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Emerging Auckland

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Vernon Tava

Emerging Auckland is a Development Tracker & ‘Urban Showcase’ recording and tracking significant private developments and civic infrastructure projects across Auckland City Centre and within the City Fringe, or ‘inner Auckland’ isthmus area – that are proposed, under construction, or … Continue reading →

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Bledisloe Wharf ‘Car Handling Facility’

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Vernon Tava

Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) have lodged a resource consent application (LUC60323081: Plans and AEE) for earthworks at 1-19 Quay Street (on the Bledisloe Terminal) required to facilitate the construction of a new, 5-storey car handling facility building. The consent matters … Continue reading →

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Auckland City Mission Redevelopment

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Vernon Tava

One of the main issues that inner-city constituents ask me about is what can be done to improve the situation of the city’s homeless. I am very pleased to see that the City Mission have lodged a resource consent application … Continue reading →

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Valuation of Trees in Auckland

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Vernon Tava

In the course of reading a resource consent application for a tree removal recently, I came across the standard accepted method for assessing the value of trees in order to work out the cost of mitigation (i.e. what new trees … Continue reading →

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Council Played for Saps with Closure of Public Toilet at 151 Queen Street

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Vernon Tava

Brian Rudman has written a cutting and typically historically-informed piece on the closure of the Wyndham Street public toilets, part of the 151 Queen Street SAP building:  Auckland Council saps secretly remove Wyndham Street’s Loos.  The opening says it all: … Continue reading →

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Auckland Transport Have Ignored The Best Advice on Cycleways

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Vernon Tava

Believe it or not, in mid-2014 Auckland was visited by one of the world’s foremost experts on converting streets to cycle lanes and public spaces. She did this successfully in one of the world’s densest cities and set out her … Continue reading →

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Generation Zero Grade for 2016 Local Government Elections

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Vernon Tava

Each local government election, Generation Zero – a youth-led organization founded with the central purpose of providing solutions for New Zealand to cut carbon pollution through smarter transport, liveable cities & independence from fossil fuels – assess and grade each mayoral, governing body and … Continue reading →

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Video for LGNZ #vote2016 Campaign

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Vernon Tava

This interview was filmed as part of LGNZ’s Vote2016 campaign, promoting the 2016 local authority elections in New Zealand.

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Bikelash, meet facts

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Vernon Tava

As riding a bike has become something of a political act and increased funding for cycleways has become a mainstream government position, acclaim for better cycling options has been met in more than equal measure by vitriol. It has been referred … Continue reading →

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Re-Opening of Salisbury Reserve Playground

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Saturday 7 October 2015: We couldn’t have asked for a better day to re-open the Salisbury Reserve playground in Herne Bay. This is the fourth playground upgrade that the Waitematā Local Board has completed this year. The design is created … Continue reading →

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