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Auckland Council's planners have now said no to an 11-storey building next to a $5 billion train line because it would mess up the historic aura of a gravel pit, a car park and a petrol station. Another audacious logical maneuver from the masters of the construction-denying craft

Wrote about the Mozarts of saying no to stuff, Auckland Council's planning team thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-03…

Love how when a celebrity is interviewed the observational detail is always like "he absentmindedly runs his fingers through his hair" but with me it's "he sprints away to piss and reads his phone in the toilet" thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/22…

my article today contains the latest important instalment of my local government data series thespinoff.co.nz/politics/31-03…

ah well, but the good news is I can already start drafting up my post-election column

The extreme lengths Auckland Council has gone to in order to stop growth in the inner suburbs means these areas have static population, whereas far flung parts of the region are growing fastest. So much for "quality compact city". stats.govt.nz/news/north-isl…

Tory Whanau really is Schrödinger's mayor, somehow destroying the city with cycle lanes and apartments while also having no record to speak of

Worrying stuff. If we allow competition to push down the price of housing, what's next? Grocery prices? Power prices? It hurts to even think about

Every time a multi billion dollar state highway project is announced remember - the entire walking and cycling programme in New Zealand is a few hundred million... Something to think about when you see what gets more media scrutiny

In what will be remembered as a brave and physically impressive act of gonzo journalism, I carried out the police college entrance exam to test whether it is actually easy. As you can see from the attached post-run photo, it went incredibly well thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-04-…

back at The Spinoff part-time for a bit and doing important work thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-05-…

don't know why this story about a fan meeting Brad Pitt is written like a disturbing police report, but I like it a lot

a tribute to the masters of cutting through government spin, government coalition party Act thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-05…

Found myself agreeing with Winston Peters about the lack of respect and decorum in parliament though we have probably come to different conclusions about who is most at fault thespinoff.co.nz/politics/20-05…

Wayne Brown just proposed a compromise solution to the Whangapāraoa and Waiheke councillors trying to downzone the city centre, and it resulted in a beautiful moment between him and his deputy mayor

I believe Auckland Council should be doing more to maximise the benefits of the rail upgrade it has spent several billion dollars on thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-05…

I have written a characteristically sober and cogent argument for keeping the age of eligibility for superannuation at 65 thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-05…

remember if you see a headline about the cost of a pedestrian crossing in the New Zealand news it's always a good rule of thumb to reduce the figure in your head by a factor of 5 to 15, stay safe out there everyone