As we continue to grapple with our well-documented traffic problem, Auckland Council last year announced their plan to roll out a ‘time of use’ charge. A big deal for the sprawling city, it’s pitched as a key step towards a more sustainable and efficient transport system. Something that feels painfully far away for most Aucklanders…

Last week, Government announced new legislation to fast-track the consenting process for infrastructure projects of national significance. With a $200 billion infrastructure deficit across the country, we support efforts aimed at unlocking critical projects and fostering greater efficiency. We also want to flag a risk that can undermine the whole ballgame…

From time to time, most organisations are faced with the need to weigh in on a debate. Whether countering false assertions, navigating market shifts or shaping emerging public policies, there are crossroads of discourse where engaging becomes necessary to safeguard integrity, maintain credibility and drive positive change.

A new mode of political campaigning has been put to use in New Zealand this year. All major parties and many local MPs and candidates have been using TikTok to spread their campaign narratives ahead of this year's general election. With the youngest user base of all social media platforms, in a country that has historically seen low voter turn out from 18 - 24 year olds, will we see more youth turn up to register their vote this Saturday?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene late last year and has grown so quickly and moved so invasively into my thinking, that when my 13 year old daughter said she had to prepare a speech on how ’big business was destroying the environment’, my first thought was; ‘why don’t you chuck it into Chat GPT? I bet a few in your class will.’

Doing business involves constantly connecting with a huge range of people, both within and outside of an organisation, its industry and sector. From customers and consultants to suppliers and candidates, every touchpoint provides insight to who you are, what you do and why.

Dealing with the pressures of a thin bottom line and the perpetual challenge of putting limited resources to the best use, preparing in advance for a crisis that may never occur is a difficult task for small businesses to get to. Without a plan however, confronting a communications crisis is more stressful than it needs to be, and scrambling to navigate it can hijack subsequent days or weeks for those in charge.

As we return to work after a year like no other, businesses around the country will be reviewing performance, making financial projections, and resource planning for the year ahead. Teams are scheduling their annual strategy sessions, discussing goals and objectives, and creating road maps to achieve them.

Over the past several years we’ve been fortunate to advise on some of Auckland’s biggest urban regeneration and transport projects. Centred around developing much needed housing and infrastructure, these types of projects are critical to the future of Auckland…

In response to the government pointing to high vaccination rates and certificates as a necessity for a quintessential summer of live music, last week saw the launch of the #VaxForLive campaign.