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Who is Ben?
Ben Ross
Who Am I?
At 27, I am a born and bred Aucklander who has lived in the city for most of his life.
Married to Rebekka, we recently bought our first house in Papakura and are busy going through the renovations process to turn our house into our home.
A University of Auckland Alumni and Managing Director of TotaRim Consultancy Limited (in the field of Urban/Transport/Governance Issues (this including the Unitary Plan)), I am passionate about Auckland thus actively involved across various fronts in doing my bit to make Auckland a better place.
I pride myself on being an active listener and holding (meaningful) dialogue with others in order to find solutions (or when people just want someone to listen to them).
I am the administrator to "Ben Ross : Auckland", my personal blog in commenting "From an Independent Average Ratepayers' View"
Knuckling Down for my Unitary Plan Submission
Got to get it in Well I have done pretty much all I can with Unitary Plan commentary now. Since March 16 it has been one interesting journey with meeting a very wide range of people. Since the Unitary Plan was released (while I was in Sydney) I have attended around 14 Unitary … Read more
Lessons from British Columbia in Electoral Races
Lessons too with The Unitary Plan This particular article was given to me via Facebook and has some very poignant lessons on elections, and “selling” the Unitary Plan: B.C. election offers lessons for politicians everywhere From advertising strategies to mobilizing young voters, politicians have a lot to learn. By: Michael Byers Published on Thu May 16 … Read more
THAT 10 METRE – 3 STOREY HOUSE – The Sequel
Auckland Transport Blog Reports YAY! One of the few times I will move faster than Captain Kirk’s Enterprise in reblogging someone else’s post. But after some banging one’s head against a wall with Mixed Housing Zones and Three Storey Houses, the boys at ATB got a post of their own up on this … Read more
Debunking or Clarification?
Always Returning Planning to Local Board Level The 2040 Auckland meeting at Takapuna Grammar last night attracted around 500 people and is covered by both Orsman in the NZ Herald and Joel Cayford with his blog. I will ignore Orsman unless I want to waste a post on debunking him again. But, as … Read more
That 10 Metre – 3 Storey House
Okay and the issue was? Patrick Reynolds from Auckland Transport Blog dug up a picture of a similar 10 metre – 3 storey house built in San Francisco that could apply to our Mixed Housing Zones back here in Auckland. This folks is what a 10 metre high, three storey house (although it could be deemed … Read more
Debunking Orsman
Someone had to… Before I start debunking Bernard Orsman of the NZ Herald, a note first in regards to the Unitary Plan and me: Let me make this very clear to Auckland with Mixed Housing Zones. I live in Papakura on an area zoned up for Mixed Housing Zone, 100 metres north of the … Read more
Missing Something with the Unitary Plan
Err Where are our 5-8 bedroom houses? It seems I stirred a bit of passion today with the city when I posted my Mixed Zone Housing debunking post earlier today. I will comment on that in another post but, one aspect that I did raise was the three storey super house and walk up … Read more
Debunking Mixed Housing Zone Myths
That will be $500 + GST please It seems when I opened up Chrome this morning there was quite a fuss in regards to Mixed Housing Zones. Seems Orsman from The Herald has cotton on to something that has been floating around for a while, while also proving one must be up to play … Read more
To a Professional Era
What was a hobby is now a Professional Enterprise At the beginning of the month I introduced TotaRim Consultancy Limited, my private firm handling: urban/transport planning and management, as well as advocacy on Auckland issues. Just recently the enterprise grew legs and went for a run. That is as TotaRim lands clients things begin … Read more
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