Latest from Brian Rudman on Auckland

Brian Rudman: Dotcom's the man to get city noticed

It can only be a matter of time before the celebrity du jour throws his black cap into the Auckland mayoralty ring, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Children back to classroom, drivers back to gridlock

Enjoy the wide open, uncongested streets while you can for one last day. On Monday the kids come back from their school holidays and the traffic snarl-ups will return.

Babe will live in a different world

He will be heir to riches of which the other 361,480 babies who share his birthday can only dream, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Aotea Centre big loser in SkyCity deal

Reports have warned against ministers involved getting carried away and that convention centres were white elephants that tended not to bring in rewards, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Young drunks a blight on 'world's most liveable city'

While Auckland councillors struggle to come up with a polite way of moving beggars off downtown pavements, the much larger problem of drunken youths staggering about the bottom of town remains firmly parked in the too-hard basket.

Brian Rudman: Expensive transport plan doomed to failure

The cash would have been better spent on a giant fireworks display. At least we'd have got a bang or two for our bucks, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Shameful if voters ignore council poll

A lopsided mayoralty race is bad enough, but at councillor level, confusion abounds, writes Brian Rudman. "With what promises to be a one-horse mayoral race, this October's contest is likely to attract a turnout more akin to the 38 per cent of 2007."

Brian Rudman: Free rides bound to come at a cost

As election bribes go, Auckland mayoral hopeful John Minto's promise of free public transport in "less than a year" has certainly set the bar high, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Money talks in race for mayoralty

Maurice Williamson's brief flirtation with fame is officially over, writes Brian Rudman. Dithering cost him his chance to become an international gay icon.

Brian Rudman: Free breakfast as poverty solution? It's a joke

Yesterday's package was not a demonstration of political vision, courage and determination, writes Brian Rudman. It's an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

Brian Rudman: Forget revolution, progress will do

Better signage at bus stops is urgently needed, plus retro-fitting the Adshel bus shelters across the city to make them rain-proof, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Super City RIP... and it's the parents' fault

It would seem suicidal for a government to declare war on a third of the population. But that seems to be exactly what the Key Government is doing, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Law protecting Government, not disabled

Brian Rudman asks, "What would the great Liberal and Labour social pioneers think of the cripple-bashing that occurred last week?"

Brian Rudman: Bus commuters left in the dark

It's bad enough being sat inside a stuffy, often crowded, opaque-windowed tube, when you know the way home, as it were, blind-folded, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: 143 spin doctors but precious little info

It's going to take more than a myth-breaking press release to persuade "our communities" Mayor Brown's vision is the way to go, writes Brian Rudman.

Brian Rudman: Time to put brakes on deadly police chases

How many more young New Zealanders have to die before the police concede that patrol cars are a much more deadly weapon than the Glock pistol, asks Brian Rudman.