Nick James, reporting for RNZ: The $1.4 billion national ticketing solution (NTS) has been delayed by a year with a review finding NZTA's original timings for the plan were "overly ambitious". The revised national rollout plan for the NTS would be finalised later this month.
Local elections have begun! On Wednesdays we wear pink, and from now until 11 October, we vote. Voting should be as simple as sitting down with a hot drink and ranking the people vying for power. It can be daunting, though. Especially if you don't know what people
Schools have been on my mind recently. Our kura (schools) are one of the few community institutions left in Aotearoa New Zealand. There aren’t many other places where people from all backgrounds interact regularly. Since schools touch everyone’s lives, they have the power to change our behaviours through
Add a train, not a lane.
This news has got me thinking about a few things.
Electric cars matter a lot for electrifying the economy. But don’t sneeze at the power of the humble electric bike.
This comfy pastel pink vegan donut shop is a fantastic example of how to connect our family’s food traditions, our memories and culture, to a low pollution food system fit for the future.
This is a common sense way to future proof our housing stock. Wellington should follow suit.
“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us?
My friend Rowan, on their newsletter: Why are we asking normal people to try and give up a cheap, lightweight, extremely useful material that everyone would rather pay less to use, when the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions are entirely different? Rowan is writing on their newsletter and it
The Government has received an early warning signal to improve its pollution plan. Will they keep their promise to cut pollution?
Marc Daalder, writing for Newsroom: It is clinging to the past – like trying to renew confidence in DVDs in the age of digital streaming, or insisting in the 1930s we all go back to the horse-and-buggy. ... The best-case scenario for the oil and gas legislation passed on Thursday is that,
energy
This just in: new offshore oil and gas exploration are allowed in Aotearoa once more. This from Bridie Witton: The Government is set to repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban on Thursday, dismantling one of Labour’s signature climate policies and reversing the stand Jacinda Ardern took against
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What happens when all the dirt and hair and soap and water goes down the drain?
politics
Democracy fundamentally isn't about whether my team wins. It's about having a fair shot for everyone who is affected by the Government to have a say.
city
If you want action on climate change, go local. Oh, and enrol or update your details before August 1.
food
Everybody Eats rescues food destined for landfill and serves it to anyone who walks through the door. You pay what you can. It’s Wellington’s quietly radical answer to hunger and climate change.
transport
Boy am I horny for bus lanes. Splash paint on a road, reserve it for buses that carry 70 people each, and you've instantly improved public transport. Our city buses rock. They produce half the pollution of your average petrol car. Plus, you don't need to
Dr. Jess Berentson Shaw used to be "a frustrated researcher". After a while working across health psychology, she was gathering evidence and promoting ideas to improve the health of some of our most vulnerable. In her career, she’s found compelling evidence about how to fix our trickiest
society
Living centrally in Wellington offers a first hand experience of what urban planners call the 15 minute city. After falling in love with this lifestyle, I want this option available for far more Wellingtonians.
A year on, how is it going?
Or, how we can start getting past the hangover of the 1990s.
Over Easter, my partner, my friends and I boarded a 6am flight from Wellington to spend a week in Melbourne. This was a trip of love. Some of our closest friends have moved to the Victorian capital in the last year or so. I totally understand why. The sprawling city
transport
If you need the train on weekends, near public holidays or late at night, you know bus replacements well. When the tracks need work, the trains must stop. Buses are our backup solution to moving people around. We need bus replacements to maintain our railways. Unfortunately, decades of neglect mean