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Jessica Halliday

@jostle.bsky.social
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Architectural Historian. Blessed & cursed by a love of architecture & Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa NZ. Directs Te Pūtahi and Open Christchurch. Pākehā. Toitū te Tiriti. She/her. Views own.

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Anyone else catch Seymour stating on Breakfast this morning that we don’t need a new tax because the government has more money than most? The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦‍♂️ #nzpol
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 10/10/2025
From The Detail: An expert in water-sensitive design urges us to think harder about what lies beneath our feet.
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Stormwater solutions lying in the soil
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target. My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol
Cartoon. Title: “Job Seeee-e-e-e” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon at the open hatch of a small plane, high above farmland. He’s leaning out, and holding up a parachute pack, labelled “Job Seeker” He’s calling out to someone falling from the plane, “And I’ve kept your parachute because you kids from low-income homes need some motivation” Then he adds, “Don’t let that disability slow you down!”
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Yip, sign. Yip, email your MP, Winston Peters, the PM It feels futile but we've got to be constantly telling them this is what matters to us.
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NZ Government Sanction Israel Now
Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In the UK, the clueless Tory Govt tried to cut spending from 2011 to reduce debt. That backfired - economists often miss that Govt spending adds to the tax base. This created the conditions for the rise of the far right. But, that's another story (it's where we're heading) . (Ends)
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Successful social housing and good design. Wish this government would be inspired by how well Kainga Ora and architects can do when enabled. 236 flats replacing 50 houses. We need more of this.
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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Luxon Govt stopped or blocked four key structural projects which would reduce fossil gas dependence: NZ Battery Project, Gas Transition Plan, Govt Investment in Decarbonising Industry, and Offshore Wind.
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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Fixed.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“Even the most skilled school leader is constrained by the ongoing failure of the state to address the deep inequity in our education system. New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 38 developed countries for its overall equality in education.” — Rebecca Macfie, author of ‘Hope and Hardship’.
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Paying down the equity debt in our schools | E-Tangata
“Even the most skilled school leader is constrained by the ongoing failure of the state to address the deep inequity in our education system. New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 38 developed countries for i...
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Aunty Donna @kebabette.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Biography by Kelly Ana Morey, published today on Reading Room. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...
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Short story: Biography, by Kelly Ana Morey
Kelly Ana died on Monday. This was her last story. It's actual genius
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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 31/08/2025
Health NZ has been ordered to apologise after the Ombudsman found it acted unreasonably and unlawfully in withholding data that shows more than a third of all public hospital shifts last year were understaffed. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Tehmina Gladman @tbgladman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
There’s still time to submit on the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill. You have until 11:59pm on Wednesday the 27th of August. #nzpol www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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KidOf60sTeens; The right wing is not your ally. @kidof60steens.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Courtesy of Shamubeel Eaqub, Chief Economist at Simplicity... 74,000 jobs gone. SEVENTYFOUR THOUSAND JOBS!!!! This government is destroying AoNZ simplicity.kiwi/learn/resear... #NZPol
"NZ's recession has so far claimed 27,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Although this doesn't tell the full story; total job hours have actually shrunk further. If you factor in how many part-time jobs have replaces full-time equivalents (FTE), it actually equates to a total FTE work reduction of 74,000 jobs. And that starts to sound more grim"

A graph is included showing this.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.co.nz · 01/08/2025
Local elections in NZ are a democratic mess. 78 councils, no central info, run by private companies. I’ve compiled every 2025 local govt candidate (including their affiliation) into one searchable tool - because someone had to. #nzpol theprogressreport.co.nz/local-candid...
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2025 Local Candidates - The Progress Report
Searchable and filterable database of 2025 NZ local government candidates from every council. Built to improve accessibility and transparency.
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Yip, one of the best places to shop. I'm a fan of Yogiji's in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Go to for pulses, vege, rice and spices. We also shop at Piko, Bin Inn, and a big vege store (Growers Market usually). Avoid the big supermarkets as much as we can.
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David Palmer @cloventt.net · 20/07/2025
Five people a day become homeless in Ōtautahi. It can happen to anyone. It can happen to you. Case in point. Employed full time, can afford $650 a week in rent, still ends up homeless. Our social contract is broken.
