A metro rail timetable to match the infrastructure?
Every summer for the last 20 years some, if not all of Auckland’s rail network has been shut down for weeks on end as major upgrades take place – upgrades such as double tracking, electrification, new stations, major station upgrades, City Rail Link and most recently the work to rebuild much of the network from the foundations up.…
115 Comments Weekly Roundup 30-January-2026
Another roundup to cap off your week, can you believe its already the end of January? This week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday we ran Scott’s op-ed from Coalition for More Homes about what PC120 will bring.
On Wednesday Jolisa took a deep look into some of the headlines about climate resilience and the recent tragedies.…
The trams that built Wellington
This is a guest post from Wellington-based Kasey McDonnell, which originally appeared on their blog threesixtysix,. It is republished here with kind permission. Which year saw the most public transport passengers in Wellington’s history? You might think 2019, before the pandemic put public transport in crisis.…
“Splashing out” on climate resilience?
On Saturday, an online headline in the NZ Herald hollered: “Auckland Council’s $3.9 billion splurge: Where buyouts, tunnels and a busway took the cash.”
A shorter version graced the print edition wrapper: “BIG SPENDERS: Auckland’s $3.9b infrastructure splurge.”
Right next to “Early warning signs: Missed chances to clear Mt Maunganui campground revealed.”…
The promise of PC120: saying yes to more homes
This piece originally ran as an op-ed in the NZ Herald on Friday. To find out more about the Coalition for More Homes and get involved in YIMBY action, check out the website. Last year, 200 people packed out a town hall in Mt Eden to protest apartment buildings being constructed near train stations – and therefore their house.…
Weekly Roundup 23-January-2026
It’s Friday again, following a very wet few days. Our thoughts go out to all of the people impacted by the weather and flooding, as the growing impacts of climate change make themselves increasingly felt across the motu. This week in Greater Auckland On Tuesday Matt took a look at road deaths last year.…
Book Review: The Shoup Doctrine
This is a guest post by Transport Advisor and Town Planner George Weeks, reviewing The Shoup Doctrine, a collection of 33 essays written in celebration of the career of Donald Shoup and parking reforms. It is written in his personal capacity.…
2025 Road Safety: a year of two halves
Something remarkable happened in the last five months of 2025: a massive reversal in outcomes from the first seven months of the year meant New Zealand recorded its best ever road safety result.
Or perhaps “least bad” is the better phrase.…
Weekly Roundup 16-January-2026
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer so far – here is a bunch of stuff that we found interesting from the last week. This Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt collated the summer cycling stories we couldn’t fit into the roundup last week.…
We can have nice things
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in The Post on December 23rd 2025. As we head into a long hot summer in Tāmaki Makaurau, people are flocking to the many wonderful places that have opened this year, and perhaps even getting there in new ways.…
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