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City Undergoes Largest Urban Renewal Program Ever Seen #BetterAuckland

Making up for the last 5o years If you have been to the City Centre recently or even Northcote, Takapuna, Manukau and Onehunga the aura of change is definitely … Continue reading City Undergoes Largest Urban Renewal Program Ever Seen #BetterAuckland

March 27, 2016 ·

The way-less travelled A couple of pieces today on Auckland and Tauranga. Both beautiful places both places I enjoy greatly and have done so since childhood. The problem? Getting … Continue reading Tauranga is Indeed Beautiful. If Only Getting There Wasn’t a Problem

Detached Dwellings Fall Away for Terraces and Apartments This was always going to happen as a City matures and the market provides for what people want rather than what … Continue reading To Apartments We Go – In Auckland #UnitaryPlan

Who has been going and who has not So who has been going and who has not? While if you are not on the Committee being there like Councillors … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan Workshop Attendance. Lacking from some of the Biggest Critics

Need to think laterally on the issue Those who have been watching Unitary Plan developments recently (no not that vote this time) will have heard me refer to the … Continue reading Can We Afford to Push More People From the South Through THIS Bottleneck? #UnitaryPlan

New material means more evidence to be filed I have just sent off some Supplementary Evidence to the Unitary Plan Hearings Panel in light of new material coming out … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan Rezoning for the South Hearing Next Month. More Evidence Filed

Council to take position to send back to the Hearings I see there is a slight flap over the Volcanic View Shafts topic again given the Auckland Development Committee … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan View Shafts Topic Back Before Council

Negative reviews continue When your Twitter timeline lights up over an issue quickly it usually means something large is up. And sure it was with an old subject back … Continue reading North-West Mall (Westgate) Running into Issues?

March 21, 2016 ·

Western Line goes to fudge, no information from Transport provider You know when Auckland Transport thinks about its customers when you see this: @AklTransport train hasn't shown up, … Continue reading @AklTransport Customer Service – With A Smile /sarc

Where are the people? On Friday the Council released a report in the supply of Business Zones land and their likely capacity through the life of the Unitary Plan … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan Business Zone Capacity Study Interesting. Lacks Human Geography Element