Month: October 2018
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Light rail in Auckland
There has been some push back against the Government’s light rail proposal for Dominion Road from some unlikely sources. Councillor Mike Lee, former NZ First candidate and public transport enthusiast Jon Reeves and others have formed a new organisation NZ Transport 2050 Incorporated to advocate for the Puhinui spur, a rail line that will link…
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RIP Penny Bright
There was some sad news overnight. Auckland political activist Penny Bright finally succumbed to ovarian cancer and died overnight. Penny was one of Auckland’s unique political activists. She was a regular attendee at protests and had that endearing characteristic of saying exactly, precisely what she thought. Without fear. She railed against what she said was…