The Council has recently made some major pre-budget announcements regarding Climate Action and cycle implementation around Tāmaki Makaurau.
The new Climate Action Targeted Rate aims to continue supporting public transport implementation and protect the cities low lying coastal areas from floods.
They’ve also implemented new funding for the cycling business case with aims to continue implementing cycle lanes and provide more safe areas for cyclists.
To learn more Liam spoke to Councillor Pippa Coom on our regular City Counselling segment about the changes, first discussing that the CATR is and what it holds for the future
Housing intensification is a key priority for Auckland Council as Auckland's population is forecast to reach 2.3 million by 2050.
But as planning for growth continues, some Auckland residents have expressed concern about the approval of developments in areas on flood plains or particularly prone to natural disasters.
With Kāinga Ora selling homes as ‘high risk investments’ in areas which were impacted by flooding in recent years, and 15 percent of all granted consents for new builds by Auckland Council being on floodplains, I spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about how the council is taking into account these issues for the coming years.
President Donald Trump signed in an executive order effectively banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Tuesday Wire Host Mack Smith filed a report on the situation and then spoke to Hazim Arafeh, President of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
Dr. Maria reviews French/Belgian comedy Saint-Amour, a father and son's boozy journey through an oenophile's France with a particularly sexually active taxi driver. Starring Gérard Depardieu, of course.
In which Dr. Maria reviews season three of Danish drama The Legacy, Jonny appreciates Jules' new segment sting, and everyone begins to wax probiotic about sauerkraut.
In which Dr. Maria reviews critically acclaimed Australian feature Jasper Jones, a tale of sleepytown murder set against a background of 1960s institutionalised racism. Although, to be honest, the team get quite distracted by weeds. ...Great film though.
Can prequels ever really stand alongside their original source material? Dr. Maria asks the question of Westside: Series 3, the popular prequel to NZ cultural juggernaut Outrageous Fortune.
Dr. Maria talks to us about the part biopic, part reconstruction, part pack-of-fibs that is Becoming Bond. The odd doco/bio hybrid centers on the Bond film canon's only single shot 007 player, the Australian car mechanic turned model George Lazenby. Narrated by Lazenby himself, how did Maria enjoy a film on the man Dame Diana Rigg once described as: "...obsess[ed] with himself ...utterly, unbelievably ... bloody impossible"?
Spookers follows the stories of a diverse group of amateur performers who unite to terrify punters at NZ's largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital.
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