Adventures in Transitland

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The state of the rails across Aotearoa
A quick rundown on the state of the rails across the motu in the lead-up to the 2025 budget on 22 May 2025
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Nine public transport lessons from Perth
Perth is a very sprawly, low-density, car-oriented city. Yet it has great public transport. What follows are nine lessons we can take from Perth in…
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Time to level the playing field for inter regional public transport in Aotearoa
Inter-regional public transport is a funding and legislative dog's breakfast in Aotearoa. The Sustainable Public Transport Framework does nothing to…
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Wherefore now with KiwiRail
It's been a rough ride of late for KiwiRail with plenty of bad news but also some glimmers of hope. So what's going on with rail in New Zealand? Read on…
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Perth's Rail Journey - from (near) zero to hero
Perth has many of the features of a transit hellscape - a low-density, sprawling city built around motorways. Yet it has arguably Australia's best…
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Six ideas to secure Te Huia's Future
With Te Huia now having funding secure through to 2026, now is the time to secure its future as a permanent service. Here are six ideas on how to do…
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Gondola Fever Strikes Queenstown!
Like the Otago Gold Rush of the 19th Century, its 21st Century counterpart, the gondola rush, has come to town in Queenstown. What is it and will it…
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Some fine ideas for making Aotearoa safer
Aotearoa has one of the worst road safety records in the developed world. Australia is doing quite a bit better. What can we learn from our Aussie…
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Te Huia week from hell. Is its truncation justified?
To say that Te Huia train from Hamilton to Auckland had a tough week is a bit of an understatement. Its enforced truncation to Papakura is a bitter…
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How the Northwest was lost & may be won
The Northwest has always been Auckland's public transport Cinderella, rarely invited to the public funding ball. How did this come about and what is the…
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The latest ups and downs of Te Huia
Te Huia, the regional train between Hamilton and Auckland, has had its fair share of ups and down. So read on for the latest on Te Huia.
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The South Island is still Aotearoa's forgotten island
The South Island's public transport networks deserves some love, including in Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown, as well as a revived Southerner…
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