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NASA failed to predict the real splashdown risk.
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Bard of @greaterauckland.bsky.social and #1 light rail fan
'Unaffiliated Individual' - NZ Infrastructure Commission
Officially more popular than a Real Housewife of Auckland
Views my own
https://linktr.ee/ConnorSharp
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Auckland earlier tonight. (Pic by the Hauraki Gulf Weather account on Facebook, seeing as he's not on this platform)
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“As the old saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second best time is today.
The same is true of throwing off the shackles of fossil fuels.”
Yes we can! A timely re-post of @connorsharp.bsky.social’s op-ed for The Post: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/09/the-governments-fossil-fuel-folly/
The same is true of throwing off the shackles of fossil fuels.”
Yes we can! A timely re-post of @connorsharp.bsky.social’s op-ed for The Post: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/09/the-governments-fossil-fuel-folly/
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Well this is enlightening on workshop attendance (average from both 2025 4th quarter and 2026 1st quarter)
One glarrrrring outlier
One glarrrrring outlier
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Every effective tool for reducing fuel demand right now (free PT, cycling, EVs, lower speed limits) is a policy the NZ coalition government has spent two years dismantling.
My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it.
theconversation.com/the-government-has-boxed-itself-in-over-fuel-saving-strategies-but-there-is-a-way-out-280131
My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it.
theconversation.com/the-government-has-boxed-itself-in-over-fuel-saving-strategies-but-there-is-a-way-out-280131
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Not increasing fuel duty should absolutely kill the current version of the gold plated Warkworth to Te Hana motorway.
It probably won't but holy heck can we at least rescope it to something normal sized? It doesn't have to be a supersized project for literally no reason.
It probably won't but holy heck can we at least rescope it to something normal sized? It doesn't have to be a supersized project for literally no reason.
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Great news: Auckland already has a plan for getting through a fuel crisis, and it's a great one! It just needs activating – the sooner the better.
In today's post, @connorsharp.bsky.social points out the existing plan, and how we can all get it going ASAP. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/we-already-have-a-plan-for-the-fuel-crisis/
In today's post, @connorsharp.bsky.social points out the existing plan, and how we can all get it going ASAP. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/we-already-have-a-plan-for-the-fuel-crisis/
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"Invest in PT, walking, cycling & rail, and rapidly electrify the vehicle fleet. It'll save us money, shield us from fuel shocks and give us cleaner air, safer streets, less congestion, more freedom of choice. What’s not to like?"
Op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social: www.thepost.co.nz/business/360979580/iran-war-oil-shock-crisis-reveals-folly-system-reliant-fossil-fuel
Op-ed by @connorsharp.bsky.social: www.thepost.co.nz/business/360979580/iran-war-oil-shock-crisis-reveals-folly-system-reliant-fossil-fuel
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And, we already have an extensive plan for that in Auckland. Its called the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway.
It's been sitting there, officially approved, for years, and all that's missing is delivery.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/we-already-have-a-plan-for-the-fuel-crisis/
It's been sitting there, officially approved, for years, and all that's missing is delivery.
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/07/we-already-have-a-plan-for-the-fuel-crisis/
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So far they are not taking this opportunity to switch course. Luckily, we already have a plan to kick our fossil fuel addiction, because it turns out the actions you need to take to lower emissions are the exact same actions you need to reduce fuel use.
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My op-ed today in The Post goes into this, how this government has over and over chosen to increase reliance on fossil fuels and car dependency, while underfunding (or not funding) clean, green, and alternatives which also save us money.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360979580/iran-war-oil-shock-crisis-reveals-folly-system-reliant-fossil-fuel
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360979580/iran-war-oil-shock-crisis-reveals-folly-system-reliant-fossil-fuel
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Normally when a government makes terrible decisions, the consequences don't happen for awhile. But this fuel crisis has shown how almost every single transport policy choice made by the current govt has meant NZ less prepared and more exposed to fossil fuel shocks. #nzpol
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And yet my decade-long investment in a startup headed by three such entrepreneurs has yet to turn a profit. Mysterious.
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Anyways, roads totally pay for themselves and gold plated state highways are clearly something self described 'fiscally responsible' politicians should build
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For comparison NZTA's allocated contribution to public transport operations across the entire county was $615million in 2025/26
So you would be spending three times that for annual payments on ONE road...
So you would be spending three times that for annual payments on ONE road...
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If we assume Stage 2 & 3 of the Northland Expressway cost $18billion... signing a Public Private Partnership as planned approx 3x the cost ($54b over 35 years)
Meaning annual payments would be about $1.5b, five times the $300m per year for WW to Te Hana.
Total $1.8b, each year, for 35 years.
Meaning annual payments would be about $1.5b, five times the $300m per year for WW to Te Hana.
Total $1.8b, each year, for 35 years.
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dashboard showing traffic dropping fast, and public transport up 11% in Auckland and 17% in Wellington. hormuz-458b0b.gitlab.io/
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new zealand's 47-page govt report on science, out today, uses the terms "basic science", "discovery science", and "fundamental science" zero times
"curiosity-driven research" appears only in regard to cutting it
a foolish report released on April Fool's Day
www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/report-to-the-prime-minister-prioritisation-in-new-zealands-science-innovation-and-technology-system.pdf
"curiosity-driven research" appears only in regard to cutting it
a foolish report released on April Fool's Day
www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/report-to-the-prime-minister-prioritisation-in-new-zealands-science-innovation-and-technology-system.pdf
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If you have no control of funding and financing, you have no control of your own destiny.
It is completely mad that civic leaders & transport planners have to justify, for the umpteenth time, why modern light rail is a good idea...and they have to justify it to the Treasury, which always says "NO!"
It is completely mad that civic leaders & transport planners have to justify, for the umpteenth time, why modern light rail is a good idea...and they have to justify it to the Treasury, which always says "NO!"
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Ministers staged a NIMBY revolt against their government’s own housing policy for Auckland. As a result fewer homes will be built. Rents and house prices will be higher than they would have been. And you wonder why so many young people are going to Australia! Full speech: youtu.be/YG2t5XzY7UI 2/2
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Most excited for the governments new backup plan to address the lack of Cook Strait Ferries named the 'National Overwater Backup Option Across The Strait’.
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“A smooth 180 designed to meet Kiwis where they were to begin with.”
In great news, the Govt is set to reverse their ill-advised and unenforceable 2024 ban on walking.
A leaked Cabinet document reveals this and other proposed responses to the fuel crisis: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/01/nz-government-to-un-ban-walking-due-to-fuel-crisis/
In great news, the Govt is set to reverse their ill-advised and unenforceable 2024 ban on walking.
A leaked Cabinet document reveals this and other proposed responses to the fuel crisis: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/04/01/nz-government-to-un-ban-walking-due-to-fuel-crisis/
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This website that finds accidental Haiku's in Hansard is so good pointoforder.nz/members/francisco-hernandez
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