As cities across the world adopt safer speeds, Auckland is alone in abandoning them - Media release 28 May 2025 As cities across the world adopt safer speeds, Auckland is alone in abandoning them An international road safety expert based in Auckland condemns the city’s… … Continue reading "As cities across the world adopt safer speeds, Auckland is alone in abandoning them"
The Great North Road upgrade project is underway after a 10 year saga - First published in The Spinoff (NOTE: this is the Spinoff's heading and the image used by the Spinoff is of the community-led vision commissioned by the Grey Lynn Residents Association… … Continue reading "The Great North Road upgrade project is underway after a 10 year saga"
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"
Ngā mihi nui Thank you - A huge thank you to everyone who stood up in all the various ways to support the More for You, Better for Auckland campaign. Unfortunately we were not successful. Our positive and… … Continue reading "Ngā mihi nui Thank you"
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"