Housing NZ and Panuku missing from Taskforce Earlier today I had posted on the establishment of a housing task force by Mayor Phil Goff: Mayoral Taskforce to Look at Housing … Continue reading Mayoral Housing Taskforce Leaves Out Two Biggest Players
Tag: Central Government
How to Handle Auckland’s Growth: Do We Divide Up or Go All In?
Divide up into smaller pieces By now you would have seen the doom and gloom Herald articles about the Isthmus’s sewer network spilling sewerage into the harbours on a … Continue reading How to Handle Auckland’s Growth: Do We Divide Up or Go All In?
National Land Transport Fund 2018-2021 Wishlist for Auckland
What I would like The Sea-path story in Stuff today reminded me that submissions for the 2018-2021 National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) will not be too far off. That … Continue reading National Land Transport Fund 2018-2021 Wishlist for Auckland
2017 Marks the Start of The Age of the City
Auckland’s time to shine But a lot of work to do Provinces benefit from Age of the City With serious concerns & question marks around the leadership of … Continue reading 2017 Marks the Start of The Age of the City
#SummerSeries – Third World Infrastructure = Walking to the Airport
Double crash blocks access point to the Airport While the Government, Council, Auckland Transport and NZTA think we do not need separated/dedicated transit facilities such as bus ways or … Continue reading #SummerSeries – Third World Infrastructure = Walking to the Airport
Government Expenditure on Rail Pitiful in Comparison to Roads
You wonder why we suffer I was checking rail patronage figures for Auckland yesterday (August was our highest month for 2016) when I came across a graph for expenditure … Continue reading Government Expenditure on Rail Pitiful in Comparison to Roads
Housing in Southern Auckland racing ahead. UPDATED – More On the Way
McLennan Park development is a go If one was travel through Southern Auckland from Otahuhu to Pukekohe and thought the sub-region was one big construction zone right now you … Continue reading Housing in Southern Auckland racing ahead. UPDATED – More On the Way
Auranga Special Housing Area Gets Underway. 1,350 homes for the South
Master Planned Community with 200 Affordable Homes On Friday I popped out to Drury to watch a sod turning ceremony. What was the ceremony marking? 1,350 new homes in … Continue reading Auranga Special Housing Area Gets Underway. 1,350 homes for the South
New Zealand to Hit 5 Million by 2020
Need a second international City Statistics New Zealand are reporting that due to continued high immigration and high birth rates (looks like we are above the population replacement rate … Continue reading New Zealand to Hit 5 Million by 2020
Guest Lecture on #VoteAKL at AUT
Reporting and Relationships Today I have the privilege of giving a guest lecture at AUT on the recent Local Government elections. The content matter is on reporting of the elections … Continue reading Guest Lecture on #VoteAKL at AUT
Talking Southern Auckland 