A post in a Hornby community facebook page that reads “URGENT HELP NEEDED As of Friday, a lovely local family with three young children (including a baby) became homeless. The lease on their previous rental was up and it would not be extended further due to "family moving into the rental." They had applied for many rentals leading up to Friday but have had no success. They have been advised by MSD they do not qualify for emergency housing support as they are over the threshold by $40.00!! We have managed to get them very, temporary accommodation until Monday but they are desperately seeking a rental immediately preferably in the Hornby or surrounding suburbs. They would prefer 3 bedrooms but are open to anything. They can afford up to approx. $650 and have references available. The male is in full time work in the Hornby area. If you know of any rentals that are available, please private message me on Facebook Messenger or text me on 027 etc”
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Has anyone seen similar data for Aotearoa NZ?
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
“This is the most rejected, reviled, and opposed bill in the history of our government.” — Tina Ngata on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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Tina Ngata: Reject this bill in its entirety | E-Tangata
“This is the most rejected, reviled, and opposed bill in the history of our government.” — Tina Ngata on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
“Vaping has become so widespread that New Zealand now has more daily nicotine users than it did five years ago. In fact, 86,000 more people are regularly consuming nicotine than in 2018. In places like Wairoa, vaping is embedded in everyday life.” — Fred Christensen.
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The kids aren’t smoking, so why aren’t we celebrating? | E-Tangata
"Vaping has become so widespread that New Zealand now has more daily nicotine users than it did five years ago. In fact, 86,000 more people are regularly consuming nicotine than in 2018. In places lik...
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Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
A preview of Word Chch www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
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Guilt, murder and laughs at WORD Christchurch
The signing queue went out the door when Catherine Chidgey appeared at the Auckland Writers’ Festival in May. Expect similar scenes in Christchurch next month.
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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
On target criticisms by a former National Party MP and current journalist. Luxon silences and deflects. That's his style. IMHO it's like Peters' style of flamboyant attack, and Seymour's as deliberately inflammable. None of them act in good faith, or as people who would put Aotearoa first. #NZpol
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"Some political analysts have suggested that the refusal to name the strategy is the strategy. This Government doesn’t need to tear up Te Tiriti on the steps of Parliament-they’re doing it quietly, clause by clause, commission by commission, until nothing remains but ceremonial language."
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Prioritizing Youth Mobility Is Prioritizing Adult Relaxing.
drawing of a cup of coffee 
When kids can walk/roll safely and independently to school, you can enjoy some peaceful time to yourself.
prioritizing youth mobility is prioritizing adult relaxing
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Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Saw this on one of the local facebook groups which might help.
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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Mānawatia a Matariki! Happy Māori New Year!
Cartoon. Title: “Remember, Reflect”. Image shows three people flying through the Matariki stars, saying “Mānawatia a Matariki” while down the bottom right corner it says, “Look forward”
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 19/06/2025
Israel is a rogue state - don’t let it drag us into World War III
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
1. #NZ: Experts warn #RSB: Regulatory Standards Bill threatens future public health laws:#nzpol #health #wages #safety #environment #democracy #climate #cleanWater Please help stop this! 🍃🌹🌿 #submissions close 1pm 23 June www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Experts warn Regulatory Standards Bill threatens future public health laws
One of the experts said it would have a "chilling effect" on public health measures.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Yesterday's massacre is no longer the largest at an aid distribution site, it was eclipsed today when 70 people were killed (that number is likely to rise as many of the 200 injured are in critical condition) aje.io/3s0pv2
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Israel kills at least 70 Palestinians in Gaza’s deadliest day at aid sites | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Violence in Khan Younis adds to wave of attacks that have since May 26 killed hundreds of desperate people seeking food.
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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
And there it is, quietly and executed through a Letter of Expectations - the privatisation of our health system. Not voted on. No consultation - just admin. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Health NZ told to give private hospitals 10-year outsourcing contracts
Hospital outsourcing contracts have tended to be short-term, but Health Minister Simeon Brown has made a new request.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I like this guy's citation of one of my recent essays, focusing on the idea that it's the left/Democrats' feminized job to pacify and placate the raging beast of the masculinized right.... bsky.app/profile/sake...
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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
For people in Wellington who are outraged by Israel's seizure of the Madleen and kidnapping of her crew in international waters, there will be a protest at 3pm (in 40 minutes) outside the Israeli Embassy at 36 Brandon Street. Please re-post for reach.
Image of a post from another social media platform that reads:
"SNAP ACTION THIS AFTERNOON
Occupy Brandon Street invites you all down to the Israeli Embassy, 36 Brandon Street, 3pm-4pm today to protest the illegal boarding of the freedom flotilla ship the Madleen by th eIOF, and the kidnapping of their crew (including Greta Thunberg and 11 others) in interational waters in the last two hours.
Bring flags, signs and megaphones."
