Shifting decisions down to street level
By Eric Crampton, chief economist, The New Zealand Initiative. Urban land use planning systems that load councils with the costs of urban growth while letting...
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Why I look forward to greener generation
By Andy Loader, extractive industry consultant, First Rock Consultancy. The Government is hard bent in transitioning to a greener economy with renewable energy such as...
Treat us as adults please
By Peter Dunne Originally published in March 2021 (during the country’s fourth lockdown). Over a year into the Covid-19 crisis there is an unnatural air...
A climate step too far
The Climate Commission draft report to the Government is so extreme that even typically conservative economists are expressing alarm, explains Dr Muriel Newman, New Zealand...
Stepping up for infrastructure
Earlier this year Owen Gill stepped into the position of CEO of Infrastructure NZ. He talks with Mary Searle Bell about his career thus far...
Call for more pro-active contact scanning
By Peter Dunne (a precis of a comment published January 28, 2021) following new ‘community’ Covid detections and 18 days before Auckland went into another...
Changing the client mindset
Ex-contractor David Langford has shifted the way the New Plymouth District Council approaches temporary traffic management, with excellent results in safety, productivity and quality. After...
Project managing home turf
The East Cape Road is a special place for local people and treasured by the thousands of tourists who travel the road and visit the...