Today, Pippa and Ilena talked about how Auckland Council will be helping local businesses move down through alert levels- in particular, how the Council can help the hospitality industry with licensing requirements so that they can do trading on the footpaths and allow more space between customers.
They also talked about Vision Zero, an ethics-based transport safety approach that was developed in Sweden and is now being implemented in Auckland. The vision states that there will be no deaths or serious injuries on our roads by 2050. Ilena asked Pippa about how realistic this goal is, what concrete steps have already been taken to make our roads safer and what future plans are in place.
This morning, Ilena had her regular catch up with Pippa Coom. They talked about the Super Saturday national vaccination drive that is happening tomorrow, and how those who are unvaccinated or need another dose can take advantage of the day with its greater accessibility and added incentives. They talked about how those who have had two shots can encourage whānau and friends to be a part of the day.
Pippa also touched on what Auckland’s targeted rates are and how successful they’ve been. Lastly, she spoke about the upcoming, little known, but greatly important Entrust elections and why they matter.
This week, Ilena talked to Councillor Shane Henderson about Auckland Council’s and his own perspective on the Enabling Housing Supply Bill, which encourages intensification in single house zones in Auckland.
They also talked about the proposed Te Whau pathway, which will be open to public consultation from this Monday through to the 20th of December.
For their final interview together for the year, Pippa and Ilena talked about the Mayoral Conservation Awards. The awards were held online last night and recognise and reward the commitment and work of those in our communities who take a leading role in the environmental space.
They also talked about a groundbreaking new poll that shows huge public support for measures to protect and restore the Hauraki Gulf, which the Hauraki Gulf Forum will be taking to the government.
Auckland Transport's reduced services affected many returning to work this summer, and there have been calls for public transport schedules to return to normal.
Jessica Hopkins spoke to Auckland Counciller Shane Henderson about plans to increase transport options for West Auckland in 2022. But we started off our interview by catching up with Shane on what he got up to over the New Years break.
Hospitality businesses have been significantly affected by COVID-19 restrictions such as capacity limits and social distancing requirements. Today during my regular chat with Auckland Councillor Pippa Coom, we discussed an outdoor dining grant scheme supporting hospitality businesses to increase their outdoor dining capacity.
We also revisited the Councils annual budget that has just gone out for public consultation, and Pippa responded to Howick ward councillor Sharon Stewart suggesting that projects such as cycleways and painted roads should be cut from the budget.
On City Counselling, Lillian Hanly spoke to Auckland Councillor Richard Hills about the city's water restrictions and recycling.
International Desk gives a profile on Turkmeinistan as it does not report any postive Covid-19 cases.
Justin Wong gives an overview of how alert level 2 looks like and pre-budget announcements.
Laura Kvigstad and Jessica Hopkins reports on what's happening at Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee.
On Green Desk, Bronnie Wilde spoke to School Strikes for Climate New Zealand's Coco Lovatt and Oli Morphew about their online strike event on the 15th May.
New Zealand's property revaluations were released on the 8th March, meaning rates in certain areas may be increasing. Chloe Wollard, valuations manager for Auckland City Council explains how the revaluation system works and why some suburbs are seeing such a large valuation increase. Auckalnd City Councillor, Shane Henderson, then discusses where your increased rates may be going, and how you can help shape the councils annual budget for 2022/2023.
It's another Friday Wire! This week on the show, Casper talked to Green party MP Ricardo Menendez March about a media release he put out calling for the Ukraine response to be a part of a broader equitable framework.
Liam had a chat with with Jackie Edmond from Family Planning about the safe areas bill surrounding abortion clinics.
Casper also spoke to Shane Henderson as part of our regular city counselling segment, and today we talked about the government’s recent announcement to temporarily reduce the cost of fuel and public transport as well as the time running out for Auckland city’s annual budget consultation.
Liam also spoke to Alan Renwick from Lincoln University about the implications of Te Pati Maoris New policy to end the GST on Kai.
Finally, Casper interviewed Dr Timothy Welch from the university of Auckland on the hidden costs of cars.
Caspers back on the Friday Wire! Today on the show:
As part of his regular city counselling segment, I talked to City Councillor Shane Henderson, as well as Character Coalition chairperson Sally Hughes and the University of Auckland’s Bill McKay all on the topic of housing intensification and the council’s proposed changes to zoning rules.
Liam spoke to Steve Abel from Greenpeace about their petition to remove nitrates from drinking water.
He also had a chat with Richard Espley from Plant and Food Research to chat about their research on the genome sequence of bilberries.
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