Weekly Roundup 16-January-2026
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer so far – here is a bunch of stuff that we found interesting from the last week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt collated the summer cycling stories we couldn’t fit into the roundup last week.…
42 Comments We can have nice things
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in The Post on December 23rd 2025. As we head into a long hot summer in Tāmaki Makaurau, people are flocking to the many wonderful places that have opened this year, and perhaps even getting there in new ways.…
Summer Holiday Bike Roundup
Our Weekly Roundup on Friday was overflowing and there were a lot of bike related articles so we decided to split them out to their own roundup. So here’s our collection of bike related articles that have caught our attention in recent weeks.…
Weekly Roundup 9-January-2026
Happy New Year, and if you’ve had a break over the recent weeks, we hope it was great. We’re back with our first Weekly Roundup for the year.
There was so much to include that we’ve split out a bunch of articles for a separate post next week.…
2026 – The Year Ahead
Welcome to 2026. After wrapping up 2025, here’s a look at some of the things we can expect to see this year – along with a few predictions.
Greater Auckland’s work is made possible by generous donations from our readers and fans.…
2025 – A Year in Review
Here we are at the end of 2025, so it’s time for quick wrap-up of the most important things that happened this year for urbanism and transport in our city.
A huge thank you to everyone who has visited the blog, shared our work, and supported us in our mission to make a greater Tāmaki Makaurau.…
Weekly Roundup 19-December-2025
It’s our final Weekly Roundup for the year! This time next week, we’ll be in a pleasant fog of Christmas dinner and wrapping paper, with the most pressing question being where to go for a swim. Enjoy our collection of stories that caught our eye this week… This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Patrick invited us all to imagine what Auckland now is, and what it can be in the very near future.…
What’s in the RoNS files?
Earlier this week, Te Waihanga, The Infrastructure Commission, called for more transparency for infrastructure investment.
I thoroughly agree. A lack of transparency, especially in mega projects, has been a hallmark of the transport sector in New Zealand – and not only is it detrimental to the public interest, it also prevents improvements to how we do infrastructure as a country.…
The year in public transport in Aotearoa
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission. As 2025 comes to a close, it’s hard not to feel whiplash at the breadth and speed of the government’s “Reform” programme embracing resource management; local and regional government; development levies; infrastructure funding and three waters.…
Imagine, a city
This summary of where we’re at was originally presented at a City Vibes event run by The Urban Room on 9th December 2025, and like all our work, is brought to you by the Greater Auckland crew and made possible by generous donations from our readers and fans.…
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