2026 = the pivotal moment for planning reform in Aotearoa Over the course of the next two weeks (Monday to Friday) I will be republishing posts from 2025 that covered … Continue reading Aotearoa Planning Reform: Standardised Zones and Urban Transformation
Planner, Advocate, Strategist So, how was my 2025 year on LinkedIn? Apparently even busier than 2024 especially in the back quarter of 2025 as the final pieces of the Planning … Continue reading 2025 – the Year That Was!
So, was I the City Cereal King or just a Planner enabling the economic development of the city and/or region? Because while Marsden Point is in Cities Skylines 2, in real life while my main wheelhouse right now is Policy Planning or Land Use Planning, I draw upon other aspects of planning ensuring the best for the area I am representing and/or advocating for!
Using Urban Simulator to illustrate how cycling can work for you So, you have medium density being built in your city, businesses want to establish or expand as a consequence … Continue reading Making Cycling Work for YOU and Your City!
No they do not impact arterial roads nor the movement of people and goods, at least not negatively! It seems that a policy push to introduce 30km/h speed zones in … Continue reading 30km/h Streets are your Friends in Cities and Towns!
Public Service Announcement for Auckland residents: Submissions for Plan Change 120 (PC120) are open until next month, leading up to the Hearings PC120 serves as a trial for how Unitary … Continue reading SUBMIT TODAY ON AUCKLAND’S FUTURE: PLAN CHANGE 120 (Auckland) OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Comment from Mayor as Auckland continues to intensify earns a caution! Local elections have concluded, and Wayne Brown will continue as Mayor for another term, with Cr. Richard Hills returning … Continue reading Large Arterial Roads Are NOT Great for Residential Building, Wayne Brown!
Reconnecting the lost art (and science) of city, town and community building! With all the chatter about housing, housing shortfalls, loneliness, and resistance to brownfield developments (intensification), it could be … Continue reading The Missing Middle: Enabling the Complete Package, including those Universal Connections!
Can the two be reconciled through the Planning Reforms into the proposed Planning Act, and National Standardised Zones? Recently the Minister for RM Reforms (Planning Reforms) Chris Bishop gave a … Continue reading Indigenous World View on Planning vs those Standardised Zones!
Mixed Use = Connected Cities! Quoting Patrick Risk from LinkedIn: The best neighborhoods offer much more than just homes to live in… they offer spaces people want to gather, shop, … Continue reading Functioning Cities: Making Mixed Use “as-of-right.”
Talking Southern Auckland 