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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 04/06/2025
I am definitely going to post a physical submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill. Mostly because it adds extra steps between my words and an AI summarisation. It's not insurmountable, but I will go out of my way to make this harder for them.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Better yet, post it to each of them. It's free, and it will cost parliament money - meaning the committee's undemocratic decision will result in a tangible cost. support.nzpost.co.nz/s/article/Ho...
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Support | New Zealand Post
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CarbonPlan @carbonplan.org · 23/04/2025
Want to know how fossil fuel companies use carbon offsets to claim they’re fighting climate change? We've updated OffsetsDB — our offsets database — to allow you to search by carbon credit user. Search "Shell" and see what offsets they're using and when. (1/4) carbonplan.org/research/off...
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David Straight @davidstraight.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
One of great South Island architects and one of his best buildings. It still amazes me how worked up people get about Brutalism.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“There we were. Heaps of kids. Isolated location. A stoic, hardworking young mum struck by an awful disease. A husband out until all hours. But no one turned up at the farm to take us into care. No. Instead, we were raised up by the benevolent state.” — Rebecca Macfie.
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Rebecca Macfie: 'What do I know of hardship?' | E-Tangata
“There we were. Heaps of kids. Isolated location. A stoic, hardworking young mum struck by an awful disease. A husband out until all hours. But no one turned up at the farm to take us into care. No. I...
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Can you donate to support our greatest living poet to get to Colombia and home again? The world needs poetry more than ever. Especially Tusi's. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
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Tusiata Avia Takes on Columbia
Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...
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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Submissions are open on the Regulatory Standards bill. The Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee has opened them until 23 June, ie just over four weeks, instead of the more usual six weeks for a bill with a standard six month report back date. www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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Regulatory Standards Bill - New Zealand Parliament
Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"It is not sufficient that the majority of the public oppose the genocide, it must be that a clear self-conscious and confident majority makes it known to the government that they will not tolerate continued collaboration with genocide."
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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
CW: SA For opinion writers in the Herald saying that victims of sexual assault should just “sue their abusers” instead of having access to ACC, the New Zealand organisation whose mandate it is to support with injuries, a few considerations: 🧵
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Ash Hickey آشلي @ordinaryash.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨🚨Urgent 🚨🚨 Boosting this quickly and can't articulately add anything at the moment but this is important. The leases are diabolical and a chapter of NZ history that should be well and truly closed. Please share #nzpol
Kia ora everyone, has anyone heard of the government's review of the Ture Whenua Act? They want to appoint Crown agents to manage Māori land even if owners don't agree. The agents would have power to sign leases, allow access to outside developers and make decisions without the full consent of whānau. They also want to bring back 99 year leases - which were the means by which generations of Māori were separated from their land. Obviously these changes would also allow developers to do whatever they want, so it would be terrible for the environment too. 

To oppose these changes, email your opposition to TTWMA@tpk.govt.nz by the 23rd of May (sorry for the late notice, I only heard about it today). According to a post on my hapū Facebook page, these are the things to mention in your submission: 
"• ❌ I oppose Crown-appointed agents over Māori land
• ❌ I oppose 99-year leases
• ❌ I oppose Court reviews of Māori trusts without whānau consent
• ✅ I support Māori control over Māori whenua forever"
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Dr Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️‍🌈 @sarahhbickerton.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Remember to check your enrolment details and PLEASE vote in local elections. Voting certainly isn’t the only way we participate in democracy, it shouldn’t be, but it’s an important part. And as I tell my policy students, local gov is how we experience so much of our politics & policy everyday.
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Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Setting up a little exhibition in the Life in Vacant Spaces incubator on Cashel St, Ōtautahi with @jostle.bsky.social + friends! Come find out about our project #tohaveaplace about intersectional experience of public space, & share the places that make you feel *something* good, bad or indifferent!
A chalk stencil reading ‘how does this place make you feel’ A stencil with shadows through it and an elongated person (me!) in shadow. The stencil reads ‘how does this place make you feel’
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill he says is to “ensure regulatory decisions are based on principles of good law-making and economic efficiency.” Principles designed by the ACT Party… This is a dangerous bill that could do lasting harm to NZ.
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What you need to know about ACT's latest ‘principles’ bill
Forget the Treaty Principles Bill, ACT’s new regulatory principles have sparked an urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry as another coalition-deal bill looms in Parliament.
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Jessica Halliday @jostle.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This so beautifully captures why we create Open Christchurch - to connect people and place through architecture..💛
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Constitutional vandalism continues www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Government announces review into ‘activist’ Waitangi Tribunal
The Māori development minister says a review will take place into the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, with the ACT Party saying it was “time to put the Tribunal in its place”.
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