Public transport begins before the bus arrives. Shelter, seating, lighting, accessible kerbs and reliable information should be basic service components, not postcode luck.
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New Zealand footpaths should be managed as a continuous mobility network
A good footpath is not a decorative strip beside a road. Width, surface, crossings, driveways, vegetation and construction detours determine whether people can complete an ordinary trip.
New Zealand needs a public-toilet standard people can actually use
A town can advertise walkability while quietly requiring people to plan their day around a toilet. Parents with young children, older people, pregnant peop
New Zealand should treat libraries as resilience infrastructure
A library is easiest to undervalue when measured only by books issued. On an ordinary day it offers internet, warmth, bathrooms, study space, printing, loc
Healthy homes must be safe in summer as well as warm in winter
New Zealand’s housing-health debate has been shaped by cold bedrooms, condensation and mould for good reason. The healthy homes standards require heating,
Free Healthcare Can Be the Most Expensive Kind: What New Zealand Should Learn from Taiwan
Opinion: The most comforting myth in New Zealand healthcare is also the most expensive one: because the public system is free at the point of care, we tell
New Zealand needs a right to repair that works after the warranty ends
When a household appliance fails just outside warranty, the real choice is often not repair versus replacement. It is an expensive assessment with uncertai
New Zealand needs a public register of government algorithms
New Zealand’s Algorithm Charter recognises that automated systems can affect people’s lives and that agencies should explain their use. That principle is s
Auckland should not price peak travel until it can explain the bargain
My objection to Auckland time-of-use charging is not that roads must always be free at the busiest hour. Scarce road space is already rationed; we currentl
New Zealand’s wage problem will not be fixed by productivity slogans
When wage growth is weak, households do not experience it as a macroeconomic trend. They experience it at the supermarket, the rent payment, the insurance