Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.
Today’s header image (credit to Auckland Council) shows the Karanga Jump Platform in action, one of several Auckland projects recognised in last week’s national landscape architecture awards – read more below.…
Just as voting began in the general election, Mayor Wayne Brown issued an updated Manifesto for Auckland, setting out his expectations for the city’s relationship with the next government, whatever form it might take.
After an initial flurry of coverage, the manifesto got lost in the clamour.…
Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week.
Remember that polls close in the general election at 7pm on Saturday 7 November, and you can find polling places across the city this week here.…
Election day is almost upon us, and we thought it useful to collate all the different parties’ policies for Auckland to help inform your vote. (Note: this is an updated version of a post that went out earlier this morning)
We have also created a handy scorecard, based on how (and whether) the parties answered our policy questionnaire.…
“Let’s make every day in our city feel like a good party,” wrote Connor two and a bit years ago, after an excellent midwinter Matariki celebration on Karangahape Road. A big part of what made that event party involved closing a stretch of the street for a few hours, so people of all ages could fill the space and really relax.…
A few months ago I took a look at what was happening with ridership at train stations ahead of the City Rail Link opening. I also asked Auckland Transport for data on Busway stations.
So here’s a similar look at what’s happening with the Northern Busway stations.…
Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. Today’s header image (via Auckland Council news stories) shows a proposed ferris wheel, potentially coming soon to the waterfront. This Week in Greater Auckland
A short week after a long weekend: On Wednesday, Patrick refreshed and re-upped a plan for the future of Auckland to Hamilton rail, in response to this week’s Waikato Regional Council report on same – building on posts from 2017 and 2024.…
In early 2016, Auckland Transport kicked off consultation for a network of connected bike routes linking the Inner West neighbourhoods to each other and to the wider network.
By August 2016, they had settled on this plan for the local network:
The routes in pink had funding available for construction by the end of 2018, thanks to the Urban Cycleways Programme, kicked off under John Key’s National Government and then-Minister of Transport Simon Bridges.…
Yesterday came news via RNZ and the Waikato Times, of a report from the Waikato Regional Council on securing the future of Te Huia, the intercity rail service that runs between Auckland and Hamilton.
Among the recommendations in the report: a new station for central-city Hamilton, hourly services between the two main cities, more stops in between, and electrified trains:
The preferred plan boasts a new above-ground terminus in central Hamilton, new stations at Ngāruawāhia, Te Kauwhata, Pōkeno, and Tūākau, new battery-electric trains, and eventually hourly trains to Auckland.…
Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. Today’s header image, by Jolisa, shows Sky Tower at sunset as seen from Albert Park.
IMPORTANT: If you plan to vote in this election, the rules have changed: you must be registered to vote by midnight on Sunday 25th October.…
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