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The Spinoff
John Tamihere said AT had gone rogue. And he was right, argues Hayden Donnell. In the final days of his doomed Auckland mayoral campaign, John Tamihere kept hammering the same message. At Grey Power gatherings and ratepayer association meetings alike, he would accuse Auckland Transport (AT) of ha
Centre For Public Impact (CPI)
Newsroom
New Zealanders have spoken. They want less congestion, cleaner water, cheaper housing, and a clear focus on climate change when it comes to urban planning. One body has the task to deliver this over the next 30 years. Can it do so? asks business editor Nikki Mandow
Centre For Public Impact (CPI)
Toby Lowe speaks to Gary Wallace about how The Plymouth Alliance is transferring power into relationships between the public facing worker and the person they support.
Stuff
Empty shops and buildings litter inner-city Wellington. Anti-social behaviour and crime lurk in its shadows. But there are signs the capital is set to rise once more.
The Conversation
The utopian 20th-century model of a modern city – one that has been replicated around the world – is being exposed as unsuitable for adapting to the pace of change in the 21st century.
Stuff
OPINION: Local government seems to be drowning in disagreements about parking, but the discussion needs to be wider than that.
Stuff
OPINION: A new fleet of electric buses is good news, but it'll take more for Queen St to lose its status as NZ's worst black-carbon urban canyon.
Stuff
A weekly missive from Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield.
Stuff
The tiny West Coast community of Runanga could lose its pool, post office, library and council service centre - but residents are fighting back.
RNZ
Grossly over-governed and desperately in need of reform is how the Waikato Chamber of Commerce views the region.
Centre For Public Impact (CPI)
Newsroom
The latest study on how we are using and abusing our urban and rural land is confronting reading. Rod Oram argues we must wise up now or suffer the consequences.
Newsroom
Dr Alys explains why art collaboration across borders in all our different cities and spaces is an essential service during a pandemic.
Centre For Public Impact (CPI)
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After the year of Covid, shopping locally has become more normal for people, and also helps local businesses.
Newsroom
If we want to reduce emissions, we have to get out of our cars. Low-traffic neighbourhoods encourage people to take up different options for short journeys.
RNZ
Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report.
The Conversation
Many people prefer the status quo as they struggle to imagine the alternatives. The pandemic has been the catalyst for urban experiments that have opened our eyes to new possibilities.
The University of Canterbury
New research led by the University of Canterbury (UC) takes a closer look at Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 response to determine whether our ...
The Conversation
Bike-share programs don't just cater for residents. When tourists use them too, that greatly increases the value the whole community gets from these bikes.
The Spinoff
What's gone wrong for the capital city? How much time do you have? Danyl McLauchlan goes hunting for solutions to the city's lengthening list of problems. "The reality is even Wellington is dying and we don't know how to turn it around." – John Key in 2013. "I should have said 'under sustained
Opinion: It is time to consider options for addressing traffic congestion and air pollution, writes Professor Basil Sharp.
The Spinoff
Politicians have often promised to make things better for the drivers caught in Auckland’s peak hour traffic jams. Hayden Donnell argues they should do the opposite. Auckland is known for three things: the Sky Tower, being home to Kiwi Onion Dip inventor Rosemary Dempsey, and having long lines of
Every good race needs an avid audience of dedicated fans to spur the competitors along and the 36th America's Cup, which started this week, 10 March, is no exception. But current protocols are a far cry from the events rarefied and remote origins in Britain, writes Professor Diane Brand.
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