Julie Anne Genter
MP for Rongotai. Green Party of Aotearoa NZ.
Mama working for healthier, happier cities and climate justice. 🚲🌏🌱💚🍉
Auth by M Ross, L5, 108 The Terrace, WLG
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterAfter the deadly climate change-amplified weather recently, the Luxon Govt claimed it is taking action on climate change. But their actions actually make climate change worse by increasing emissions. Here is the evidence👇
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterLuxon's govt cut funding for extreme-weather resilience in 2024, and so shouldn't be allowed to now crow about any money they dedicate without it being mentioned. The Post does it right.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterRealised I haven’t done shill post for coshop.nz, my food startup co-op platform, which just kicked off this year! If you’re in Wellington check it out. Newtown, Miramar, Haitaitai and Berhampore coming onboard from next week! Peaches 🍑 at $3.31/kg! 👀
- Reposted by Julie Anne Genterspent the day in minneapolis to report on the huge strike & march for webworm. what an amazing fucking attitude this city has in the face of ICE scum (also: my glasses got foggy and then the fog froze): www.webworm.co/quietcourage/
- It’s -25C in MSP and people are filling the light rail to attend a protest against ICE. Public transport and resisting fascism bringing people together. 🥹
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterHelp us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterOh snap.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterGreen MP Julie Ann Genter: "For a city like Wellington it just make sense to have trains to the planes."
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThanks yet again. Found my 2024 files
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterYear 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterHappy Birthday to me. Merry Christmas to you
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- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThe Atlas Network has 589 think tanks in 103 countries that finance the hatred and hoaxes of the extreme right. Its objective is to protect the privileges of capital owners. #nzpol
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThis iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
- Reposted by Julie Anne Genterdo you ever stop and wonder why humans will rapidly spend trillions to expedite AI - a technology that basically no one needs or asked for... while doing next to nothing to mitigate climate change.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterI’m on a mission to make common sense actually mean common sense again. At least in the context of cities and better city-building.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterIn the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterOther cities are enjoying the vibrancy and economic benefits that pedestrianisation & creation of spaces for people bring. But Welly is still haunted by a dinosaur 1960s motorway extension to be fast-tracked through the heart of the city. @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz @yadana.bsky.social
- Reposted by Julie Anne Genter"We were missing 12 whole nurses [over the day] and we only have 13 nurses on the morning shift altogether, so we were half staffed. It was absolutely nuts." Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterWord on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!at://did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laksm67ewu2l
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterIt's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable! www.lifeaftercars.com
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterI did NOT vote to review the Golden Mile today. Cities across Aotearoa & the world are revitalising their centres, attracting people back into them. We'll now put NZTA funding at risk, & costs only ever increase. We need to ask how we do it? Not say let's review it! www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
- A bunch of great people having an insightful conversation at the NZ Government Roundtable session at the 21st @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social conference in Whanganui-a-Tara today! @richardhills.bsky.social @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social @rachelbrooking.bsky.social Celia Wade Brown and Vida Christeller
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterWhat an inspiring first plenary at #ICUH25 on Healthy Built Environments — highlighting the importance of co-benefits & the need to act “on what we know” @hsph.harvard.edu @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz @nchh.org Grateful to our fabulous speakers for shaping this vital discussion! #UrbanHealth
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterWillis is part of a Govt that is destroying NZ’s core international brand, ripping up our Paris climate commitments, deliberately undermining the climate sections of trade agreements , that has alienated Aus and the Pacific by supporting bottom trawling etc etc www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterOn NRT: Why fake breath tests are a problem for police - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/11/why-...
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterLoads of useful info and Auckland and NZ content 🥳
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterAustralia: More Homes, better cities. Letting more people live where they want. (Image of how zoning constrains housing close to the centres of capital cities.) Link grattan.edu.au/wp-content/u...
- Congratulations from Rongotai, Aotearoa! Inspiring campaign. Thank you for putting up your hand to lead 🙏🥹
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThe Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night: - Decoupling the ETS from Paris - Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years - Delaying the public sector target by 25 years - Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterHuge price-tag inflation. Shocking costs per km. Wildly implausible travel time claims. And: the immense opportunity-cost of this government's mega-motorway mentality. Matt Lowrie follows up last week's banger of a post with more insights on the ludicrously unaffordable plan for "more RoNS". #nzpol
- Reposted by Julie Anne Genterour govt wants to spend 327 times more on a single road ($18b) than they are currently spending yearly on all of basic science in new zealand ($55m) #nzpol
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterInterested in transport? Get along to this event on Sunday 19th October with @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz, new MP Mike Davidson, and community advocate Harrison McEvoy! RSVP link in the comments 👇
- Congratulations!! Mayor @andrewlittlenz.bsky.social, returning Paekawawa councillors @lauriefoon.bsky.social, @nureddinabd.bsky.social new Motukairangi councillors @jonnyosborne.bsky.social, Sam O’Brien, and Karl Tiefenbacher. Look forward to working together for the people in Rongotai electorate!
- And to Pōneke Regional Councillors, @yadana.bsky.social Yadana Saw, Daran Ponter, Tom James, Sarah Free, and Simon Woolf.
- Reposted by Julie Anne Genter“Almost 7 in 10 people in New Zealand supported lifting benefits in early 2021; and after the government increased benefits in 2021, 60% thought income support should have been increased further. It’s not the 1980s any more, as much as the Govt wants to drag us back there.” @maxdnharris.bsky.social
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterSir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterNow this is going to come as a shock but it seems that the Cones Hotline is a complete waste of time and money.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterNEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThree major crashes today on roads where the current NZ govt *increased* the speed limit (previously lowered for safety reasons) in pursuit of "productivity"? Serious injuries. Lengthy closures. Costly disruptions to lives, whānau, the transport network, our health system. This is not productive. 😞
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThursday! Join Greens MPs Tamatha Paul, @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz, @celiawb.bsky.social and Lan Pham for a kōrero and kai, and to learn how the Green Budget works for you! Come along and help us imagine the future we can create together if we put people at the heart of decision making.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterMate, I don't know if you have ever been to New Zealand, but "pride" isn't a national value even on occasions when the government isn't Pontiusly auto-piloting a denial of genocide. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThe most obvious explanation is once again proven true: barring enrolments during advance voting was purely a pretext to deny franchise to a group of people who vote mostly against govt parties, so as to avoid the govt losing seats between election-night & final counts www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterTonight I went to the most creative and positive local government election event I have ever experienced. Louise Hutt, standing for re-election in Hamilton, exhibited her democracy knitting, and it is glorious. And she supports removing library overdue fines! @saycheeselouise.bsky.social
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterTimeless. Simon Bridges: "....businesses are prepared to bet on the future if conditions stabilise. But the message to government is clear: fiscal restraint has its place, but businesses also need growth-oriented policy settings, infrastructure investment and real relief..."
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- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterYou know it's bad when Auckland businesses are pleading for government intervention. Auckland's unemployment rate is now at a 10 year high and business liquidations are up 1000% from 2020. #backontrack
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterRepost: @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz via Instagram Donation link here: www.greens.org.nz/donateneelu2...
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- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterThe argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterMy sustainable transport policy: "Four lanes from here to the trains", is about ensuring Wellington has the mix on transport infrastructure that it needs. Check out the full policy on my Website - alexbakerwellington.nz/priorities/2
- Reposted by Julie Anne GenterNEW: Our mental health is being destroyed by a collapsing economy
