Archive for: Phil Twyford

Twyford Gets Transport

Twyford Gets Transport

Phil Twyford has scored the shadow transport portfolio under Labour’s new broom, David Shearer. A wise choice especially as the MP also gets Auckland issues and...

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MP Pleas For NorthWest Busway

MP Pleas For NorthWest Busway

List MP and Labour candidate for Te Atatu Phil Twyford has made a plea to the Auckland Council’s Transport Committee proposing a Northwest Busway, similar...

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Bill Leaves Bitter Taste

Bill Leaves Bitter Taste

Is Auckland’s water going to be privatised? Labour and Greens today pushed such warning lights after the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill, which seeks...

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When Is A Tent Not A Tent?

When Is A Tent Not A Tent?

Cambridge dictionary defines a tent in very Kiwi camping terms: A shelter made of cloth, which you can fold up and carry with you and which is supported by poles...

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Queens Wharf Tent “Half Baked Scheme”

Queens Wharf Tent “Half Baked Scheme”

Labour says the idea to “pitch a tent” on Queens Wharf shows the government is “all over the place” on the plans for RWC 2011 Party central on the wharf. The...

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Opposition To New Transport Agency Mounts

Opposition To New Transport Agency Mounts

Labour today challenged the prime minister to explain why an Auckland Transport body is taking over the running of Auckland transport matters when opposition against...

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