Some Good – Some Bad This morning I was at a networking breakfast hosted by Auckland Transport to businesses in the Manukau, Wiri and Highbrook areas. Auckland Transport were … Continue reading Manukau Updates
Tag: Ben Ross
3000 Submissions In
Provincial Estimate as of February 28th Auckland Council reports as of Friday the 28th some near 3,000 submissions were in for the Proposed Unitary Plan with more still on … Continue reading 3000 Submissions In
Herald Passing Lobbying Material Again?
Auckland 2040 Rehashes Old Propaganda I notice the Herald ran an opinion piece from Richard Burton of the Auckland 2040 lobby group against the Unitary Plan. The Herald even … Continue reading Herald Passing Lobbying Material Again?
Unitary Plan Submission Complete
Complete and Sent In After a couple of months plugging away at it my Unitary Plan submission was submitted to Auckland Council this morning. You can read my submission … Continue reading Unitary Plan Submission Complete
Excerpt from Submission to Unitary Plan
Full Version Will Be Uploaded March 1st Writing my submission to the Draft Unitary Plan is finally complete. That said the submission is currently undergoing formatting with a once … Continue reading Excerpt from Submission to Unitary Plan
More Manukau Street Mix Attempts
The Road Corridors down here are SO WIDE After the initial play around with the Street Mix (Playing Around with Street Mix) earlier today I decided to “draw-up” some more … Continue reading More Manukau Street Mix Attempts
How Don Draper Could Help Our Planners
Lessons from Don Draper (for Planners) – From Planetizen I caught this real gem from Planetizen on Planners needing to think like Don Draper from the Mad Men series. … Continue reading How Don Draper Could Help Our Planners
Growing Auckland
Can this new Forum get Auckland’s Economy Going? Forgive me if I say “No” Yesterday Morning Report (Radio NZ) released an audio clip of the announcement of the creation … Continue reading Growing Auckland
Civics 401
Final Sum Up and Last Pointers on Presentations I hope you have enjoyed my Civics series and that you are more “inspired” in interacting with the governance of Auckland … Continue reading Civics 401
Civics 101
Interacting with arguably the second most powerful authority in New Zealand People ask me frequently how difficulty is it to deal or interact with Auckland Council as a … Continue reading Civics 101
Talking Southern Auckland 