Last update before refresh While I continue my research assignment (On Assignment – Researching NZ Housing and Critiques to our Planning System) I went looking through the Auckland Plan Implementation … Continue reading Latest Auckland Plan Implementation Update (2016). Hit and Miss on Targets. UPDATED
Local Board Chair not amused From Josephine Bartley, Chair Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board. With the change in Local Government in Auckland in 2010 the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board is responsible for local … Continue reading Point England Reserve Bill Further Frays Nerves as Minister Dictates on Local Matters
Another chance at an informal say Currently the Auckland (Spatial) Plan is out on targeted consultation and will be seeking formal feedback from the Local Boards from next week … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh: Local Boards Feedback, Another Opportunity For Your Say
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
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
No more smelly bags I have been waiting for this news for a while. The day I can put my rubbish out the night before without every single dog … Continue reading Papakura (and the rest of Auckland) Moving to full Bin System for Rubbish
Auckland Burns while Finance Minister Fiddles Airport Lines, not being stuck on the Southern Motorway day in day out, bus lanes that spanned City wide. You would think this … Continue reading The Airport Line? Where Is It? Finance Minister Continues Anti-Auckland Agenda
Rail popularity continues to run away It is always a good news story to see rail patronage grow at the rates it has been since the electric trains went … Continue reading The Case for More Trains and Another Train Depot
Contracts overhauled From Auckland Council: New suppliers confirmed for Auckland-wide maintenance contracts A four month long procurement process has identified innovative suppliers for council maintenance services. The new contracts, … Continue reading New Maintenance Contracts for Council Facilities and Services Agreed
Investment portfolio to be reviewed From Auckland Council: Decision digest | Finance and Performance Committee 11 April 2017 Finance and Performance agrees to refine council investment policy and … Continue reading Finance Committee April Decision Digests: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Talking Southern Auckland 