
Record migration to Australia continues Also I wonder what the GDP data will hit when that comes out Id say -1.5% for the last quarter
We can already do it! TOP posted this just a few days ago. They doubled down when I pointed out the error - now deleted. They truly have their finger on the nations pulse.
TPM (or Greens) it is with the Party Vote next year Not hard to make that decision
Waiting for the usual Labour apologists to defend Hipkins and Labour despite Labour screwing up more than Luxon does Labour just being racist and white elitist again
So we have moved from Labour with Chinese Sounding Names Sydrome to Labour With We Wont Work With Actual Allies Syndrome Who the fuck is actually advising Hipkins over there when there is only ONE SODDING POINT between them and the Government in the polls Labour Racism on display again
A call back to 2018: Light Rail Delivering Your Parcels? What could have been then is missing now in 2025 Freight on our Auckland Light Rail Lines? voakl.net/2018/09/25/f...
ANZ Bank has announced plans to slash 3,500 jobs in a major restructure after announcing a half year profit of $3.64bn in May. It's a good reminder to take that holiday; go home and see your kids; take a long weekend. Corporations don't care about you.
Easy win to say yes bsky.app/profile/bena...
Right, so we have the lower North Island sorted. Now for the Upper North Island. π voakl.net/2024/01/30/e...
Not surprising, but still very important to document.
THREAD These are the 12 standardised zones from Japan that Bishop is wanting to emulate. π NOTE: There are no Rural Zones nor Open Space Zones under the Land Use Law 1974 for Japan as there are in NZ Planning Documents. 1/n
short term yes Medium term not necessarily but that depends on other factors especially transport
Given the latest poll only has 1% between NACT1 and Opposition Wont take much for Bishop to shift the dial
No doubt about that
Yes and no he needs rents and house prices to go up rather than down However, Bishop has cornered this space and owns it Luxon continues and Bishop knifes him Already got NZME doing damage control today so I say Bish has the numbers
Bishop will be proud Luxon and his donors will be spewing www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
When you see Ponsonby at Op Shops and McDonalds you know shits fucked economy wise
The review isnt needed This is just wasteful busy work that can be spent elsewhere Like for the fact Auckland is about 10 public pools short to serve its population (hello West Auckland) and the rest are likely needing overhauls as they reach end of life asset wise. That will be$ 2m please Council.
Bishop And yes Hipkins will still trail behind Bishop as PM and Labour still wont have the guts to replace him, Salmond, and their patronising gib (as we saw in the by election)
Roche continues to remind us why HR works for the CE and never the worker Roche also reminds us we workers can withdraw our labour at ANY TIME if we think the boss sucks Hence the teachers on strike as the Ministry and Govt suck
With work quiet at the moment thanks to the Plan Change Stop order in place by Bishop, it is time to catch up on some long awaited recordings of #CitiesSkylines that have been sitting for a while. Meantime here is a bus ride in Pacifica City in CS1! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wlm...
nice
#onetermgovernment Am I right?
Opposite is Truth Maxim applies to this Young brown noser piece The word is in from Joyce at NZME and the word is to protect Luxon at all costs Also tells me Bishop now likely has the numbers but is waiting www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
and I wont even go there with The Post with Tory, and Bernard Orsman with Auckland....
If they had evolved and they certainly have not the full week of celebrations wtih Koroneihana at Turangawaewae Marae would be front page every day, NZF would be called Proto Fascists front page every day, and Luxon would have been chased out of his role LONG ago
Remember The Herald was founded in 1863 to be the mouthpiece of the land wars and Governor Grey. Nothing has changed there Stuff, and RNZ are just as white, and inheritably racist, xenophobic, homophobic and definitely transphobic
Both as their supporters just dont care even as they suffer under National
Record migration to Australia continues
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They have Couple of my CoLab colleagues have engaged a Japan transit firm last year to see if it can be done They are still working through the numbers and we have to remember the East takes time in doing their business cases
Correct and still higher then the turn out for voting in Auckland Council elections
East vs West although not really Indigenous World View on Planning vs those Standardised Zones! Can the two be reconciled through the Planning Reforms into the proposed Planning Act, and National Standardised Zones?
Which must be a fair few
Bolus and 10 minutes A word and number that will be with me forever more. Life as a Type 1
This poll actually may create the so-far mythic, but always possible, hung Parliament! If TPM won less than 6 electorate seats, there'd be a 60-60 split between the left-right blocs ... only if TPM can produce an "overhang" again does the left bloc get a 61-60 majority!!!
Why does Stuff keep Damien Grant on? businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-...
#BusNews: The Maioro Street dynamic bus lanes began operation on 8 September. The eastbound bus lane will operate on Maioro Street from 6 to 10 am on weekdays. MORE: at.govt.nz/projects-ini...
Conclusion? Media to white and stale stuck in 1863