Author: Greg Presland
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The Covid Crisis – the perils of half hearted responses
We are entering into a new stage of the Covid Crisis. Clearly the disease is not going away and there are reports of a new strain dubbed the Peruvian Lambda strain. It has made its way to Australia and should have the authorities over there even more nervously responding to community outbreaks. From ABC News:…
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Who is the real leader of the opposition?
The Standard is having a few technical issues with some technical problems. Hopefully the multi talented lprent will resolve these soon. In the meantime here is my post on recent poll activity. There was a Roy Morgan poll that came out earlier in the week. It had Labour plumetting 6.5% points to 38.5% and the…
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The Waima Treatment Plant application – round 1 to Watercare
The Watercare decision has been released and the independent panel has chosen to grant Watercare’s application to clear 3.5 hectares of pristine bush in Waima located in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area. This is regrettable. I have said previously that in assessing the merits of this application the Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s concern is that…
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The Glen Eden Cycleway
This is my personal take on local interest in the Glen Eden Cycleway recently created on part of Captain Scott Road. Cycleways have been in the news lately. They seem to provoke considerable dissent wherever they are implemented. If they are stand alone new infrastructure then opposition is muted. But Auckland in particular is so…
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Local Board feedback on the Nola’s Development
Following is the local board feedback that we have provided to Auckland Council on the proposed Nola’s Development. Essentially we are fine with intensification but it has to be in the right place. “This is local board feedback from the Waitakere Ranges Local Board to the application for consent for an intensive development of the…