2013: A year in review – Part 3
For part 3 of my 2013 year in review I’m going to look at some of the non-transport issues that we’ve covered.
Unitary Plan
By far the biggest non-transport issue this year has been the Unitary Plan – in fact we ended up writing more posts about the Unitary Plan than any other individual topic in 2013.…
10 Comments More details on Auckland’s population growth
Last year the Auckland Plan set a target for 70% of intensification to happen within the existing metropolitan urban area (note that includes greenfield land out to the imposed urban boundary). This was seen as a too radical step for many, something completely different from what Aucklander’s were used to and that would result in people being forced into apartments.…
The real surprise from the census data
Maurice Williamson was right. The census data does contain a surprise “bigger than Ben Hur”. But the real surprise isn’t in the half-baked comments about total population growth. To find it, you need to look at the new “usually resident population” counts for local areas as at 5th March 2013, and see where they have have diverged from what was expected (based on the latest population estimates, which were for 30th June 2012).…
More detailed Census data released
While there ended up being other news yesterday afternoon that stole the headlines, the more important announcement was that of the census results. Like the week before, the results released were still only the numbers from the census night and so didn’t include those out of the country or those that didn’t fill in their census forms – and those numbers will come later – but they did include the results down to the census area unit level which gives a good indication of where the population growth is occurring.…
Lies, damned lies, and…
I’m pretty annoyed about the comments Maurice Williamson made last week. In his capacity as Minister of Statistics, he has taken data produced by Statistics New Zealand, and misrepresented it. I know I’m being idealistic, but I don’t think statistics should be treated that way, and certainly not by the Minister.…
Even the Herald says census data has little impact on CRL
Wow who is this and what have they done with the real Herald. The editorial this morning nails the issues surrounding Maurice Williamson’s statements following the early release of the census data.
According to a phrase usually attributed to Mark Twain, there are “lies, damned lies and statistics”.…
First Census results released
Yesterday Statistics NZ released the first results from the census earlier this year and the information and response to it has already been fairly interesting. This first set of data is intended to be used by the representation commission (didn’t even know such a thing existed) to set the electorate boundaries for the next election and the numbers say we will be getting an additional seat.…
Here comes the Census
In just over two weeks, on Tuesday 5th March, we will have the next census and the forms for it started to be delivered yesterday. It’s the first one since March 2006 as the planned 2011 census was cancelled due to the Christchurch Earthquakes.…
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