UF Auckland MPs call for respect for roading process

United Future's two Auckland MPs are calling for nay-sayers on Auckland's Eastern Corridor roading proposal to respect the process and look passed self-interest.

"And yes, that is a big ask, but this is a big issue and hugely important for the future of Auckland and New Zealand, in both social and economic terms," Bernie Ogilvy and Paul Adams said today.

Transport consultants yesterday nominated a preferred route for most of a 27km eastern loop expressway for cars, trucks and buses from Manukau to central Auckland.

It is estimated to cost as much as $2.8 billion to $3.8 billion, and as many as 1200 homes could be bulldozed or affected to some degree. "There is a process in place and the greater good here is that that be respected and worked through with all voices and all views considered," the pair said.

United Future has pushed strongly for the fixing of Auckland's roading woes.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>