An advanced reactor for Auckland? So Auckland has been granted semi-autonomy by Wellington and wants to secure its power supply against peaks and national grid outages (ironically looking at … Continue reading What If? Auckland Gets a Nuclear Power Station
An outside the box idea to an upper North Island situation A recent article in The Listener on how things went so very wrong with Auckland (mainly due to … Continue reading Why Wellington Should Be Removed Out of Regional Matters – Granting Auckland Semi Autonomy
The Waikato acting as a pressure relief value to Auckland Councillor Newman seemed to be the only Councillor in the Planning Committee on Tuesday to fully grasp the wider … Continue reading Inter-City Rail and Satellite Cities/Towns – Auckland’s Relief Value
Joyce’s 1960’s mindset harming Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Tauranga I see Finance Minister Steven Joyce is continuing his appalling obstructionist attitude since he was a Transport Minister towards the … Continue reading Finance Minister’s Appalling Obstructionist Attitude Continues to Hamper Upper North Island
Government and Council set Terms of Reference After Mayor Phil Goff let the cat out of the bag (see: Road Pricing for Auckland On The Way) the Government today released the … Continue reading Auckland Road Pricing to be Studied
What was a planning issue became a Finance Committee issue Yesterday the Planning Committee was in session with the tops of Panuku, and inter-city rail the two big draw … Continue reading Planning Committee Digests – June 17. Council Drops Ball on Inter-City Rail
How the Auckland Plan might look post 2018 The Auckland Plan (The Auckland Spatial Plan) is the master document that controls all other documents set by Auckland Council. Whatever … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh Continues: Currently Out on Engagement
Government announcement on road pricing incoming Mayor Phil Goff dropped a clanger on The Nation today indicating that a Government announcement is coming on Road Pricing. You can see … Continue reading Road Pricing for Auckland On The Way
New frontiers for South Auckland From Auckland International Airport: Auckland Airport launches its South Auckland jobs and skills hub 02 June 2017 Auckland Airport today formally launched Ara, its … Continue reading Auckland Airport Establishes South Auckland Skills and Jobs Hub
Annual Plan passed Yesterday the Finance and Performance Committee and later the Governing Body of Auckland Council confirmed the Annual Plan 2017/2018. The Annual Plan is the yearly Budget … Continue reading 2.5% Rates Rise, Living Wage, ATEED Tax Confirmed. Extra $200m for Infrastructure
Talking Southern Auckland 