Left my wallet on the bus last night - didn’t realise till the morning. Phoned Ritchies Buses who do all the western routes for Auckland Transport - yep they had it and I could pick it up from their office, open 18/24 hours. Made my day Cr Shane Henderson. Hallelujah for bus drivers.

Richard Hills A last minute spend up…. Of money the receipts are entitled to??

The New Zealand International Comedy Festival is now on. See some shows, man.

The bane of my existence and the object of all my desires Jonathan Bailey has arrived to the #MetGala .

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This is curious, when Minister for Children and ACT MP, Karen Chhour, has argued for 3 days in court that coalition agreements and policies are NOT instruments of the govt/Crown (such that they are beyond the reach of the Wai Trib’s jurisdiction). 🤔

pohutukawa in the evening light. some flowers on the tree & two tui flitting around.

New pō on either side of Ngā Hau Māngere Bridge. 😍

Web story: NIWA job cuts could gut team of NZ's top climate modellers

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I have found using Te Wai Horotiu path so great for zipping up & down Queen St from mid-town to the waterfront area over the last week. Also very fun to ride & full of plants. Love how it pans out at the end to quite wide areas of Aotea. The light changes are generally fast too.

Chris Hipkins asking Christopher Luxon how much of the $1.9b is operating and how much capital.

Luxon not giving figures. Not clear whether he actually knows.

Hiding behind budget and commercial sensitivity.

#CRLNews : The scaffolding on one side of the Wellesley St entrance building of Te Waihorotiu Station has been taken down, unveiling the thousands of coloured aluminium fins that comprise its upper façade.

after thousands of training hours were completed in the sped up programme!

Thanks so much to Stacey and the Auckland Transport team, Fullers and everyone who made this happen, after a lot of work and advocacy.

Thank you all for your patience!! It’s been rough I know.

The success of the programme so far has meant AT will have some ferry services back to their regular timetables earlier than expected, says AT’s Director of Public Transport and Active Modes, Stacey van der Putten.

10 Skippers and 20 new Deckhands have been appointed.

In October 2023, AT temporarily reduced timetables for some ferry services to help Fullers360 undertake anaccelerated training programme. The programme is designed to quickly upskill existing crew and train new crew to fill existing gaps in Auckland’s maritime workforce.

- More for Half Moon Bay and then more services for Gulf Harbour later in the year.

Auckland Transport (AT) is reinstating some ferry services sooner than expected after making good progress with Fullers360 on addressing a skilled maritime crew shortage.