The New Zealand Herald reports former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is to lose his chairmanship of state railway company KiwiRail. He will be replaced by Wellington businessman John Spencer.
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Both Labour and the Greens are opposed to the Government’s introduction of 53-tonne trucks on our roads.
From the Green Party: The Green Party is urging the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to support the passenger train service between Waikato and Auckland. “This is a common sense project with massive public support,” said Green Party transport spokesperson Gareth Hughes. Mr Hughes is in Hamilton for the presentation […]
Media release from the Campaign for Better Transport Plans for Hamilton Underground Station To Be Revealed A petition calling for a commuter rail link between Hamilton and Auckland will be presented to the Government this coming Monday, at the Hamilton Railway Station. Sustainable transport group The Campaign for Better Transport […]
Few people know it, or it has been lost in the mists of time, but there is actually an underground train station in the middle of Hamilton, right underneath the Warehouse on Anglesea Street. Here are a couple of photos to prove it, supplied by the intrepid Jon Reeves. The CBT is […]
Fran O’Sullivan has a wildly optimistic take on New Zealand being a major petroleum exporter in the future. In 15 years, New Zealanders could be the oil sheikhs of the Pacific if Government projections over the potential of our petroleum sector bear fruit. Ministry of Economic Development estimates suggest the […]
Guest comment from Isaac Broome Having visited Edinburgh a couple of years ago, I was facinated to read about their city council now undertaking a project to build a modern light rail system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams Interesting to note that Edinburgh has a population of 450,000 and Auckland City also has a […]