Reputation at risk From the NZ Herald: Airport fuel crisis: Kauri log digger damaged oil pipeline 18 Sep, 2017 5:00am. By: Simon Collins, David Fisher, Simon Collins and David Fisher An initial … Continue reading UPDATED: Military Joins Relief Efforts. Marsden Point Fuel Line Saga Shows New Zealand’s Lack of Redundancy Capacity
The way-less travelled A couple of pieces today on Auckland and Tauranga. Both beautiful places both places I enjoy greatly and have done so since childhood. The problem? Getting … Continue reading Tauranga is Indeed Beautiful. If Only Getting There Wasn’t a Problem
Letter in Herald should be reviewed I have no idea why the Herald published this opinion piece from lawyer Catriona MacLennan when what they suggested could commit Council to an … Continue reading Lawyer Commits to (possible) Big Error Over Borrowing to Cover Living Wage OPEX Cost
Ministry writing a draft NPS for consultation With the Unitary Plan being debated at the moment a point around a national frame-work to guide urban development has also come … Continue reading A National Policy Statement for Urban Development. Do We Need One?
There is a moral to this story #Kiwi #newZealand #planning humor.The temporal element to understanding land use impacts.There is no pill for stupid pic.twitter.com/Snu2M1Z9Mv — Bob Lehman (@fellowplanner) January … Continue reading A Planning (and Community) Maxim
Herald Editorial – The Breakdown The Herald produced a somewhat interesting editorial in relation to Auckland and its housing. You can read the full editorial HERE. However, the piece … Continue reading Government Again Lags While Council Actually Gets Stuff Done #AKLPols
Heavy Rail to the Airport seems most logical (as Spock would say) With the working year effectively starting the Herald has in earnest started editorials on the case for … Continue reading Letter to the Ministers on Airport Rail. Also Herald and Commenters Wanting Heavy Rail Option too. #AKLPols
Inaccurate and incomplete displayed maps generate unnecessary fears I was made aware last night that someone (most likely to be a Councillor) had leaked confidential maps that were legally … Continue reading Someone in Council Has Betrayed the Trust of the Submitters to the #UnitaryPlan
And why you should take the Herald, who gets stories from certain Councillors with a grain of salt I was warned that certain Councillors and a certain Herald reporter … Continue reading The Rezoning Exercise with the #UnitaryPlan. The Facts
Should it have made the Herald? The “commentary” piece that landed in the Herald and so linked below also landed in my email box early this morning as well. … Continue reading Some Corrections to a Very Wrong Piece of Commentary on the Unitary Plan and City Rail Link
Talking Southern Auckland 