Giving a refresh and unlocking some potential Transforming and unlocking our Metropolitan and Town Centres into the 21st Century is a goal of Auckland Council. I wrote some reckons … Continue reading Transforming and Unlocking Auckland’s Metropolitan and Town Centres
Bringing Auckland into the 21st Century In writing this I was made aware how things were going in Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. Needless to say both are … Continue reading Panuku Should Be Like Hong Kong’s MTR – for a 21st Century Auckland
Logic? Below is a poll from Colmar Brunton on where voters would like the transport dollar to be invested. Pretty comprehensive from @ColmarBruntonNZ poll pic.twitter.com/QV3MSCVjHH — Greater Auckland … Continue reading National’s Road to Madness
Devil is in the detail Yesterday the National Party announced rather quietly that it would if re-elected it would move to create legislation specifically for urban planning taking it … Continue reading National Proposes Separate Urban Environment Legislation Away From Resource Management Act
The port will move just not as someone wants New Zealand First’s port move just makes no sense what so ever. Why move the primary import port to … Continue reading New Zealand First’s Auckland Port Move Makes No Sense What So Ever
Does it make sense It seems Winston Peters of NZ First has created quite the flap about wanting to force Auckland’s port to move to Whangarei despite the economic … Continue reading The Carbon Cost of Importing Vehicles Through Alternative Ports. A Report to Port of Auckland
Relief value for Auckland Yesterday I gave a guest lecture to Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato on inter-regional planning and sustainability. My thanks to Professor Iain White … Continue reading Guest Lecture: Inter-Regional Planning and Sustainability
What are these contraptions NOTE: This post was written in 2017, and needs to be updated for the 2025 environment! In my Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a … Continue reading The Planning (Super) Ministry and the NZIA. What Are They?
Regional Rapid Rail opens up opportunities Greater Auckland’s Regional Rapid Rail has certainly opened the discussion on rebuilding the regional rail network across the upper North Island. From Greater … Continue reading Regional Rapid Rail, Inter-Regional Planning, and a Planning Ministry. Transforming and Unlocking Places
Greater Auckland opens up the Upper North Island All the political parties say regional development is A Good Thing. But which of them has much of an idea how … Continue reading Inter-Regional Planning: A train to Hamilton every 15 minutes: here’s how
Talking Southern Auckland 