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...

There’s nothing like a global conference to both gain insight into the really big trends that are happening around the...

Street lights in Kansas City have wifi sensors which link with a live map, allowing residents to see traffic and...

It’s estimated about 2 billion people are ‘unbanked’ and not using traditional banking services, but startups are creating a new...

Ironically NBC Sport titled their America's Cup preview last month, "Hard Luck Loser Kiwis Back For Another Shot".