Tag: Public transport
NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ's deputy political editor
Young families are the clear target of Labour's election-year Budget, but its flagship promise - cheaper childcare -...
$100m apartment complex coming to Manukau – but you’ll have to...
By Stephen Forbes of Local Government Reporting
A new $100 million apartment complex is coming to Manukau -- Auckland's heart of Pacific communities.
But you'll have...
NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...
RNZ News
Critics of New Zealand's new $4.5 billion global warming plan to help New Zealanders into electric vehicles and hybrids say a significant cheque...
Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
The public’s cry for a safe, affordable and efficient public transport system in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby...
Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
In recent weeks, barely a day has gone by without Christopher Luxon demonstrating the chasm of ability that exists between the...
The Fiji Times: Maintaining physical distancing
EDITORIAL: The Fiji Times
As the number of Fiji's covid-19 positive cases continues to rise, there is obvious discomfort and great concern among many Fijians.
This...
PNG police chief warns PMVs ‘mask up or face being pulled...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
As the covid-19 coronavirus infections continue to rise seemingly unabated, Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has acted...
Crisis? What crisis? A new PNG prime minister might not signal...
BACKGROUND: By Jonathan Ritchie of Deakin University
In recent days, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced his resignation, failed to formally resign,...
AUT to get NZ’s first 100% electric bus in public transport...
The viability of large electric vehicles (EVs) as replacements for current diesel buses is to be tested with a project that will see New...
Anthony Albanese, WestConnex, and the ethics of an activist journalist
A controversial roads project has angered local communities leading into this month's Federal election in Australia while the companies behind it have dumped truckloads...
