Category: Wellington City

New Zealand Initiative Report: Driving Change – How road pricing can improve our roads

Aug 3, 2024

RNZ articles on congestion charging and time-of-use charging (July-August 2024)

Aug 18, 2024

OPINION: Luxon Nails Councils

Aug 27, 2024

Wellington City Council looks to reduce numbers of raised crossings in Thorndon Quay plan

Aug 31, 2024

Articles covering PM Luxon’s speech to LGNZ (August 2024)

Sep 2, 2024

What is “traffic calming”?

Dec 3, 2023

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

Sep 3, 2024

What are the disadvantages and negative impacts of “traffic calming”?

Feb 9, 2024

Wellington City

CANDIDATE OPINION: Joan Shi

Feb 3, 2024 | Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Spending, Crime, Elections, Libraries and Museums, Local Government Reform, Opinion, Public Transport, Safety and Well-being, Three Waters, Transport and Roading, Wellington City, Wellington Pukehῑnau/Lambton Ward 2024 By-election

Joan Shi’s Invited Opinion Piece [All candidates for the 2024 By-elections were invited to...

Wellington City

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

Sep 3, 2024 | Article, Auckland City, Council Funding, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Incoming Legislation, Internet of Things, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Professional Managerial Class, Road Pricing and Congestion Charges, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Taking Action, Tauranga City, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

By John McDonald (CityWatch NZ Editor and 2024 Hamilton East Ward By-election Candidate) With the...

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Democracy Project Article: Why Tory Whanau has the lowest approval rating in the country

Jul 25, 2024 | Asset Sales, Core Services, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Public Transport, Rates Increases, Three Waters, Transport and Roading, Water Meters, Wellington City

[Originally published 29 April 2024 on the Democracy Project] By Dr Bryce Edwards (Political...

OPINION: The Illusion of Power: How Local Govt Bureaucrats Overawe Democratically-Elected Councillors

Jul 25, 2024 | Asset Sales, Cities, Code of Conduct complaints, Core Services, Council Meetings, Freedom of Expression, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Professional Managerial Class, Wellington City

[Originally published 13 June 2024 on the Democracy Project ] By Chris Trotter (Political...

Democracy Project Article: When Unelected officials dominate the local democratic process

Jul 25, 2024 | Article, Asset Sales, Auckland City, Christchurch City, Cities and Regions, Code of Conduct complaints, Council Finances, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Freedom of Expression, Global Agendas, Law and Legislation, Local Government Reform, New Zealand Issues, News, Opinion, Overview, Professional Managerial Class, Tauranga City, Tauranga City Council Election 2024, Wellington City

Summary Bryce Edwards (Political Analyst and Director of the Democracy Project) provides a...

The Spinoff and The Post cover a planned $55 million project to install five raised crossings in Wellington

Jul 25, 2024 | Council Spending, Disruptions, Emergency Services, Greater Wellington Region, Hostile Architecture, Mode Shift, News, Opinion, Public Transport, Rates Increases, Safety and Well-being, Traffic Calming, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

Summary Wellington City Council is planning to install five raised pedestrian crossing along...

What is RCP8.5?

Jun 30, 2024 | Article, Auckland City, Cities and Regions, Climate Change and Weather, Flood Risk, Global Agendas, Global Warming, Greater Wellington Region, Hamilton City, International Organisation, Kapiti Coast District, Law and Legislation, Managed Retreat, Natural Hazards, Overview, Resource Management Act (RMA), United Nations, Wellington City

Summary RCP8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5) is a climate change model scenario used...

Category: Wellington City

New Zealand Initiative Report: Driving Change – How road pricing can improve our roads

RNZ articles on congestion charging and time-of-use charging (July-August 2024)

OPINION: Luxon Nails Councils

Wellington City Council looks to reduce numbers of raised crossings in Thorndon Quay plan

Articles covering PM Luxon’s speech to LGNZ (August 2024)

What is “traffic calming”?

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

What are the disadvantages and negative impacts of “traffic calming”?

Wellington City

CANDIDATE OPINION: Joan Shi

Opposition mobilises against the five raised crossings on Thorndon Quay, Wellington

What are the disadvantages and negative impacts of “traffic calming”?

New Zealand Initiative Report: Driving Change – How road pricing can improve our roads

OPINION: Water Meters in Hamilton City

Wellington City

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

Articles covering PM Luxon’s speech to LGNZ (August 2024)

Wellington City Council looks to reduce numbers of raised crossings in Thorndon Quay plan

OPINION: Luxon Nails Councils

RNZ articles on congestion charging and time-of-use charging (July-August 2024)

Additional Posts

Democracy Project Article: Why Tory Whanau has the lowest approval rating in the country

OPINION: The Illusion of Power: How Local Govt Bureaucrats Overawe Democratically-Elected Councillors

Democracy Project Article: When Unelected officials dominate the local democratic process

The Spinoff and The Post cover a planned $55 million project to install five raised crossings in Wellington

What is RCP8.5?

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