Articles by Simon Wilson
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National
Auckland Council snubs Government, makes own decisions on transport spending
Friday, 25 October 2024, 8:55amThe Government’s three-year budget for transport in Auckland is $564 million less than hoped for by Auckland Council. The...
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Auckland
AT vows to fix 550km of potholed roads, but road deaths forecast from funding cuts
Friday, 8 December 2023, 10:51amThere’ll be a blitz on road maintenance this summer. But safety measures including lower speed limits around schools are...
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Auckland
'Wakey wakey Auckland Council!': Climate group disrupt Auckland Council meeting
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 2:24pmThe climate protest group Restore Passenger Rail has disrupted an Auckland Council meeting this morning, a day after the...
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National
Aerial cable cars: Is this the fast, affordable transport solution Auckland is waiting for?
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 7:49amAerial cable cars from Botany to the airport. Built within a couple of years for a fraction of the cost of light rail. With...
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Auckland
Auckland Transport defends public transport price hike as 'very light'
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 9:08pmPublic transport fares in Auckland are about to rise again. A 6.2 per cent increase for bus, train and ferry rides was approved...
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Auckland
'Nobody uses it': Mayor Wayne Brown says North Harbour Stadium could be bulldozed
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 8:56pmThe future of the North Harbour Stadium in Albany was thrown into doubt by Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown today. Brown told an...
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Auckland
'Perfect must not be the enemy of good': Great North Rd finally gets its cycleway
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 3:17pmGreat North Rd is getting a cycleway. Eleven years after the idea was proposed and eight years after plans were drawn up,...
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National
New bike ferries proposed for Auckland harbour
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 4:35pmA water-taxi business has told Auckland Council it wants to run bike ferries across the Waitematā harbour from next year. Hauraki...
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National
Free buses and trains for kids on weekends, says Goff
Monday, 13 May 2019, 3:28pmAuckland mayor Phil Goff wants children under 15 to be allowed to travel free on public transport on weekends and public...
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Politics
A councillor took a holiday to the Cook Islands. It was recorded as 'council business'
Friday, 9 November 2018, 6:41amCouncillors gone awol. Councillor Greg Sayers was in the Cook Islands recently. So, coincidentally, was Councillor Penny...
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National
Simon Wilson: The fuss about fuel taxes and the next big transport debate
Saturday, 30 June 2018, 8:27amWell as of the first of July ... I think all of us around the table and all Aucklanders are going to really be tested ......
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Auckland
What Auckland councillors said about the fuel tax
Friday, 1 June 2018, 3:04pmCr Fa'anana Efeso Collins is a very good and very clever orator. Rarely for him, he spoke early in the debate on whether...
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National
Auckland Council to save $117 million by selling seven buildings
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 8:30pmAuckland Council has voted today to sell seven major properties, including the central city services building in Graham St...
