Wayne Brown
Wayne Brown on Auckland Transport and "taking back control"
Auckland's Mayor Wayne Brown joins Kathryn Ryan to talk about taking back control of transport policy and planning, his plans for Auckland's development agency Eke Panuku and its events agency Tataki… Audio
Auckland Mayor reveals idea for second harbour crossing
Wayne Brown's idea is a causeway or series of bridges, from Meola Reef in the central city suburb of Point Chevalier and to Kauri Point in the Northsotre suburb of Birkenhead. Labour's plan for a… Audio
'Not what you'd expect from a world-class city' - Wayne Brown
"It's embarassing and not what you'd expect from a world-class city"
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's response to the findings of an independent report he commissioned that shows rules and regulations… Audio
Wayne Brown speaks on govt housing announcement
Housing Minister Chris Bishop laid out a raft of policies today, among them are removing council's ability to impose rural-urban boundary lines and requiring them to make enough land available to meet… Audio
Wayne Brown on crime in Auckland
Auckland City Mayor Wayne Brown speaks to RNZ's Checkpoint about rising crime in inner city Auckland and whether he feels safe walking around at night Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 17 May
On today's episode, New Zealanders in New Caledonia say they are feeling vulnerable amidst the escalating protests in the country, Foreign Minister Winston Peters joins us, we hear from Auckland mayor… Audio
Auckland will have the lowest rates increase says Mayor Brown
Mayor Wayne Brown says Auckland will have the lowest rates increase this year of any metropolitan council in the country. Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Wayne Brown gives councillors a hurry up
Auckland's mayor has urged his councillors to stop "kicking the can down the road" and get on with approving his revised ten-year budget. Finn Blackwell reports. Audio
Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
Simon looks at a new report ranking Auckland against 9 comparable cities, and explains why the supercity's transport network is close to collapse. Audio
Wayne Brown wants govt to tax-back 40 million for Auckland
Mayor Wayne Brown reckons his idea for a tax-back for Auckland is superior to the government's plan for tax cuts. The government's exempt from paying rates on its own buildings in Auckland; that… Audio
Wayne Brown takes AT's first electric double decker bus for test drive
Road cones, raised crossings and the entire board of Auckland Transport have all attracted the wrath of Auckland's Mayor, and today Wayne Brown had the opportunity to pop off a few shots at its chief… Audio
Mayor Wayne Brown had no authority to tell Auckland Transport to stop work on projects
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's bluff has been called - he had no authority to tell Auckland Transport to immediately stop work on projects funded by the soon-to-be scrapped regional fuel tax.
Emails… Audio
Transport Minister Simeon Brown on fuel tax feud, future funding
It's been dubbed "Brown v Brown", as the mayor of Auckland and the Transport Minister grapple for control over the supercity's transport direction. Audio
$500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected
A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need… Audio
$500k Auckland pedestrian crossing costs quietly corrected
A Herald headline this week said Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings'. The apparently outrageous expense was also aired on radio and in Parliament as evidence of the urgent need…
AudioAuckland Mayor Wayne Brown demands action to fix city's rail system
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is demanding aggressive action to fix the supercity's rail system after multiple failures this week. Audio
Auckland Mayor calls for the end of Regional Fuel Tax projects
The Mayor of Auckland has called for a stop to all transport projects funded by the soon-to-be-scrapped Regional Fuel Tax.
The government has announced the tax will end by the end of June, prompting… Audio
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown on fuel tax axing
Auckland's mayor is warning that cancelling the region's fuel tax will consign major transport projects to the scrap heap.
The Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed the government will end… Audio
Auckland projects canned unless govt funds - Wayne Brown
A bunch of Auckland infrastructure projects will be canned unless the government kicks in some money to replace, funding from the soon to be axed regional fuel tax according to the Mayor Wayne Brown… Video, Audio
Todd Niall - local matters really matter
‘Look ahead, not back’ - the last words of Todd Niall after 46 years in daily journalism. The last of these were spent reporting the complicated and highly-contested issues afflicting Auckland and its… Audio
