Connor Sharp
@connorsharp.bsky.social
Bard of @greaterauckland.bsky.social and #1 light rail fan
Officially more popular than a Real Housewife of Auckland
https://linktr.ee/ConnorSharp
Officially more popular than a Real Housewife of Auckland
https://linktr.ee/ConnorSharp
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Forgot to post this stunning morning shot from earlier. 😍
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Forgot to post this stunning morning shot from earlier. 😍
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FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
This government’s legacy for transport in Auckland - Greater Auckland
The following is an op-ed I wrote which ran in
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
FRESH POST: @connorsharp.bsky.social's recent op-ed on Simeon Brown's legacy for transport in our city...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
...gains extra relevance with the minister now attempting to personally redesign the (not yet completed) Rā Hihi/ Reeves Road flyover, on the fly. 🤨 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/06/t...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
When I wrote this just two-ish months ago, the premise was that the architecture of the CCRA (zero carbon act) remained, but the policies that sustained it had been hollowed out.
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
With the CCRA changes today, I feel like that no longer holds
www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
How Jacinda Ardern’s ‘groundbreaking’ climate law has become ‘a shell’
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Years of consensus building up in smoke within 24 months. The next strategy for the climate movement should be rapid deployment to make it harder to burn it all up.
My fave thing is all the people in the Herald comments saying cycleways are pushed by the 'ideological left'.
When these are the initial paragraphs of my article😂
When these are the initial paragraphs of my article😂
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My fave thing is all the people in the Herald comments saying cycleways are pushed by the 'ideological left'.
When these are the initial paragraphs of my article😂
When these are the initial paragraphs of my article😂
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Tonight‘s public meeting is with new Local Board members and Auckland Transport on CRL and the City Centre us16.campaign-archive.com?u=98de277306...
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Tonight‘s public meeting is with new Local Board members and Auckland Transport on CRL and the City Centre us16.campaign-archive.com?u=98de277306...
It's honestly mind boggling why National has been so pro policies that we know will kill or seriously injure kids...
Why is it always Simeon Brown who is pushing the most deadly decisions as well? Ironic (and unsurprising) that someone who led a 'pro life' club is like this lol
Why is it always Simeon Brown who is pushing the most deadly decisions as well? Ironic (and unsurprising) that someone who led a 'pro life' club is like this lol
National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's honestly mind boggling why National has been so pro policies that we know will kill or seriously injure kids...
Why is it always Simeon Brown who is pushing the most deadly decisions as well? Ironic (and unsurprising) that someone who led a 'pro life' club is like this lol
Why is it always Simeon Brown who is pushing the most deadly decisions as well? Ironic (and unsurprising) that someone who led a 'pro life' club is like this lol
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
Had a quick read of the NZ Initiatives report on electoral reform.
Discussions on the number of MPs aside, the fact they are supporting the coalitions governments move to restrict the ability for people to enrol is a massive massive red flag...
This really should be the focus of any media...
Discussions on the number of MPs aside, the fact they are supporting the coalitions governments move to restrict the ability for people to enrol is a massive massive red flag...
This really should be the focus of any media...
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Had a quick read of the NZ Initiatives report on electoral reform.
Discussions on the number of MPs aside, the fact they are supporting the coalitions governments move to restrict the ability for people to enrol is a massive massive red flag...
This really should be the focus of any media...
Discussions on the number of MPs aside, the fact they are supporting the coalitions governments move to restrict the ability for people to enrol is a massive massive red flag...
This really should be the focus of any media...
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Huge price-tag inflation. Shocking costs per km. Wildly implausible travel time claims. And: the immense opportunity-cost of this government's mega-motorway mentality.
Matt Lowrie follows up last week's banger of a post with more insights on the ludicrously unaffordable plan for "more RoNS". #nzpol
Matt Lowrie follows up last week's banger of a post with more insights on the ludicrously unaffordable plan for "more RoNS". #nzpol
More Thoughts on MOAR RoNS - Greater Auckland
The absurdly high cost – potentially $50 billion – of the government’s focus on building MOAR RoNS (Roads of National Significance) was highlighted last week, with the release of new costings for six ...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Huge price-tag inflation. Shocking costs per km. Wildly implausible travel time claims. And: the immense opportunity-cost of this government's mega-motorway mentality.
Matt Lowrie follows up last week's banger of a post with more insights on the ludicrously unaffordable plan for "more RoNS". #nzpol
Matt Lowrie follows up last week's banger of a post with more insights on the ludicrously unaffordable plan for "more RoNS". #nzpol
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October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
Game-changer: New $18b expressway endorsed to boost jobs and road safety
The Northland Expressway from Te Hana to Whangārei is expected to boost Northland.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Northern Expressway we were told would cost $10 billion is now priced at $18 billion, or six times the Cook Strait crossing we were told was unaffordable. This is fantasy stuff. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
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It is never "relaxing" to place an order with a QR code. In fact it is bloody tedious, stressful and an impetus to find a café where a real human will take your order.
#Hospo #Tech #Enshittification
#Hospo #Tech #Enshittification
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It is never "relaxing" to place an order with a QR code. In fact it is bloody tedious, stressful and an impetus to find a café where a real human will take your order.
