Weekly Roundup 17-April-2026
It’s Friday again and here is the latest crop of articles and items that caught our attention. This week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked into the recently signed Auckland City Deal to see if there actually was anything notable.…
20 Comments For the Avoidance of Diesel, and Doubt
Yet another (not unexpected) fossil-fuel supply crunch is here. It will continue to affect everything in our economy. And be painful. But it should also, at last, shift discussion and action much more strongly towards reducing our structural dependency on fossil fuels where we can.…
AT Surveying about Western Line Level Crossings
As we’ve highlighted before, when the City Rail Link opens later this year the Western Line is set to benefit the most. Not only will it see the addition of two new city-centre stations (which all lines will benefit from), it also gets a significantly upgraded station (Maungawhau).…
City Deal, or No Deal?
On Friday, the government and the Mayor of Auckland celebrated the signing of a ‘City Deal’ for Auckland, the first such arrangement in the country. But is it really that much of a deal for our city, or just another empty handshake?…
Weekly Roundup 10-April-2026
Welcome back to Friday. It might be a short week, but we’ve got plenty on our weekly roundup. Also: Auckland is currently under a heavy rain watch for the weekend due to the incoming cyclone, so please stay safe out there and keep an eye on the weather alerts.…
The government’s fossil fuel folly
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in The Post on April 7th 2026. It’s not often a government’s chickens come home to roost so quickly, let alone within a single term. But here we are.
Fuel supplies are strangled by a war halfway across the world, revealing the folly of a system so reliant on fossil fuels.…
We already have a plan for the fuel crisis
The world’s fuel situation is becoming clear, and it’s beginning to feel a lot like early 2020, where an incoming crisis is looming on the horizon.
America’s war in Iran has resulted in a drastic cut in fossil fuel supply from the Middle East.…
Weekly Roundup 2-April-2026
We hope you’ve all had a good (short) week! With the four-day Easter weekend ahead, here are some of this week’s top stories in transport and urbanism a day early.
Our header image shows mid city, mid-Queen St, in midweek – a little breathing space for people.…
NZ Government to un-ban walking, due to fuel crisis
A leaked Cabinet paper suggests the government is looking at a range of extreme measures to support New Zealanders with transport challenges through the fuel crisis.
These include a surprise U-turn on former Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s world-first ban on walking, which we first reported on two years ago today.…
Is government grasping the crisis and opportunities?
With the fuel crisis ramping up, all eyes are on the government’s response. Officially there’s a plan, with four phases. There are two relatively similar phases, Watchful and Precautionary – and then a quantum leap to quite serious measures at phases 3 and 4, Managed and Protected, both currently under consultation.…
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