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The Treaty of Waitangi is a hot topic, and the Treaty Workshop by lawyer Roimata Smail packed out the wharenui at Te Herenga Waka o Ōrewa marae on Waitangi Day. Smail said the current political discussions are creating a lot of interest, with people keen to learn more. Actor Taungaroa Emile, left, is pictured giving Tony Lawrence a copy of Smail’s new book Understanding Te Tiriti at the Silverdale marae.
Peninsula public transport studied The initial findings of the study underway into public transport on Whangaparāoa Peninsula acknowledge that while retaining the ferry, and adding an NX2 bus connection via O Mahurangi Penlink will cost more, it also offers the most resilient service.
It also indicates that retaining the existing level of services (including the ferry) carries
less annual operating cost than removing the ferry and extending the NX2 bus service via Penlink.
The study assesses public transport use and needs from different parts of the peninsula. It was initiated by Auckland Transport (AT) after strong public opposition to its plan to remove the Gulf Harbour ferry service, revealed in its Regional Public
Transport Plan (RPTP) last July. The information gleaned so far by Arup NZ (contracted to do the study by AT) was presented to the local board at its workshop on January 30. The initial findings acknowledge that the ferry not only provides “a competitive journey time” into Auckland city, but also offers a different transport experience to
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passengers. However, the findings, which use Census data, also note that “the city centre is not the dominant commuting destination from Whangaparāoa”, representing only 9 percent of total trips. Its figures indicate there were more commuters travelling to and from work within the peninsula (36 percent) as well as continued p2
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