Month: August 2010
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Len Brown embraces Eco City
It is good to see that Len Brown has decided to embrace the concept of “Eco City”. Future West supports his election and hopes that Waitakere City’s “eco city” concept can be applied to the Auckland super city if and when he becomes Super Mayor. The Eco City concept is based on the Agenda 21…
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Westgate and Cars
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held I wonder how often your average West Harbour resident walks across the motorway to Westgate? I have to say, considering I live less than a kilometre from the shopping centre, I can count the number of times I’ve walked there on one hand. And with good reason – like many of Auckland’s shopping…
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Central Government needs to get in the loop
Ciaron Murnane Introduction Monday to Friday, I commute from New Lynn Train Station into the CBD. I know first-hand the problems our city’s public transport system suffers from. Thankfully, there has been progress in recent times. The completion of the Western line’s double-tracking is almost in sight. This has resulted in a noticeable improvement in…
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Nick Smith’s Contempt for Local Democracy
Steve Tollestrup Nick Smith’s contention this morning that ‘small’ councils do not have the expertise to make decisions on environmental issues such as oil and gas exploration in their regions should sound alarm bells with Waitakere voters. Nick Smith, who by the way is not an environmental specialist, but a civil engineer with a PhD…