On Firstline this morning Labour leader David Cunliffe reiterated Labour’s opposition to the MMP ‘coat-tailing’ provision (where a party that wins one electorate seat gets proportional representation on their party vote without having to make the 5% threshold).
Cunliffe said went further, saying that ‘in the the first 100 days of a government I lead we will introduce legislation” to remove coat tailing from the electoral act.
@FirstlineNZ
David Cunliffe says a government he leads would pass law to remove coat-tailing from MMP “within the first 100 days”.
“We think it’s wrong, no matter who does it” Cunliffe on Internet-Mana electorate coat-tailing.
Cunliffe said he challenged prime minister John Key to sign up to Labour’s bill, but the party would move to change the Electoral Act within its first 100 days in government, regardless.
“We’re saying a very principled and consistent thing,” he told Firstline this morning.
City Centre has one, now time to get our two Super Metropolitan Centres one I consider this more of a place holder for myself with my next project … Continue reading Manukau City Centre Master Plan
For those like me who missed the Janette Sadik-khan Presentation last week you can see the video (the presentation in itself is 90mins long) here: Janette Sadik-khan Presentation
The Auckland Conversations page also contains two PDF supplementary files from both Sadik-khan and Ludo Campbell-Reid’s respective presentations. As the files are both 136MB and 56MB respectively I will embed them below so as not to blow your bandwidth (especially those on mobile) out of the water.
And before any one comments about the amount of time and resource being poured into the City Centre trust me I am aware. A post about that particular concern will be written up over the course of this and next week.
Campbell Live following Metro Magazine and Radio NZ in Decent Auckland Planning Reporting
It was flagged in advance last week on Twitter last night’s Auckland planning piece on Campbell Live. And so the piece or rather three pieces showed on Campbell Live last night to positive acclaim by progressive Aucklanders and the Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse.
Earlier last week there was an Auckland Conversations presentation (that I had to pass over) by Janette Sadik-Khan on how Auckland could use ideas from New York City to turn Auckland into a more pro-people rather than a auto-centric city.
Update: Below is the 30 minute interview with Janette Sadik-khan on her time in New York City with their transport and how their ideas could be translated to Auckland:
Having watch the Auckland Conversation piece on the net and the Campbell Live pieces yesterday I could feel mood swelling for wanting and building a 21st Century Auckland. However, I am cautious as well with the feeling we have a very high risk of stumbling at the first hurdle once out of the starting blocks. That stumbling at the first hurdle could either be from the wider Council itself (a watered down Unitary Plan for example) or the NIMBY’s not quite realising Auckland is a world City not some village in the south-west Pacific.
As for the Main Stream Media showing a more balanced view of Auckland planning such as that shown on Campbell Live last night, it has been a rather long time coming.
Metro Magazine, and Media3 (when it was showing) by Russell Brown as part of the Main Stream Media outlets have been pretty much on the ball with Auckland planning coverage since the first round of Unitary Plan feedback last year. Whether positive or a critique one could rely on these two MSM outlets to broadcast the news as Auckland works its way through getting its master planning manual sorted. TV’s One and Three were a bit absent until TV3 showed a concerted push with them through Campbell Live showcasing the Congestion Free Network earlier this year. The NBR I’ll give credit to as well with their coverage on Auckland Planning issues although the NBR is not as far-reaching as other MSM outlets. Stuff is there with the suburban reporters like former Papakura Courier journalist Dubby Henry being at public meetings and gauging the reactions to the Draft and Proposed Unitary Plans. Radio NZ with Todd Nial has been there since dot when the Unitary Plan was first released March 15 last year and I often find Todd next to myself and Bob Dey at the media table when Council committees meet. The Herald and our more conservative talk back shows are much to be desired in their Auckland Planning reporting with them often making the news rather than broadcasting the news. That said Duncan Garner is always an interesting one to watch of recent when he reports on what Auckland is up to.
The three individual pieces on Auckland’s planning by Campbell Live last night led to this Tweet by Deputy Mayor and Auckland Development Committee Chair (formerly the Auckland Plan Committee).
@CampbellLiveNZ. NY and Seattle are great! Where were you guys as I fronted Unitary plan public meeting to make this future for Auckland?
Essentially when the Unitary Plan was first released March 15 last year (when I was in Australia at the time) it was the bloggers and social media being at the forefront of the commentary and debate. Arguably I was the quickest off the blocks with this blog and my Twitter feed when the Unitary Plan first came out. Other social media outlets (both balanced, and shall we say tending more unhinged) took a little while longer to get off the blocks. I remember feeling a bit lonely covering the Unitary Plan debate in the beginning until the others came to the party. After that then some battles came along especially with one particular group from the North Shore.
But as the course drew on I became quite comfortable taking a leading edge in the commentary despite the limitation of resources others had at their disposal. In the end it was pointed out I was the most prolific Tweeter on the Unitary Plan last year.
Now as we work our way through mid 2014 and in preparation for the next round of submissions for the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan the larger MSM outlets are finally giving more balanced reporting. As Penny Hulse did Tweet a shame they were not there in the beginning with the Unitary Plan. No matter the bloggers stepped up and we carried the can – in fact we still do 😉
That said good to see the Campbell Live pieces last night. I wonder if we can get John in to sit through one of the longer Auckland Development Committees when a more substantial item is on the agenda, say like QE-II Square 😉
Hmm seems to be a glitch there as I appear twice. Will get that cleared up with the site master of Open Parachute this week.
But for May we continue to hold top 50 ranking on what was a mixed month with myself scaling back posts in the second half of May due to the arrival of our daughter Jerusha. Such a bundle of joy she is and already full of personality 🙂
There are now over 300 blogs on the list, although I am weeding out those which are no longer active or have removed public access to sitemeters. (Let me know if I weed out yours by mistake, or get your stats wrong).
Every month I get queries from people wanting their own blog included. I encourage and am happy to respond to queries but have prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) people can check out. Have a look at NZ Blog Rankings FAQ. This is particularly helpful to those wondering how to set up sitemeters.
Please note, the system is automatic and relies on blogs having sitemeters which allow public access to the stats.
Here are the rankings of New Zealand blogs with publicly available statistics for May 2014. Ranking is by visit numbers. I have listed the blogs in the table below, together…
An Initiative for our Pacific Community in Auckland From Auckland Council 60 Pacific families to test financial management initiative A new initiative aimed at tackling the lack of home … Continue reading Launching Turanga
Talking Southern Auckland 