If Nicola Willis replaces Luxon and the Nats polling keeps tanking, would the attack line then be "Nicky no boats, no votes"? #nzpol

In a fuel crisis, why is Wellington back pedalling on bike lanes? Take action on Monday to save our bike lanes. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

Early viewing of the CRL's Te Waihorotiu Station, for CCRG Members Spots are limited!  The first 20 CCRG members (membership must be current) to email [email protected] with the subject line “I love Te Waihorotiu Station” get to go. provide your name and contact phone #.

After a long day Chairing committee some of us had the privilege to go inside the beautiful Te Waihorotiu Station to observe the City Rail Link timetable testing. The last time I was down was the final week we could walk on the tracks so it was amazing to see everything almost ready to open.

Just got back some data on the Queen Street Authorised Vehicle Lane. Sooooo, enforcement works and people have been learning they can't drive down Queen Street?

"Regardless of what happens with the war, the disruption is going to last years and years. The good news is Auckland Council already has the blueprint. It’s called the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway."💡 https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/we-already-have-a-plan-for-the-fuel-crisis/

Wot I did at work today. TLDR; it passed! For: Fairey (mover), Paterson-Hamlin (seconder), Hills, Henderson, Bartley, Lee, Watson, Short, Fuli, Filipaina, Gillon, Winiata, K Wilson, Baker. Against: Turner, Williamson Abstain on whole or part: Fletcher, Simpson, Sayers, Burns Mayor, Newman...

Auckland Council Policy Planning and Development committee today, @juliefairey.bsky.social has a notice of motion to request advice if Auckland Council is doing business with any companies supporting Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

This is very true! And as the research on the issue shows and as the Hungarian example confirms, and the Polish one before that, the key to large turnout is long-term, grass-roots organizational labor that helps people understand how their single vote is a dignified part of a larger transformation.

Sludge Minimisation seems a great idea for reducing waste going into landfill, awesome stuff. But lol if we want to solve climate change in this city the answer is always the same: more bikes and buses and far, far fewer cars.

AHAHAHAHA OMG the sludge minimisation facility, which is the biggest investment into climate mitigation in the city’s history, will reduce Wellington’s emissions by 0.2%. 2000 tonnes a year. It will cost $500m, the same as like… what? Half price e-bikes for 166,000 people?

Imagine being a young voter in Hungary today. You've lived most of your life with corruption, decline and the feeling that nothing can change – that the same bleak men would control the rules to prevent it. And today, something different broke through. You've got a future.

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.

Auckland earlier tonight. (Pic by the Hauraki Gulf Weather account on Facebook, seeing as he's not on this platform)

“As the old saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second best time is today. The same is true of throwing off the shackles of fossil fuels.” Yes we can! A timely re-post of @connorsharp.bsky.social’s op-ed for The Post: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/09/t...

Well this is enlightening on workshop attendance (average from both 2025 4th quarter and 2026 1st quarter) One glarrrrring outlier

Every effective tool for reducing fuel demand right now (free PT, cycling, EVs, lower speed limits) is a policy the NZ coalition government has spent two years dismantling. My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it. theconversation.com/the-governme...

Not increasing fuel duty should absolutely kill the current version of the gold plated Warkworth to Te Hana motorway. It probably won't but holy heck can we at least rescope it to something normal sized? It doesn't have to be a supersized project for literally no reason.

Great news: Auckland already has a plan for getting through a fuel crisis, and it's a great one! It just needs activating – the sooner the better. In today's post, @connorsharp.bsky.social points out the existing plan, and how we can all get it going ASAP. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/w...

"Invest in PT, walking, cycling & rail, and rapidly electrify the vehicle fleet. It'll save us money, shield us from fuel shocks and give us cleaner air, safer streets, less congestion, more freedom of choice. What’s not to like?" Op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social: www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

Normally when a government makes terrible decisions, the consequences don't happen for awhile. But this fuel crisis has shown how almost every single transport policy choice made by the current govt has meant NZ less prepared and more exposed to fossil fuel shocks. #nzpol

Project Hail Mary is a good film, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

And yet my decade-long investment in a startup headed by three such entrepreneurs has yet to turn a profit. Mysterious.

