Mt. Maunganui landslide looking towards Tauranga Harbour. (Source: 1 News) Six people were buried in a landslide on Mt. Maunganui during heavy rain last Thursday. As the country deals with the aftermath, it is time to look at what contribution land use planning may have made to the event. Following the Auckland Anniversary flood event … Continue reading Mt. Maunganui landslide raises questions about N.Z. land-use in hazard zones
Big changes coming in N.Z. local government?
One of the biggest weaknesses in New Zealand politics is an understanding of how our local government works. One of the many reasons for this, might be the number of layers of local governance and the fact that in some areas these have been amalgamated to form - for lack of a better word - … Continue reading Big changes coming in N.Z. local government?
An uninspired election: the New Zealand local Government elections 2025
Voting for the 2025 local Government elections closed at the weekend. (The Press) "If you don't bother voting, you can't have your grumbling rights for the next 3 years" It is Wednesday 15 October, and the dust is settling on the 2025 local government election outcome. In an election cycle that turned out the lowest … Continue reading An uninspired election: the New Zealand local Government elections 2025
Assessing the 2025 local government election campaigns
In Auckland, after an extremely turbulent start highlighted by the shambolic response to the Anniversary Day floods in January 2023, Mayor Wayne Brown looks like being re-elected. Following the damaging Cyclone Gabrielle, which followed a month after the Anniversary Floods, the pressure on Mr Brown, his Deputy Desley Simpson and the Auckland Council was understandably … Continue reading Assessing the 2025 local government election campaigns
A defence of the Resource Management Act
The Resource Management Act works. Politicians just don't want to know.
Leftist Kiwi Writes 