Weekly Roundup 10-April-2026
Welcome back to Friday. It might be a short week, but we’ve got plenty on our weekly roundup. Also: Auckland is currently under a heavy rain watch for the weekend due to the incoming cyclone, so please stay safe out there and keep an eye on the weather alerts.…
0 Comments The government’s fossil fuel folly
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in The Post on April 7th 2026. It’s not often a government’s chickens come home to roost so quickly, let alone within a single term. But here we are.
Fuel supplies are strangled by a war halfway across the world, revealing the folly of a system so reliant on fossil fuels.…
We already have a plan for the fuel crisis
The world’s fuel situation is becoming clear, and it’s beginning to feel a lot like early 2020, where an incoming crisis is looming on the horizon.
America’s war in Iran has resulted in a drastic cut in fossil fuel supply from the Middle East.…
Weekly Roundup 2-April-2026
We hope you’ve all had a good (short) week! With the four-day Easter weekend ahead, here are some of this week’s top stories in transport and urbanism a day early.
Our header image shows mid city, mid-Queen St, in midweek – a little breathing space for people.…
NZ Government to un-ban walking, due to fuel crisis
A leaked Cabinet paper suggests the government is looking at a range of extreme measures to support New Zealanders with transport challenges through the fuel crisis.
These include a surprise U-turn on former Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s world-first ban on walking, which we first reported on two years ago today.…
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