#Hospo #Tech #Enshittification
#Hospo #Tech #Enshittification
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What are they doing over the ditch? They could have had a flacid Emissions Trading Scheme instead of these ridiculous, distorting subsidies. Idiots.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What are they doing over the ditch? They could have had a flacid Emissions Trading Scheme instead of these ridiculous, distorting subsidies. Idiots.
Thought this was a useful post I wrote last year to bring up again, given the last week
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/09/12/c...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/09/12/c...
Cross-party consensus: there's no pipeline without good faith - Greater Auckland
There’s been a Christoper Luxon, Chris Bishop and Simeon Brown in Sydney. Photo: Lillian Hanly / RNZ
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thought this was a useful post I wrote last year to bring up again, given the last week
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/09/12/c...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/09/12/c...
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If the herald were even slightly consistent the headline should read: “Diesel ferry catches fire”
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ferry-cat...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ferry-cat...
'P*** poor': Passenger slams crew response after Waiheke ferry fire
'The alarms are screaming and I can smell ... smoke,' a passenger said.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If the herald were even slightly consistent the headline should read: “Diesel ferry catches fire”
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ferry-cat...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ferry-cat...
Which number is bigger:
$1.2 billion on paperwork for State Highways*
$250 million on paperwork for light rail
*plus hundreds of millions for zero ferries
$1.2 billion on paperwork for State Highways*
$250 million on paperwork for light rail
*plus hundreds of millions for zero ferries
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Which number is bigger:
$1.2 billion on paperwork for State Highways*
$250 million on paperwork for light rail
*plus hundreds of millions for zero ferries
$1.2 billion on paperwork for State Highways*
$250 million on paperwork for light rail
*plus hundreds of millions for zero ferries
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Progressive or conservative? Constructive vs obstructive?
The flavour spectrum of local body politics is nuanced - and can be surprising.
Here’s @connorsharp.bsky.social on how the new Auckland Council line-up could shape the supercity’s transport future: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/23/a...
The flavour spectrum of local body politics is nuanced - and can be surprising.
Here’s @connorsharp.bsky.social on how the new Auckland Council line-up could shape the supercity’s transport future: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/23/a...
At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy - Greater Auckland
Connor stood on the City Vision ticket in the latest local elections, in a personal capacity. This
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Progressive or conservative? Constructive vs obstructive?
The flavour spectrum of local body politics is nuanced - and can be surprising.
Here’s @connorsharp.bsky.social on how the new Auckland Council line-up could shape the supercity’s transport future: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/23/a...
The flavour spectrum of local body politics is nuanced - and can be surprising.
Here’s @connorsharp.bsky.social on how the new Auckland Council line-up could shape the supercity’s transport future: www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/23/a...
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Oh, Simeon Brown banned those. And footpaths. We can't have roads being too useful. That would be woke.
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh, Simeon Brown banned those. And footpaths. We can't have roads being too useful. That would be woke.
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"The SuperCity turns 15 next month, a feisty teenager emerging into its full potential (represented by a rebellious, unfiltered 79 year old) with central govt as its helicopter parent...
If Brown wants to see a tangible transport legacy in his lifetime, he needs to start now and fight like hell."💥
If Brown wants to see a tangible transport legacy in his lifetime, he needs to start now and fight like hell."💥
Op-ed of mine in The Post today :)
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy
OPINION: Will Wayne Brown be able to leave a transport legacy to the City of Sails - a light rail, perhaps, or a second harbour crossing?
www.thepost.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"The SuperCity turns 15 next month, a feisty teenager emerging into its full potential (represented by a rebellious, unfiltered 79 year old) with central govt as its helicopter parent...
If Brown wants to see a tangible transport legacy in his lifetime, he needs to start now and fight like hell."💥
If Brown wants to see a tangible transport legacy in his lifetime, he needs to start now and fight like hell."💥
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What was actually in the fine print of yesterday's roading announcement: a $40-to-$50 billion bill that we could not pay without bankrupting ourselves. This has been implicit for a long time and should be in the damn headlines. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/reality-bi...
Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation
The government’s mega-roads programme is now looking to cost an astonishing $40-50 billion, based on new documents released yesterday by the NZTA.On Monday, Transport Minister Chris Bishop touted the ...
greaterauckland.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What was actually in the fine print of yesterday's roading announcement: a $40-to-$50 billion bill that we could not pay without bankrupting ourselves. This has been implicit for a long time and should be in the damn headlines. greaterauckland.substack.com/p/reality-bi...
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Never gonna happen. “Combined, that’s $18.2-22.1 billion – which is incredible for a road that for most of its length carries only 10-15,000 vehicles a day.” www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/21/r...
Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation - Greater Auckland
The government’s Yesterday’s funding announcement on preparatory work includes this for the East West link: Funding of $102m to progress design, consenting and route protection. Hamilton Southern Link...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Never gonna happen. “Combined, that’s $18.2-22.1 billion – which is incredible for a road that for most of its length carries only 10-15,000 vehicles a day.” www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/21/r...
Op-ed of mine in The Post today :)
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy
OPINION: Will Wayne Brown be able to leave a transport legacy to the City of Sails - a light rail, perhaps, or a second harbour crossing?
www.thepost.co.nz
October 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Op-ed of mine in The Post today :)
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
'At a crossroads: How a new Auckland Council will traverse transport policy'
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...