IF YOU SEE ONE FILM. The wonderfully programmed Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival opened last night in Akl and I'm happy to call it: We Were Dangerous, about a bunch of girls the state tries to "look after" in 1950s NZ. Chilling, in light of Abuse in Care, and exhilarating. Aug 15 nziff.co.nz

Excellent review by Emma Gleason of Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival We Were Dangerous, nzherald free to read nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/…

Floggings will continue until morale improves, says Wayne Brown. Does he understand the joke? Does he understand Simeon Brown is flogging him? Column today ⁦nzherald⁩ premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-ma…

There’s a role for congestion charging but they’re not the key to freeing up the roads. The economic gibberish, things they forget to tell us and what we should be doing: ⁦nzherald⁩ column today premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/sorry-simeo…

Christopher Luxon, council spending and that ‘laundry list of distractions’: very good by Simon Wilson, via nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/christopher…

Column today on the govt’s ridiculous obsessions in its critique of council spending, ⁦nzherald⁩ premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/christopher…

How could we enable a passenger rail link with the existing infrastructure, what do we need to improve and where might we look overseas for expertise? Join the TSS webinar this Friday with Simon Wilson, Ben Ross, Heidi Hughes, Angela Strange & Daniel Headifen to find out!

Boom! ⁦Rod Emmerson⁩ ⁦nzherald⁩

The case for investing in bike lanes, with Simon Wilson Idealistic Planter Boxes 🛑 🚗 Wallace / Walesi Chapman Ali The Panel CyclingActionNetwork rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Forest & Bird’s Chief Executive, Nicola Toki speaks truth to power in this must-read op-ed in the NZ Herald. nzherald.co.nz/nz/this-govern…

What’s Infra Boy Bish up to with his “cross-party long-term planning” ambitions? Got a big feature on Christopher Bishop in nzherald today, premium online nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-bisho…

He can't have it both ways. Column today on Luxon's choice: What he said at Turangawaewae, Māori wards, treaty "principles" and respect for local govt. And how the Auckland Council vote on Māori wards went down. nzherald premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/luxons-choi…

Great to see NZ Herald embrace cycling. Bike Auckland CyclingActionNetwork

Wait, what, ⁦Simon Watts? ⁩ The Climate Change Minister told a business conference last week the govt wants emissions to fall “harder and faster” - but what about, you know, EVERYTHING they’re doing? Column today ⁦nzherald⁩ premium and paper nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-day-the…

Wellington city is doing something very few cities have ever attempted: Building a complete cycleway network from scratch. Here are three maps showing the progress.. Map #1: The future This is how it will look like once all the current bike lane projects are complete.