Articles by Simon Wilson, NZ Herald
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Politics
Auckland light rail to slash CBD-airport travel time, second harbour crossing decision in 2023
Friday, 28 January 2022, 10:10amThe Government has chosen its preferred option for a new mass transit service from the city centre to Māngere. It's a light...
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Politics
Blowout! Auckland harbour tunnels will cost $15 billion
Saturday, 7 August 2021, 9:37amThe estimated cost of an Auckland harbour crossing by tunnel, as promoted by Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Tuesday,...
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Audio
Second Auckland Harbour Bridge for cyclists, pedestrians confirmed
Friday, 4 June 2021, 7:56amThe Government has confirmed plans for a brand-new cycling and walking bridge across the Waitematā Harbour - at an estimated...
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Auckland
Car-free plan for Auckland CBD to be presented next week
Friday, 23 November 2018, 3:59pmA "completely new" long-term plan for central Auckland will be presented to city councillors next week. Cars that need to...
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National
Auckland City Rail Link to be bigger and more expensive
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 6:32amThe City Rail Link is going to be bigger, and cost more, because the original projections for use now look inadequate. As...
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National
Big new spending plans for transport, roads and buses in Auckland
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 9:15amAuckland Transport is expected to sign off a brand-new 10-year budget today, allocating $10 billion in capital expenditure...
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National
Simon Wilson: The council and its malcontents
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 6:04amSuddenly, it's all gone toxic at Auckland Council. It's sudden, because as Mayor Phil Goff says, only last month the councillors...
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National
Roar no more: Speedway is leaving Western Springs
Friday, 8 June 2018, 5:56amSpeedway is moving out of Western Springs. The roar of the cars is set to end, to be replaced by the thwock of leather on...
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National
Welcome to Auckland Plan 2050: But where will 700,000 people live?
Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 10:06amAuckland Council has a new 30-year plan. It says 700,000 more people will live here, requiring 313,000 new homes and 263,000...
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Opinion
Simon Wilson: What the councillors said about the fuel tax
Friday, 1 June 2018, 6:51amCr 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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Auckland
Auckland's catastrophic road record laid bare
Friday, 25 May 2018, 8:25pmLast month, some time before 8am on a Thursday morning, 56-year-old librarian Christine Ovens was run down by a car while...
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National
Full speed ahead for two Auckland light rail lines
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 12:25pmThe Government will build two light rail lines in Auckland - and the Super Fund wants to own them. Work is about to start...
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Opinion
Simon Wilson: How do you solve a problem like Auckland's port?
Thursday, 3 May 2018, 6:29amThe port has to move but there's nowhere for it to go. That's the problem facing Auckland as it inches towards a decision...
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Auckland
Firm unveils bold idea for Auckland's waterfront
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 5:53amFour new inner-city beaches, a 40m-wide canal, parklands and a lagoon with a boardwalk around its edge all feature in a new...
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Opinion
Simon Wilson: In praise of joined-up transport thinking
Friday, 27 April 2018, 4:58pmThere's a document lurking in the background of the new transport funding plans announced yesterday by Auckland's two Phils,...
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National
Anti-cycling rage stirrers are dangerous - Simon Wilson
Friday, 20 April 2018, 9:29amLike many things, cycling in Auckland doesn't attract quite the same level of mouth-frothing rage as it does in London. I'm...
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Opinion
Comment: Fact checking the nonsense around Labour's fuel tax hike
Saturday, 7 April 2018, 4:02pmLabour's transport plan met with a roar of disaproval. But it was clearly signposted and should have surprised no one. 1....
