“Last year, 200 people packed a town hall in Mt Eden to protest apartment buildings being constructed near train stations – and therefore their house. Last year, 72,500 Kiwis left NZ. That’s nearly a whole Mt Eden town hall per day.” A @scootfoundation.bsky.social op-ed on the power of yes. #YIMBY

More Homes is pleased to share the results of our 2025 Auckland Local Government Elections! Note: Our survey focused solely on Ward Councillors, not Local Boards🧵 www.morehomes.nz/news/the-cfm...

The candidate for the last century:

one simple trick to fix auckland city centre:

they are building a tunnel under auckland

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I presented to Auckland Councils Transport, Infrastructure, and Resilience Committee last week about AT's last minute Project K changes. Felt like a pretty positive reception. Simon Wilson did a bit of a write up today in the Herald about the issue: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/city-rail...

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We (@greaterauckland.bsky.social) have written an open letter to AT asking to reverse their last minute changes to the Karanga-a-Hape Station precinct integration project. Find the letter here with our contact details if you would like to sign onto it: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/14/o...

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Putting aside the abject failure to uphold agreed plans (no small feat by AT!) The secrecy in of this is really corrosive to public engagement. It's a betrayal of trust - projects decided by a few figures agitating behind closed doors, plus a meek authority. The lack of transparency is remarkable.

We are spending $5.5 billion on a transformational rail project, only for Auckland Transport to bring back cars and traffic right outside stations, by last minute redesigning a well supported project. Something needs to change. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/04/09/g...

New for the Nebulized! Now was as good as any time to get away from the U.S. nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

For Auckland central urbanists. Come along to this.

“what if we spent billions of dollars on an expensive underground train station and then didn’t let you build an 11 storey building in the catchment 🙂👍 - @thirdculturebot.bsky.social Unbelievable! 🤦‍♀️Surrounded by car parks and is in the city-centre, which allows for “as much density as possible”.

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in an alternate universe where hobson street is pleasant

dec 2023 ➡️ dec 2024

special character is stored in the trees

hell yeah new (?) footpath (?)

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thinking abt trees growing and crying

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In this working paper that was published today, Matthew Maltman and I review some of the economic evidence on the effects of ✨upzoning✨in Auckland in 2016. tldr: We find remarkably robust evidence that upzoning led to more housing and lower rents in Auckland. Wow! www.motu.nz/our-research...

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They're building a tunnel under Tāmaki Makaurau

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Auckland Council has publicly notified plans for 135(!) new homes at 198 Dominion Road - that means the public (YOU) can make submissions on the development and provide a positive voice for housing in Auckland🧵 www.morehomes.nz/news/dominio...

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