Author: Greg Presland
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The future of Auckland Transport
Auckland Transport has existed for as long as the Auckland super city. And the time may have arrived for its future to be reconsidered. To understand why a trip down memory lane is required. AT’s predecessor, the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, came into being in 2004. Then Local Government Minister Chris Carter said that one…
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ACT wants to subdivide the Waitakere Ranges (or at least the foothills)
There was a great deal of attention on the policy announcements of the major parties this weekend. One announcement was forward looking and a firm statement that business as usual was not working. The other was somewhat ho hum and involved an extension to Auckland’s electrified rail network that Labour started as well as the…