The CRL and That Poll Ctd
Looking at the Debate that has Cropped Up Again on the City Rail Link Yesterday in my “THE CRL AND THAT POLL” I had stated that: Thanks to Bernard Orsman from the NZ Herald and Horizon Research (a polling company), debate has flared up again on the City Rail Link. Is there any thing new in this … Read more
Wheels of Motion are Turning
Fighting for the South Manukau Link Continuing to advocate and lobby hard for that South Link to be built – FOR YOU, the residents of South (and Counties) Auckland! As you deserve better! Last month I had posted on someone deciding to place a nice big concrete pad in the middle of the … Read more
Our Council Controlled Organisations
How Well do Our CCOs Rate? Bernard Orsman of the NZ Herald wrote a two part series about Auckland‘s Council Controlled Organisations - a.k.a The Auckland Bureaucracy. You can read the respective articles in the list below: $13.1m for controllers of Auckland Auckland Council weighs downsizing CCOs CCOs’ seeds of potential budding into progress Unelected rulers … Read more
Fare Increase Ctd
Auckland Transport Responds to Fare Increase (Post) Last week I had risen a concern from a passenger that train ten-trip ticket holders would face a technical fare increase when they move to AT-HOP from 28th October. From BR:AKL (in brief) Rail Ten Trip Users Could be Facing a Technical Fare Increase ……. … Read more
Someone is Frustrated With Integrated Ticketing
Spotted Letter To Editor on Integrated Ticketing Cruising through the opinion pages and the Letters to the Editor in today’s NZ Herald I had notice this letter from a rail passenger on integrated ticketing: From the NZ Herald: Now if you can not see that with the zoom or download feature I have this … Read more
ATEED Balls It Again
What Is So Hard ATEED? Another day, another surprise or secret sprung upon Auckland by either Auckland Council or one of its Council Controlled Organisations (CCO’s). Today it is the CCO ATEED (Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development) being all secret about their sponsorship into New Zealand Fashion Week which is currently running in … Read more
More on Rates
You Can Tell our Rates Bills are Coming That would be especially the case with two more articles on Rates in this morning NZ Herald. Lets take a quick look at both shall we: Both articles from the NZ Herald Most Auckland firms will face big rates increases By Bernard Orsman 5:30 AM Tuesday … Read more
Stand By
Rates Due to Hit the Letter Box Thursday or Next Week Soon the wait and for some agony will be over – well part one anyway when our first set of rates under the new Super City regime hit our letter boxes. From the NZH: Aucklanders brace for rates shock By Bernard Orsman More … Read more
380 pages for a Door Stop
Council goes Blows MORE Ratepayer Money! How to greet my Monday morning when reading the NZ Herald: Auckland Council‘s glossy view ‘an appalling waste’ By Wayne Thompson Auckland Council has spent $411,000 producing a glossy book about how it wants to create the world’s most liveable city by 2040. The Auckland Plan has 380 pages as … Read more
