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Jan. 25, 2022 / Gordon Price

Housing Reform: Why don’t we just go Kiwi?

  Here’s the clearest explanation of what New Zealand has done to address housing need and affordability – in a…
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Nov. 08, 2021 / Gordon Price

Aotearoa Update: The end of single-family zoning in New Zealand

As soon as the news hit that the New Zealand government was essentially abolishing exclusive zoning for single-detached dwelling (Fumano reports…
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Apr. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

Tactical Urbanism as Government Policy

A report from Forbes (‘Capitalist Tool’) of all sources: Cities as diverse as Berlin and Bogotá are using so-called “tactical…
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Jun. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

New Zealand, Governance & Proportional Representation: June 25

Helen Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999-2008, during which time proportional representation was the electoral…
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Nov. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Do You Care to Be a Cop? The Kiwi Video

The New Zealand Police have approached recruiting 400 new police officers in a different way by filming “real-life social experiment”…
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Mar. 30, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Futility of Motordom, Kiwi version

From stuff NZ:  The $630 million Kapiti expressway has actually doubled the amount of time it takes to commute into…
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Mar. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Four Minute Video Explores 1955 Road Safety Innovations in New Zealand

It’s easy to forget how important motordom was to the 20th century and how it was really seen as the…
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Jan. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Zealand, Older Pedestrians and Road Safety

An article in the New Zealand Herald  notes how diminished the pedestrian is for road space in that country.  Lynley…
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Jan. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Christchurch Gap Filler – 2

From the Daily Scot: . Profiling Christchurch, New Zealand’s Gap Filler Program . When faced with the devastation of virtually…
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Jan. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Christchurch Gap Filler – 1

From the Daily Scot: . Many may recall the powerful earthquakes that struck Christchurch, New Zealand in 2010 and 2011…
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May. 22, 2015 / Gordon Price

On the Referendum: Charles Montgomery and Darren Davis

Charles Montgomery did a video interview with Kiwi transport planner Darren Davis in support of a Yes vote in the transit…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Motordom Fail: An Auckland Crossing

Another chart to add to the collection in ‘Motordom Fail: Traffic Forecasting.’ From Auckland’s Transport Blog: Govt say new $4-6b…
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Dec. 11, 2014 / Gordon Price

Post-Motordom in New Zealand: A Change in the Chart

From our Auckland correrspondent Darren Davis: . New Zealand’s Ministry of Transport has done a bunch of work on future…
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Nov. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

An Auckland Conversation, with Chris and Melissa Bruntlett

The Kiwis invited our own Chris and Melissa Bruntlett  for an Auckland Conversation.  They’re back.  . . After a energizing…

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