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...

Auckland has a few crises it is dealing with at the moment: housing, transport, climate. Following the recent local government...

The Newsroom recently published my article on the “flood” of climate crisis calls breaking out in cities.

Plenty of cities around the word grapple with how to balance the impact of business and liveability within their urban...

As some countries continue the race to explore outer space, or to ‘wall-up’ the inner spaces they already number have,...

The international IT association ISACA asked me to comment on a survey they produced earlier this year on smart city...

Building new stadiums seems to bedevil even the smartest cities. New Zealand’s largest city Auckland has been grappling with what...

The most liveable cities in the world are strongly backed by their nations. Yet other cities have to battle their...

How can cities disrupt themselves to cope better with growing pains, and how can they fund this? Mark Thomas reports...

THE purpose of building a smart city is to raise the quality of life and standard of living of its...

Urban renewal, affordable housing and improved transport – all from a sporting event. Mark Thomas says rather than being a...

Since 2016, residents of Helsinki (a third the size of Auckland) have been using what's called the Netflix of transport...