Category: Greg Presland
-
WRLB end of term report 2022 – Three years of living strangely
My review of the past three years on the Waitakere Ranges Local Board. It has been a term like no other with the effects of a global pandemic profound. Despite this we advanced much of what we wanted to do although TItirangi’s chickens are still a problem …
-
An interview with Bob Harvey about eco city
Photo (c) Fairfax NZ Bob Harvey has concievably had a greater effect on West Auckland politics than any other politician ever. He started his working career as an advertising guru back in the 1960s and was the brains behind Labour’s 1972 “Its time for a change” campaign. This was radical for its time and propelled…
-
The City Rail Link is under way
It is official. Auckland’s city rail link is under way. I attended the launch. Whoever designed it should take a bow. The launch was snazzy and future focused. The organizers made an inspired decision and invited a young Westie woman to be MC. Clearly her generation has the most to gain from a world class…
-
The trouble with the Government’s National Policy Statement proposal
Housing is raging as an issue right now. And the Government is feeling the heat. Ordinary kiwis are becoming upset that in the land of milk and honey more and more are without access to shelter, that most basic of human needs. The Government’s approach has varied. For a long time it refused to accept that there…
-
Labour’s Rural Urban Boundary announcement
The housing crisis has been at the centre of political attention for some time. It is clear that we have a crisis. There are too many people sleeping rough or living in their cars for it to be otherwise. This is not the New Zealand that we all aspire to live in. As David Slack elegantly…