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Climate change is this Government’s nuclear free issue
Jacinda Ardern is right. Climate change is this generation’s nuclear free moment. And it is therefore this Government’s nuclear free issue. After the mixed feelings caused by the response to the CGT proposal there is an imperative for the Government to make sure that its response is resolute. Otherwise there will be the feeling that…
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In support of Awhi Awhi
Awhi Awhi, also known as the Paturoa Kauri, has featured in my thinking for a number of years now. And in the thinking of a number of people who I have a great deal of respect for. Including two neighbours and two people who decided to set up residence in Awhi Awhi’s branches to make…
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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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A charter for Glen Eden?
I have had a law practice in Glen Eden now for over 30 years. I chose to set up there because the place really appealed and I lived nearby. It was relatively inexpensive, not too flash. And there was a real sense of community and the area was full of good natured down to earth…
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Auckland’s yellow jacket protest
Reprinted from the Standard. Yesterday on a bright and sunny day I popped down to Aotea Square to see what the extreme right was up to. There had been a fair amount of social media promotion of the yellow jacket rally and I wondered what sort of turnout they would get. I had thought that…
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