Eleanor

If I tell you I'm a *geographer*, I'm probably just trying to be funny.

Policy Analyst at OECD, views are my own.

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

🚨Hotly anticipated new paper! 🚨
The insider scoop on how NZ pulled off its up-zoning miracle, feat. hot takes direct from the politicians and public servants involved - incl. @cjsbishop @PhilTwyford @DavidParkerMP and more!

https://t.co/eJwlpvf3M6

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@maiamindel New Zealand is actually the best at spelling bees https://t.co/VbdQHpotds

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@cogtwitoergosum @nzsd Did you leave pineapple lumps off this list as a funny joke?

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@ScootFoundation @JoelMacManus Are we in the darkest timeline?

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@foxcar_joey @RebeccaJEmm Are they in colour? What is the res?

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@StuartBDonovan @ScootFoundation No way! The future mayor of Wellington???

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@metro_mim @StuartBDonovan If and when I move back to Wellington I really hope we can be in-person friends bc u r very cool

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@metro_mim @StuartBDonovan Did you make this bee outfit??

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@urbanistfromwhk @zhuoyanakl u flatter me

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@WorksInProgMag @OscarSykes7 Great article! But also "schnapps election" is easily the best pun in New Zealand history and I feel like you missed an opportunity to share it with the world @OscarSykes7

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@metro_mim Yellow is my favourite colour

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@foxcar_joey This is such an important second order effect I hadn't considered, thanks for bringing to my attention

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@StuartBDonovan agree too much focus on fares! bc also apparently people are just as responsive to changes in fare prices as to service quality. So often makes more sense to invest in improving operations than subsidising fares!

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

Delighted to see my fav box resurfacing in the discourse lately

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

RIP Productivity Commission. Box 8.4 remains one of my favourite boxes.

[Marko @markothoughts]

New post from me about Supermarket YIMBYism. The important but forgotten recommendation of the Commerce Commission. It’s time for a NPS-SD – National Policy Statement on Supermarket Development. 🧵

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@urbanistfromwhk If you read the fine print closely, you'll see it excludes applicants from Whakatāne sorry

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@buildmoreethans i hope they move this house to martinborough, it would look cute there

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@foxcar_joey This was v. interesting! ty

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@CSElmendorf @JerusalemDemsas @markothoughts @markothoughts
new AP: similar articles for Wellington and Christchurch pls

[Eleanor @_westerlywinds]

@CSElmendorf @JerusalemDemsas @markothoughts has been following the implementation of the NPS-UD and MDRS by various councils closely - his update on Auckland is great! https://t.co/h6HQqprypI

[Chris Elmendorf @CSElmendorf]

Great convo b/t @JerusalemDemsas & @_westerlywinds
on arc of New Zealand land-use reform.

tl,dr: Nationwide upzoning of transit corridors proved durable, but 3-story triplexes in SFH areas triggered backlash -- led by libertarian party (?!).

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