New Zealand government right now on dealing with transport funding issues

If we assume Stage 2 & 3 of the Northland Expressway cost $18billion... signing a Public Private Partnership as planned approx 3x the cost ($54b over 35 years) Meaning annual payments would be about $1.5b, five times the $300m per year for WW to Te Hana. Total $1.8b, each year, for 35 years.

dashboard showing traffic dropping fast, and public transport up 11% in Auckland and 17% in Wellington. hormuz-458b0b.gitlab.io

new zealand's 47-page govt report on science, out today, uses the terms "basic science", "discovery science", and "fundamental science" zero times "curiosity-driven research" appears only in regard to cutting it a foolish report released on April Fool's Day www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/repor...

If you have no control of funding and financing, you have no control of your own destiny. It is completely mad that civic leaders & transport planners have to justify, for the umpteenth time, why modern light rail is a good idea...and they have to justify it to the Treasury, which always says "NO!"

Ministers staged a NIMBY revolt against their government’s own housing policy for Auckland. As a result fewer homes will be built. Rents and house prices will be higher than they would have been. And you wonder why so many young people are going to Australia! Full speech: youtu.be/YG2t5XzY7UI 2/2

Very big scoop in todays GA article

“A smooth 180 designed to meet Kiwis where they were to begin with.” In great news, the Govt is set to reverse their ill-advised and unenforceable 2024 ban on walking. A leaked Cabinet document reveals this and other proposed responses to the fuel crisis: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/01/n...

Always love when someone says 'why are we spending so much on cycling' This is what was in the 2024 Regional Land Transport Plan Do you see that tiny bar down the bottom right lol

Am watching the Waitematā Local Board workshop online and the first thing that gets said is C&R elected member Sarah Trotman saying she is only going to ask one question and then leave because 'this presentation is more helpful for the newer members and I'm across this' There are two hours for it

A fascinating thread, as usual. Mike Lee effing and blinding because he doesn't know what's going on. And why are the Western Springs speedway people always so aggressive?

I preferred it when factional wars within the centre right didn't have such a bearing on the future of a whole city.

story does contain some fun quotes from Wayne Brown

Second based Wayne of the week lol

Mōrena folks, today's Keeping up with the Councillors is the Governing Body's March meeting - lots of big issues on the agenda, in particular a vote on the future of Western Springs Stadium which has drawn a large crowd in the gallery. I will be skeeting here as we go along. /1

Greater Auckland's Annual Plan feedback is well worth a look: "The context for this Plan has changed. ... We encourage ... more funding towards supercharging walking, cycling, and public transport." https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/25/greater-aucklands-annual-plan-feedback/

So obviously this means the RoNS programme will be scrapped because you can't even justify doing just the Warkworth to Te Hana road, let alone every other one, without this fuel tax increase (and many more after lol) Right? www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/30/s...

This fossil fuel crisis will likely result in an 'unjust' transition without proper strategy, vision, policy, and action from government... meaning those with less resources to deal with things will be hurt, while those more well off will reap the benefits of kicking fossil fuels

Worlds most accurate car ad for what cars take up in cities www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_oW...

Reject $4,000,000,000+++ gold plated rural motorway. Embrace glorious light rail down Dominion Road.

Annual Plan feedback for Auckland closes tonight! Super quick and easy to do online! akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/annual-plan-...

It is a general assumption in most of transport sector that mode choice is pretty inelastic, ie won’t change. Is a function of preference, which is largely fixed, and not susceptible to carrots or sticks. So, no point in investing in alt modes much or nudging…well we’re having a live test->

Note to governments, especially the “invisible hand” fanciers: Turns out people really do respond to price signals, and that travel mode is actually elastic, and not just a function of preference…