The Committee for Auckland, in partnership with Deloitte and Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, has announced a new annual State of the...

Auckland’s historic floods add to the already too large to-do list facing the region which produces almost 40% of New...

COP27 was billed as the “Implementation COP”. But at the very moment the climate arithmetic turned brutal, and technology’s role...

Former local politician Mark Thomas reviews the review of local government, and is not confident its broad wellbeing goals will...

Parliamentary committee reviews have been ignored; the council elections changes little – the real chance to change our local government...

It's a massive fall from grace for Auckland, a real hero-to-zero moment.

At the Auckland’s Future Now 2022 event, Pam Ford, Dr Anna Bardsley, Paul Majurey, Mark Thomas and Izzy Fenwick discuss...

In the past six years, Aucklanders’ trust in council and satisfaction with its performance has never been higher than 27...

While most New Zealand businesses are enjoying more relaxed red or orange trading conditions, the news is not so good...

The Economist's 2021 finding that Auckland is the most liveable city in the world certainly surprised many of the people...

The Economist's 2021 finding that Auckland is the most liveable city in the world certainly surprised many of the people...

The New Zealand government's Three Water's reform is in some trouble. Yet almost everyone agrees changes are needed to improve...

A big bang approach may yet be possible in reforming local councils nationwide – including the so-called super city of...

The Government has made three significant housing announcements in the last six months: its 2020 election housing policy programme, January's...

Mark Thomas attended a Climate Change Commission consultation session on its big recommendations for New Zealand.

Just after the recent New Zealand election, the Newsroom published my article below drawing attention to the lack of focus...

The New Zealand Herald has published my article this morning on the history New Zealanders may make at this year’s...

(The New Zealand Herald published my article about how a city can balance responding to Covid-19 challenges with innovative thinking,...

Because the nations of the world don’t just have the pandemic crisis to deal with. All countries already had other...

Cities are both a great hope for greater progress on dealing with climate change and also a major contributor to...