Category: Weekly Roundup

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked at options for solving post-event crowding at Kingsland Station. This story rumbled on for a few days, with the Mayor also weighing in (NZ Herald): “Before anyone starts calling for uncosted and expensive new infrastructure, we need to establish the facts and make sure existing plans and procedures are being followed properly,” Brown added.…

Kia ora and welcome to our regular roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we took some time to analyse the election campaign transport announcements… …and on Tuesday, we editorialised about what the recent campaign announcements mean for Auckland On Wednesday, we ran a guest post book review by George Weeks, about rethinking parking… …and on Thursday, we ran a throwback post from 2018, about rethinking Mill Road.…

Kia ora and welcome to October, or Whiringa-ā-nuku! With daylight saving settling in and spring on the way, it’s time for another roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a guest post from our pal Darren Davis: a letter to Santa about public transport.…

Kia ora and welcome to another weekly roundup of stories about cities – including our own – and what makes them great. This week’s header image shows tram bowling, at the European TramDriver Championship 2026 in Warsaw (via Tram-EM). This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we had a guest post from All Aboard, about Better Moves for transport planning.…

Kia ora, and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about transport, cities and housing. Our header image is by Scott Caldwell, and shows a celebratory banner over Karangahape Road this week: “We’ve got a new train!” This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we reported on the sights and delights of Day One of the City Rail Link, great stuff all round!…

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we exposed how electioneering is bulldozing sensible policymaking (again) On Tuesday, Connor exposed the true cost of the Warworth to Te Hana PPP (an outrageous nine billion) On Wednesday, Patrick examined the gratifyingly sensible Auckland Motorway Strategic Plan And on Thursday, we ran a guest post from Auckland Transport about level crossing options on the Western Line.…

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows a skateboarder enjoying Dunedin’s George St: image via NZIA/ Jasmax, see related story below. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, we took a look at the Mayor’s Meola musings, and why they’re a distraction On Wednesday, a guest post by Darren Davis shared thoughts on what he’s learned in Queensland On Thursday, we ran a throwback post on the long history of options for the next harbour crossing Greater Auckland in the News Patrick spoke with RNZ’s Checkpoint about the benefits of de-congestion pricing, and followed up with Stuff on the same topic: Greater Auckland co-founder and director Patrick Reynolds supports the idea, saying fewer cars would mean faster journeys for motorists who chose or needed to drive, while money could be invested in public transport and cycleways.…

Kia ora and welcome to our weekly roundup of stories about what makes cities great, including our own. Today’s header image shows a busy Karangahape Road on the day of last weekend’s “First Look” event at the new station. Reminder: free tickets are available here for tomorrow’s open day at Te Waihorotiu Station (Saturday 22 August).…