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Caution: Mild Language While the Northern Hemisphere continues to immerse themselves with Urban Simulators (as the Simulators themselves become more complex reflecting the complexity of cities) it seems an Urban … Continue reading New Zealand’s Planning in One Short Tweet
Fitting tribute to the people of the South In 2013 I wrote: South Auckland – The Rising Jewel in Auckland’s Crown It looked at the rising stars and raw talent … Continue reading The Jewel in Auckland’s Crown: South Auckland Strikes It Out With International Stardom!
Does our Urban Development Minister understand the concepts of the Unitary Plan With the amount of hysterics over Capital Gains Tax happening at the moment a more critical announcement concerning … Continue reading Bye Bye Rural Urban Boundary and Hello Infrastructure Commission?
The mill grinds on Quite a bit going on in the Papakura Local Board area as far as transport is concerned. This is from the Papakura Local Board February Agenda: … Continue reading Papakura Local Board February 2019 Agenda: Transport Updates including Bus Station and Transit Lanes
Briefings to Local Boards underway, next round of consultation soon 2019 means time for updates, starting with Airport to Botany Rapid Transit. With the Local Boards resuming their monthly business … Continue reading UPDATED: Airport to Botany (A2B) Rapid Transit Update: February 2019
Southern Auckland celebrates Waitangi Day From Auckland Council: All welcome! 2019 Waitangi Day celebrations include FREE introductory te reo Māori lessons at Waitangi ki Manukau Come along to Waitangi ki … Continue reading Te Reo Māori introductory lessons on offer for all visitors to Waitangi ki Manukau tomorrow
Councillor Sayers call for more sprawl defies what market is doing The latest housing figures are in from Auckland Council: Auckland Monthly Housing Update for January Auckland Council’s Research and … Continue reading Auckland Monthly Housing Update for January – 82% Consented as Brownfield (Intensification)
2019 going to be a fun year Welcome back to another year with Talking Southern Auckland – your conversations on Southern Auckland Urban Geography and political matters. The Tuesday after … Continue reading 2019: An Election Year and the Year of Projects in the South. What might we face?
Minister extremely slow removing main road block to good transit services Just as Auckland comes back to full power as work, universities and schools all crank up we get the … Continue reading Auckland Transit Fare Rises Shows Broken Transport Funding System in New Zealand
Next stage of public consultation is next year Last week Auckland Transport released the feedback report from 237 submitters who submitted to the Papakura Safer Communities program from earlier this … Continue reading Papakura Safer Communities Feedback Report from Auckland Transport
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