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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d expect: 'WTF is this?' wrote Wayne Brown on September 14 last year ...
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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d ...
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend: The gateway to the north will reopen this weekend - but visitors will have to get in quick.
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend
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What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan : Councillors in Auckland are hoping a submission supporting some and opposing other aspects ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/28/what-about-auckland-council-on-new-govt-transport-plan/
What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan 
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects: The mayor had no authority to tell Auckland Transport to immediately stop projects funded by ...
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids: The government has agreed to the suggestion from the opposition that was initially voted ...
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers: The transport minister says he will work with Auckland Council to give it the power to set its own ...
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is unsure if he can turn the ignition key on major motorway ...
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse: Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors: Opinion: With a huge funding gap confronting the Transport Agency, it is high-time we shifted to a ...
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising completion of Auckland’s big projects ...
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse: Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027: Simeon Brown is proposing a fuel tax increase of 12 cents to hit in 2027 - the same amount Labour ...
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising completion of Auckland’s big projects ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/05/what-the-transport-package-means-for-auckland/
Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal: Simeon Brown says it will "restore continued local council ownership and control of water ...
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters amalgamations: The minister responsible won't say, pointing only to regulations that could let it ...
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters ...
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What the light rail millions got Auckland: As the dust settles on the doomed light rail plan for Auckland, newly released documents spell out exactly what the ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/05/what-the-light-rail-millions-got-auckland/
What the light rail millions got Auckland
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it? : The coalition has ticked off another objective - repealing the troubled Three Waters programme ...
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it?
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1.2 billion?: Analysis: The government's plan raises questions as it is revealed Labour spent ...
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1 ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will be scrapped in months ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?: In just 10 days, the last government's efforts to fix water infrastructure will be scrapped ...
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name change: By RNZ The head of the Transport Agency ( NZTA ) ordered the only line about a ...
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name ...
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled trains: 88 trains in Auckland were cancelled on Monday. Wayne Brown wants to know why.
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan: OPINION The new draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport has four ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du Plessis-Allan: It’s tempting to think the Brown v Brown showdown is bad for Auckland ...
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du ...
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Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’: The new Minister of Transport has promised to reprioritise transport planning from cycleways and speed ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/09/simeon-brown-wants-aucklands-transport-back-to-basics/
Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’
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No bailing out water, says minister: Nationwide water metering and security over water assets are likely to be conditions of international financiers backing the ...
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No bailing out water, says minister
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June: The Minister for Auckland, Simeon Brown, could lose all his staff for the portfolio ...
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps, minister told: Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the ...
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister: By RNZ Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising a decision soon on whether to make almost ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister
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'Serious concerns' about councils' ability to manage water issues - Minister: The Local Government Minister says he has "serious concerns" about Wellington and ...
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'Serious concerns' about councils' ability to manage water issues - ...
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'Going to take decades to fix': Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau after water woes meeting
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'Going to take decades to fix': Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau after water ...
Quick Glance: 'Decades to Fix': Mayor Tory Whanau on Water Woes Meeting
  • Repairing Wellington's earthquake-damaged town hall may be impacted by the city's water leak crisis.

  • Mayor Tory Whanau met with the local government minister Simeon Brown to discuss the troubled water network and emphasized the need for collaboration between central and local government.

  • It will take decades to fix the state of the city's pipes, requiring government and local councils to work together.

  • Brown's schedule includes a meeting with Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy later in the day.
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Transport Minister says Clean Car Discount costs outweigh benefits: Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the Clean Car Discount was never self-financing ...
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Transport Minister says Clean Car Discount costs outweigh benefits
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EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April: Owners of light electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids will have to pay road user charges from 1 April ...
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EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April
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National-led government officially cancels Auckland Light Rail plans: The new National-led government is following through on its plans to cancel the Auckland ...
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National-led government officially cancels Auckland Light Rail plans
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New transport minister wants to accelerate EV charging: Simeon Brown wants to place 10,000 public chargers to respond to changing traffic flows and the increased ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/25/new-transport-minister-wants-to-accelerate-ev-charging/
New transport minister wants to accelerate EV charging
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Local government financial crisis: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says he's firming up new ways to fund water services for cash-strapped councils – ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/02/minister-advised-to-act-urgently-on-local-councils-significant-financial-stress/
Local government financial crisis
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Pivotal week in Wellington water crisis - are more restrictions needed?: It’s a pivotal week for Wellington ’s looming water shortage crisis as residents wait to ...
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Pivotal week in Wellington water crisis - are more restrictions needed?
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Three Waters repeal forces councils to hike rates by a third: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has written to councils saying he'll relax consultation ...
newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/21/three-waters-repeal-forces-councils-to-hike-rates-by-a-third/
Three Waters repeal forces councils to hike rates by a third
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Three Waters repeal forces councils to hike rates by a third: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has written to councils saying he'll relax consultation ...
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Three Waters repeal forces councils to hike rates by a third
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Government quietly defunds transport climate work: Transport Minister Simeon Brown wouldn't say whether the Government will completely scrap the targets for ...
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Government quietly defunds transport climate work
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You know what Simeon Brown loves? Cars: Buckle up, our transport minister has a fast car and a plan to get us outta here.
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You know what Simeon Brown loves? Cars
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What is ‘NZTA’? A user’s guide to the new, English names : Struggling with the new titles for everything? Here to help. 
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What is ‘NZTA’? A user’s guide to the new, English names 
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What is ‘NZTA’? A user’s guide to the new, English names : Struggling with the new titles for everything? Here to help. 
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What is ‘NZTA’? A user’s guide to the new, English names 
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Transport Agency directed to stop blanket speed limit reductions: Transport Minister Simeon Brown has issued a directive to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and ...
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Transport Agency directed to stop blanket speed limit reductions
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Let's Get Wellington Moving grinds to a halt: Let's Get Wellington Moving will be dissolved, with ministers and local government announcing today they had agreed ...
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Let's Get Wellington Moving grinds to a halt
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Govt confirms it is dumping 'hugely wasteful' Lake Onslow battery project: The $16 billion pumped hydro scheme had been championed by the former Labour ...
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Govt confirms it is dumping 'hugely wasteful' Lake Onslow battery project
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Luxon heckled to pay back subsidy as govt ditches 'ute tax': The Clean Car Discount - dubbed a “ute tax” by its opponents - will be gone by the new ...
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Luxon heckled to pay back subsidy as govt ditches 'ute tax'
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Auckland Council, Wayne Brown reject plan for Waitematā harbour tunnel: Auckland Council's Transport and Infrastructure Committee has decided not to support the ...
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Auckland Council, Wayne Brown reject plan for Waitematā harbour tunnel
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Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on project: The government has agreed to cancel Labour's multi-billion-dollar light rail ...
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Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on ...
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown floats $5 per trip highway congestion charge : Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the city’s motorists could soon be charged $5 per trip ...
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown floats $5 per trip highway congestion charge
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Is Three Waters dead under National? Ashburton mayor says not quite: The Three Waters reform is not dead and buried with a change in government ...
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Is Three Waters dead under National? Ashburton mayor says not quite