Papakāinga and the future of housing on Whenua Māori
This is a guest post by Hope Puriri. Hope’s whakapapa is Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei, Ngāti Awa and Tūhoe. She is a spatial designer at Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism in Whangārei.
Featured image from Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism.
He aha te hau e wawa rā, e wawa rā?…
9 Comments Auckland Council is planning for Unaffordability
Yesterday, Auckland Council revealed some of the work it has been doing in response to the National Policy Statement for Urban Development (NPS-UD), the government’s attempt to coerce councils into enabling more urban intensification, particularly up to 6 stories, around transit nodes to improve housing affordability.…
Urban Playground: the child-friendly city
This is a guest post by Alex Bonham. Alex is doing a doctorate on play and the city at the University of Auckland and has a book on the subject coming out on the 13th of July. She is also Deputy Chair of the Waitematā Local Board.…
Weekly Roundup 25-June-21
Welcome to the last Friday in June. Now may be a good moment to ask, did you notice anything in particular about our guest posts this month while Matt’s been on sort-of paternity leave?
Header image: Innovating Streets artwork by Pauly B.…
Setting of Speed Limits 2021
The Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2021 is under consultation. Submissions close tomorrow at 5 pm.
We’re slowly seeing some reductions in speed limits in places, along with nice education material from Auckland Transport. Meanwhile far too little enforcement means some drivers are showing very little regard for safety and for others on or near the road.…
We should add Rapid Transit to the Northern Pathway
The Government’s recent ‘re-baselining’ of the NZ Upgrade Programme has got a mixed reception over the past week or so. Most of the discussion has been about the Northern Pathway while largely ignoring greater cost increases on other projects.
Because the Northern Pathway can no longer be attached to the Harbour Bridge (for engineering reasons) and because Waka Kotahi refuses to reallocate a lane on the existing bridge, a whole new standalone crossing is now necessary if we are to correct a historical mistake and finally provide for walking and cycling across the harbour.…
Don’t stop at the kerb: why Tactical Urbanism should pull infrastructure apart
This is a guest post by Charlotte Billing. Charlotte is a place strategist at Place Creative.
Learning through doing
Tactical urbanism is often perceived in terms of its outputs, wider kerbs, temporary crossings, polka-dot walkways – when in fact it’s a process, one that allows us to imagine how our neighbourhoods could be if they adapted to us.…
Mode Shift and Meaningful Climate Action: A Case Study
This is a guest post by Jessica Rose. Jessica is a member of the Whau Local Board, a sustainable transport advocate, and co-chair of Frocks on Bikes Auckland. The exquisite corpse approach to city-building?
It’s critical that low carbon transport becomes the easy and obvious choice for most people within the next 10 years.…
Weekly Roundup – 18-June-21
Here’s our roundup for the week.
Nice little kotare
Too good a photo not to share. (Also: time to bring back the “best kept street” awards? Which would you nominate?) Nice little kotare this arvo pic.twitter.com/YvTHjCI0XA
— Jon Turner (@JonTurnerNZ) June 16, 2021 It ain’t safe to walk – and not just in the city centre
Why did the RNZ reporter cross the road?…
Still Alone Together: post-lockdown loneliness in Aotearoa and its implications for urban design
This is a guest post by Holly Walker, Deputy Director and WSP Fellow at The Helen Clark Foundation, an independent public policy think tank based at AUT. Holly is the author of two major reports about loneliness in Aotearoa following Covid-19..…
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