We love being city-dwellers, and this great @simonbwilson feature gives me hope it’s going to get even better.
Residents up, office workers not so much, cruise ships are back and the biggest days of the week are now Saturdays. Welcome to the changing, surprising new world of Queen St. My feature today, @nzherald premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/welcome-to…
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Chlöe Swarbrick: We can choose to rewrite the rules again nzherald.co.nz/nz/chloe-swar…
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We have got to ensure the city of the future enables people to live close to their work, daily needs and live without a car
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"Welcome to the future of Soviet-style concrete bunkers..."? Yeah yeah. 10 misunderstandings about the villa wars: @nzherald column Tuesday (pictured: oh my goodness so many good things to do in Devonport)
Yes to this.
Central Auckland reborn? In the @nzherald series starting today, I've got a proposition: let's make Queen St our own La Rambla. And do it with a daylighted Waihorotiu stream. How do we make these things happen? Read on ... premium and paper
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There's a big reality gap right now between people who are actively staying on top of COVID research & those who just trust the current guidelines. There's no judgment here, but I'd like to try to communicate the worldview of the former based on what we know about COVID now:
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feel free to ignore all other retrospectives on “the hipster” ayeshaasiddiqi.substack.com/…
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Catching covid is not inevitable. This is still a novel virus that may cause serious havoc to your body. There are a set of things you can do: 1. Do not mix with people you do not know unless you cannot avoid it. 2. Wear a P2/N95 mask whenever you are out, no exceptions 1/
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Watching Putin's attack on Ukraine play out, I am struck by the thought that Putin learned the lesson from the wrong Afghanistan war. And he has also vastly misunderstood post-Zelenskiy Ukraine. 1/?
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“I feel privileged to have been invited to work with the talented team at Viva. We loved putting this issue together, and I learnt a lot. I can’t wait to share it with everyone.” - Cover star and inaugural guest editor @lorde #VivaVolumeSeven: viva.co.nz/article/magazine/… 🌞
Caring Clinic on Queen Street is doing walk ins; no queue, soothing music, and free hand sanitiser to take home. 💉 💉 💉 Lovely!
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Latest in botched, anti-evidence drug policy: FSANZ arguing for far tighter regulation of kava. While potential of this being applied through Aotearoa is limited, @teanau_tuiono and I are getting to the bottom of this nonsense to make sure that's the case.
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