Getting the Ducks Lined up – One at a Time Two pieces of what I would call irony: Realising that a major Council Controlled Organisation of Auckland Council share … Continue reading Entering the City Building Phase – Well the Actual City Phase
Category: Financial Planning
Governing Body Agenda – December 2013
Annual Plans Censure Motions Sky Path On Thursday the Governing Body of Auckland Council will be meeting for the final time of the 2014. It is a pretty action … Continue reading Governing Body Agenda – December 2013
NZTA to Speed up some Transport Construction Projects?
Seven Projects Under Active Consideration I caught a Tweet from Transport Blog stating that the Government was looking at speeding up a suite of motorway projects: Government motorway package … Continue reading NZTA to Speed up some Transport Construction Projects?
Transport Blog’s Alternative to the East-West Link Motorways
Something Simple, Less Complex, More Beneficial and Less Destructive Transport Blog this morning posted up the alternative to the gold-plated East-West Motorway options being proposed by NZTA and Auckland … Continue reading Transport Blog’s Alternative to the East-West Link Motorways
MUDs are back on the agenda
Could Municipal Utility Districts assist with housing provisions It was picked up last night that the Neo Liberal think-tank – The New Zealand Initiative put forward three ideas to … Continue reading MUDs are back on the agenda
A Perspective on the CBD and Waterfront
Opportunity or Already Missing the Target While I was finishing up the ‘First Concept Manukau Drawings‘ yesterday I saw this on Facebook from (Councillor) Cathy Casey: In the Sunday Star-Times … Continue reading A Perspective on the CBD and Waterfront
The Living Wage
Can Auckland (Council) Support The Living Wage? Auckland Council (at the time I was writing this) have been debating whether to support the policy of introducing a living wage … Continue reading The Living Wage
The City Building Phase
New Term Marks the City Building Phase The 2010-2013 of the new Auckland Council marked the Amalgamation and Planning Phase for Auckland. Merging the legacy Councils, their systems and … Continue reading The City Building Phase
Auckland Council Elections – The Proviso
Where to for the 2013-2016 Term of Auckland Council This from The Herald was rather telling: Photo / Greg Bowker. Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11139291 That aside this is what we have from … Continue reading Auckland Council Elections – The Proviso
South Auckland – The Rising Jewel in Auckland’s Crown
Wave of Positive News for an Area that often gets downtrodden on by other parts of the City I picked up this real nugget of a gem this evening … Continue reading South Auckland – The Rising Jewel in Auckland’s Crown
Talking Southern Auckland 