Open Days coming up From Auckland Transport: New ferry wharf for Half Moon Bay A new Half Moon Bay ferry wharf will provide passengers more shelter and improved access to … Continue reading New Half Moon Bay Ferry Wharf Planned
Len Brown: Honour Your Word To South Auckland And We Save $7,800/year
Budget the Manukau South Link into this Long Term Plan As the Budget Committee meets on Thursday to discuss the individual budget lines including the Interim Transport Program I remind … Continue reading Len Brown: Honour Your Word To South Auckland And We Save $7,800/year
Leadership on the Port? Opposition Continues to Fail There
City nor even New Zealand are not united behind the Opposition I spotted this on Twitter yesterday and Retweet quoted it with my reply underneath it: Tenby Powell @tenbypowell This is … Continue reading Leadership on the Port? Opposition Continues to Fail There
Did Auckland’s Isthmus and North Shore Councillors Interfere with Other Region’s Economies?
Lack of wharf space = cruise ships not visiting NZ entirely I suppose this is a natural consequence of the Isthmus and North Shore Councillors playing silly buggers over the … Continue reading Did Auckland’s Isthmus and North Shore Councillors Interfere with Other Region’s Economies?
Individual Long Term Plan Budget Lines Make for Sad Reading
Council still needs to convince of City Centre Centric Based LTP Which would be in defiance of the submissions to the Long Term Plan which said less on the … Continue reading Individual Long Term Plan Budget Lines Make for Sad Reading
Budget Committee Agenda Up
Discussing the Long Term Plan After the Mayor last Thursday handed down his proposal to the Long Term Plan – in which it was received with general support even … Continue reading Budget Committee Agenda Up
Geographic Split on the Port Debate
Why the Split on Geographic Grounds? On Thursday the Governing Body resolved through the Mayor’s casting vote to allow the Port of Auckland compromise (extending one wharf rather than … Continue reading Geographic Split on the Port Debate
April ’15 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
While quieter last month Talking Auckland did improve its rankings to 21 (well 20 as Whale Oil is not publicly showing his Stats Meter) up from 24 in March.
Again a thank you to readers and the growing numbers of commenters. Without you Talking Auckland would not be possible.
This month we have the Budget Committee debating the Long Term Plan, and myself due to give a presentation to the Auckland Development Committee on sub regional development.
Also this month starts the first of my Unitary Plan mediation/hearing sessions as well with Transport as the first topic being transport. Fun times ahead.
Image credit: Hosting A Competition To Increase Blog Visits
There are now over 300 blogs on the list, although I am weeding out those which are no longer active or have removed public access to sitemeters. (Let me know if I weed out yours by mistake, or get your stats wrong).
Every month I get queries from people wanting their own blog included. I encourage and am happy to respond to queries but have prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) people can check out. Have a look at NZ Blog Rankings FAQ. This is particularly helpful to those wondering how to set up sitemeters.
Please note, the system is automatic and relies on blogs having sitemeters which allow public access to the stats.
Here are the rankings of New Zealand blogs with publicly available statistics for April 2015. Ranking is by visit numbers. I have listed the blogs in…
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Council to Look at Alternative Funding – PROPERLY This Time
Review to get under way – mid year I am been a vocal critic of the Council being extremely slow in investigating new ways of getting alternative funding for projects … Continue reading Council to Look at Alternative Funding – PROPERLY This Time
Special Housing Areas Plodding Along
SHA consents increase From Auckland Council Consenting of Special Housing Areas developments ramping up Auckland Council is working at pace to consent Special Housing Area (SHA) developments in both urban … Continue reading Special Housing Areas Plodding Along
Talking Southern Auckland 