Submission in opposition to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024 - UPDATED AND SENT 4 JANUARY 2025 Submissions can be made on the Bill until 11.59pm on 7 January 2025. My submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024… … Continue reading "Submission in opposition to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024"
Hurdles to democracy too great in NZ’s most undemocratic election - More for you, Better for Auckland Media release: 30 October 2024 Following a record low turnout of 9.39% of eligible voters, the leadership of Entrust, New Zealand’s largest community energy trust,… … Continue reading "Hurdles to democracy too great in NZ’s most undemocratic election"
Electric Waiheke: Vote in the Entrust election for cheaper, cleaner and more resilient power - A feature for Gulf News on the Electric Waiheke! event held at the WRT Sustainability Centre on 10 October The demand for community generated electricity came through strongly at an… … Continue reading "Electric Waiheke: Vote in the Entrust election for cheaper, cleaner and more resilient power"
Time for a new generation: why I’m running in Aotearoa’s most undemocratic election - Power in the hands of one party for 30 years - that doesn’t sound very democratic, does it? And yet that’s the situation Entrust has found itself in, ever since… … Continue reading "Time for a new generation: why I’m running in Aotearoa’s most undemocratic election "
How to fix Auckland - Sir Bob Harvey asked me to contribute to a Metro magazine feature "How To Fix Auckland". The brief: 250 words on a "wild crazy and if necessary wise take on… … Continue reading "How to fix Auckland"
Auckland Conservation Board update - I was appointed to Te Runanga Papa Atawhai o Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland Conservation Board (ACB) in August 2023. The Board has an advisory and community liaison role in the conservation… … Continue reading "Auckland Conservation Board update"
Beyond Bikelash: Building and maintaining momentum - How do we move beyond "Bikelash" and the stoking of a harmful culture war against active transport? This is what Sara Templeton and I considered in our presentation to the… … Continue reading "Beyond Bikelash: Building and maintaining momentum"
Submit for a healthy transport future for everyone in Aotearoa - I’m making a submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024-34 (GPS) by the cut off midday on Tuesday 2 April. The GPS sets the funding priorities… … Continue reading "Submit for a healthy transport future for everyone in Aotearoa"
What a difference a year can make - A reflection on the Mayor of Auckland to end 2023 posted on facebook and LinkedIn (please head there for any comments) At the Helen Clark Foundation Christmas drinks last week… … Continue reading "What a difference a year can make"
Shutdown the clown show Mayor Brown - It would be reasonable to expect the Mayor of Auckland and his team to be working constructively, positively and respectfully with Councillors to land an annual budget ahead of a… … Continue reading "Shutdown the clown show Mayor Brown"