It's the way democracy is supposed to work, but we don't see it often, sad to say. So when it emerged over a perilous road problem outside of the Auckland metropolis, we were surprised and very pleased - as so many people will be.
Oil spills everywhere and and oil is leaking everywhere leaks everywhere and as BP replaces one CEO with another, it's clear that changing one oil company's leader is not nearly enough.
Supercity: the good, the bad ... and the blank page
The Auckland Super city plan, like the curate's egg is good ... in parts. The best parts are those that deal with fixing the fragmented and grid-locked transportation plans of the Auckland region as well as the effective administration of large utility assets such as water and waste water.
The government has announced a complete u-turn on plans to mine New Zealand's best conservation land. There will be no mining in Schedule 4 land or any national parks now or in the future. We did it!
Plans to imprison dairy cattle in factories which inspired such outrage in New Zealand are now being heard in the UK … and the response is just about as heated.
Environment
