Myth Busting The Housing Accord
Groan when Government MPs think in one dimension to a problem One of the flaws of our Westminster Parliamentary system New Zealand has is our strong Party base system that occupies our Parliament. Long story short; the MP’s of a said Party basically tow the line of the party leadership and drone out what … Read more
The Much-Ado-About-Nothing Accord
And What Was Meant to Happen? So the Housing Accord has been released and people have had time to go have a think about it over the weekend – although not much to think about. I have already made my reaction in regards to the Special Housing Areas was clear if not rather swift. As … Read more
This Week
Busy Monday and Tuesday Ahead This week is my technical final round of engagements with the Unitary Plan – as far as this part of the process goes. Further engagements with and for the UP will continue after May 31 – keep an eye out for more details. So where am I? Two rather … Read more
This and That – AGAIN
Not Again… Where is Progressive and REASON with The Clunker Debate You know when something gets flagged on Facebook more than three times it is worth considering rather urgently. I had commented on the polarisation and slack Main Stream Media report on The Unitary Plan in my “This and That” post: THIS … Read more
Weymouth and That Bridge
I Dedicate This Post to Weymouth Last night I went down to the second Weymouth Unitary Plan Community meeting to observe proceedings on again the Unitary Plan, but more so the Weymouth-Karaka Bridge. No need for me to cover the Unitary Plan stuff as I have already done so right through this blog – … Read more
St Heliers and The Unitary Plan
A Warning to The North Shore and Eastern Suburbs on Feedback to The Unitary Plan I continue my jet setting around the city sitting in and observing community meetings on the Unitary Plan a.k.a The Clunker. Last night I was in St Heliers observing the proceedings and to be honest I was simply appalled … Read more
FARE RISE ON AUCKLAND RAIL?
Update on Auckland Transport and Possible Rail Fare Movements On Monday in the “FARE RISE ON AUCKLAND RAIL?” post I had alerted to the fact Auckland Transport were preparing for some kind of fare movement of Auckland rail users: NEW INFORMATION CLARIFYING ON INCOMING RAIL FARE MOVEMENT AS I WROTE THIS POST. IT FOLLOWS: … Read more
AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE – SKY PATH – (Part Two)
To Fund and Build a Sky Path – Or Not That is the (Multi) Million Dollar Question And The Debate Continues I have been running commentary of recent on the Auckland Harbour Bridge Sky-Path Project. You can find the commentary thus far as well as supporting links in my “AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE … Read more
Draft Unitary Plan Nearly Ready
Draft Unitary Plan Has a Date WITH THE SHREDDER - IF I HAD MY WAY! Deputy Mayor and in-charge of overseeing the development of The Unitary Plan – Penny Hulse released a photo and comment (which was made in Public mode) on The Draft Unitary Plan thus far before it is released in March for … Read more
