Cr Shane Henderson

Government kills off ‘bed tax’ for struggling tourism hotspots Tourism Minister Louise Upston says there will be no new taxes this term, cutting down a campaign by the Auckland and Queenstown mayors for funding to support tourism costs.

This is a hammer blow to events and entertainment in Auckland that could reverberate well into the future. It's a culture of No.

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Brisbane planning laws keeping poor out of city’s most desirable suburbs, research suggests City’s character-zoning laws preserve prewar homes but prevent higher-density housing being built in areas with established infrastructure

100% this. Special Character Areas operate like gated communities without the gate in Auckland too, and as long as I'm in office, there'll be at least one vote against them on the Council

Yep, next time I'll ask for the definition of a "serious injury", I'm sure it's been well defined for the purpose

Nah. We've asked in previous Cte's and were given a range of factors. You'd have to say speed and safe infra must be a major factor though

Go @carolgreen.bsky.social !

Call it in fam, you're doing the city a great service :)

Yeah g'day!

Revealed in the Transport Cte meeting today: 665 people died or were seriously injured on Auckland roads in the last 12 months, a 13% growth in serious injuries and a 25% growth in fatalities. This needs to be treated as a crisis

Stuff's Fire and Fury receives four nominations at NZ Television Awards Stuff's Paula Penfold says the nominations are “a pretty proud moment for us, especially among such incredible company from across the industry.”

We're very happy with this!
Thanks to those of you who helped, you do amazing, important work.

Henderson's own K'Lee!

Not at that item yet, coming up shortly :)

Transport and Infra Committee today, and a really great prezzo from First Union about the conditions for our bus drivers

As city leaders, we need to show a strong commitment to workers conditions and make it our first thought when holding AT to account. Our drivers deserve it!

#LoveOurCity

The what? Lol!