Government seems more interested in “fat shaming” than real prevention The recent Government announcement on supposed initiatives to tackle the growing obesity crisis is as I expected – useless. … Continue reading Government Clueless to Tackling Obesity Situation in New Zealand #NZPols
Chair Councillor Filipaina responds to this morning’s NZ Herald article From Our Auckland in response to the Herald’s “Heritage protection to be slashed” Council strongly committed to heritage protection Published: 19 … Continue reading Council Unitary Plan Committee Chair Responds to Herald Claims #UnitaryPlan
Auckland Council needs to be bold, let go and embrace the #citizenplanners I saw the following two tweets below and it got me thinking how we in Auckland could change … Continue reading #citizenplanners vs Planner Planners (insofar as Resource Management Act Practitioners) #AKLPols
Hearing on Thursday Pushing for greater height limits as we intensify The Unitary Plan Hearings for the Residential Zones are currently under way from the 14th through to the … Continue reading Terraced Housing and Apartment Zone of the #UnitaryPlan . The Push for 32 metres
Type 1’s are there for a reason I watched the Auckland Development Committee from Town Hall this morning mainly to see how the Councillors would react to the report … Continue reading I Will Be Watching The Auckland Development Closely in Regards to Development Auckland #AKLPols UPDATED
Panuku Development Auckland main agenda item From 9:30 the Auckland Development Committee chaired by Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse will meet at Town Hall. Those who can not make it … Continue reading Auckland Development Committee Meets Today #AKLPols
How to get the leading Type 1 Urban Renewal Project going Tomorrow the Auckland Development Committee will go through the motions with Panuku Development Auckland to essentially whittle down … Continue reading Panuku Development Auckland and Manukau #BetterAuckland #AKLPols
Unitary Plan Rules do restrict placement options Debate about IKEA (amongst others) coming to New Zealand and especially Auckland has flared up again if this Stuff article was anything … Continue reading IKEA, Auckland and Panuku @DevelopmentAKL. Where To Put an IKEA? #AKLPols
Fontein and Thompson review the Council Development Capacity Model (ACDC15) It has being cropping up in the news recently with The NBR picking up on it yesterday about the … Continue reading That Peer Reviewed Report for the Auckland Council (Unitary Plan) Development Capacity Model #AKLPols
Phase Two of City Building to get under way To provide a quick context: 2010-2013 was the City Planning Stage with the Auckland Plan and Draft Unitary Plan 2013-2016 … Continue reading Panuku Development Auckland’s Big Urban Renewal Development Program #BetterAuckland
Talking Southern Auckland 