Cars and parking not always the answer How we use our streetscapes determines the quality of the urban environment. Both roads and streets (two very different meanings) have their … Continue reading How to Use OUR Street Space Efficiently While Being Pro-People?
Council already has 11,000 hectares of land for Greenfield release There has been a lot of rhetoric from the Prime Minister on housing in Auckland even though the Government … Continue reading Is Key All Talk When it Comes to Greenfield Development? Council Sets Aside Land for 160,000 Homes #UnitaryPlan
Government had no idea then And has no idea now If two things about Budget 2016 from the National Government could be said they would be: They have no … Continue reading Government Asleep at the Wheel for 8 Years so #Budget2016 Misses Auckland Entirely
First large scale redevelopment in Manukau within two years UPDATE – March 2018: The deal did not happen. According to documents and correspondence from Panuku the land never changed … Continue reading UPDATE #TransformManukau – 600 Apartments on the way. Part 15 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Not sure what the ARA are trying to get at Seems the resident Auckland troll who runs the Jo Holmes Blog, the Len Brown Must Resign Facebook page and … Continue reading Waste Not Want Not. Ratepayers Onion Prints A Lot of Waste to Spam your Mailbox
Government increases threats on Unitary Plan with housing While Budget 2016 is certainly a flop to the point a national disgrace I have seen Finance Minister Bill English and … Continue reading English Gives Strongest Hints on Auckland Commissioners with the #UnitaryPlan
Interesting when it comes to apartment building, the apartments themselves and their life cycle.
The Meeting Place of the South needs new meeting places Manukau: The Meeting Place of the South is the line I came up with to run along side Panuku … Continue reading #TransformManukau – Establishing New Meeting Places. Part 14 of the Manukau City Centre – The Transform Series
Mediocrity prevails Today is Budget Day for the Government and I have come to not expect a lot if any thing from this Government that will propel this nation forward … Continue reading #Budget2016 – What I Wont Come To Expect
Hearings Panel send recommendations on Designations back to Council. The first of the many recommendations from the Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel have made their way back to Council … Continue reading First #UnitaryPlan Recommendations Come Back to Council
Talking Southern Auckland 