The right steps for economic recovery
For the past 18 months or so, the civil construction sector (like other parts of the New Zealand construction industry) has experienced a sharp decline...
Category : Last Word
Among last left in the Paris Agreement
Image: U.S. Secretary of State [at the time] John Kerry participates in the event on the UN Paris Agreement Entry into Force at the United...
Dumb tunnels and dumb laws
Wayne Brown, engineer and Mayor of Auckland. As mayor of Auckland I am fighting a constant battle with Wellington bureaucrats to enable Aucklanders to actually...
CARING ABOUT SOUND SCIENCE – carbon is not carbon dioxide
By Roy Cordato, Senior Economist Emeritus at the John Locke Foundation. Carbon dioxide – A heavy colourless gas, CO2, does not support combustion, dissolves in water to...
You can’t carry a 40 litre bag of potting mix on public transport
By Alan Titchall. I filled out a council transport survey last month. It asked me to pick a recent self-drive journey and, through drop down options,...
One step forward for maintenance, two steps back
An extract from Swamp Fever by Gerard Hindmarsh – the story of his life as an alternative life-styler in Golden Bay, northwest of Nelson, published...
Let’s turn Huntly into a WASTE GENERATOR
By Andy Loader, co-chairman, Primary Land Users Group. The Government has spoken about the use of major infrastructure projects as a means of kick-starting our...
Delivering on community needs looking beyond three waters
Matt Fyffe has an extensive background in public sector and construction consultancy services, both here and in the UK. In recent years he has worked...
Senseless race to zero
By Mike Yardley writer and media commentator. As China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam crack on building six hundred more coal-fired power plants, fear not,...
In support of elected representatives
By Dennis Bush-King, group manager, environmental assurance, Tasman District Council. Dennis’ views are a personal reflection and do not necessarily represent the views of Tasman...