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National Breaks Election Promise On Wairarapa And Manawatū Trains
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 9:50 am | Gwynn Compton
“In the 2023 election campaign, National promised commuters across Manawatū, Horowhenua, Kāpiti, and Wairarapa that they were going to deliver 22 tri-mode trains as originally recommended by both local government and the New Zealand Transport Agency,” says ... More >>
Kāpiti Must Be Included In Wellington Amalgamation Talks
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:55 am | Gwynn Compton
Local government reform campaigner and former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Gwynn Compton is calling on Kāpiti to be included in talks around regional amalgamation and not shut out in the cold yet again. More >>
KCDC Refusal To Halt Discredited Gateway A Slap In The Face For Residents Facing Cost Of Living Crisis
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 1:00 pm | Gwynn Compton
Former Kāpiti Coast District Councillor Gwynn Compton, who led the charge last triennium against the Kāpiti Gateway, has slammed Council’s refusal to halt the controversial and discredited Kāpiti Gateway project today as a slap in the face ... More >>
Ōtaki Housing Announcement Shows Need To Fast Track Commuter Rail Too
Friday, 22 July 2022, 2:44 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton says the Government’s announcement of $29.2m from its Infrastructure Acceleration Fund to support 1,000 new homes in Ōtaki illustrates the need for it to also fast track the associated commuter rail ... More >>
Government Needs To Front Up On Capital Connection Carriage Crisis
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:48 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton has uncovered news that the stopgap refurbished carriages for the Capital Connection service between Palmerston North and Wellington, that were meant to be entering service in mid-2022 , have now ... More >>
Lack Of Commuter Rail Funding Inexcusable As Nearly Half Of Capital Connection Services Disrupted
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 11:26 am | Gwynn Compton
With nearly half of scheduled Capital Connection services since Monday 13 June having been bus replaced, delayed, or operating at reduced capacity due to mechanical issues, Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton has called out the Government’s ... More >>
Lack Of Commuter Rail Funding For Kāpiti And Horowhenua Derails Budget 2022
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:13 pm | Gwynn Compton
Commuter rail campaigner and Kāpiti Coast District councillor Gwynn Compton has slated Budget 2022 as a failure for its lack of any investment in extending Wellington’s metropolitan commuter rail network north of Waikanae. “The Government has talked ... More >>
Gully Opening Should Spur Fast-tracking Of Kāpiti And Horowhenua Commuter Rail Extension
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12:48 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton says the opening of Transmission Gully should spur the Government to fast-track the extension of commuter rail services north of Waikanae. “We’ve known since before the first sod was turned on Transmission ... More >>
Time To Put The Future Into The Future For Local Government Review
Friday, 15 October 2021, 7:22 am | Gwynn Compton
Local government reform advocate and Kāpiti Coast District Councillor Gwynn Compton has written to the Minister of Local Government Hon Nanaia Mahuta to call on her to appoint a young elected member representative on to the Review into the Future ... More >>
Local Government Interim Report Highlights Need For Wholesale Change
Friday, 8 October 2021, 10:54 am | Gwynn Compton
Local government reform advocate, host of local government podcast Local Aotearoa, and Kāpiti Coast District Councillor Gwynn Compton has welcomed the release of the Review into the Future for Local Government’s first interim report, saying that ... More >>
New Local Aotearoa Podcast Delves Into Local Govt
Sunday, 19 September 2021, 10:59 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast resident and district councillor Gwynn Compton has launched a new podcast dedicated to the world of local government in New Zealand - Local Aotearoa. The podcast, which will be published on a semi-weekly basis, will take a high-level ... More >>
Govt Plan To Electrify Rail To Levin A Win For Rail Campaign
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 6:55 am | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton has hailed the Government’s announcement of fast-tracking for a business case for extending commuter rail services through to Levin via electrification as a huge win for his Kāpiti-Horowhenua Commuter ... More >>
Cr Compton Welcomes Local Government Review, Urges Bold Ideas And Action
Friday, 23 April 2021, 10:47 am | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast District Councillor and local government reform advocate Gwynn Compton, has welcomed the announcement of a review into local government. He is urging the review to come up with bold ideas to tackle the systemic issues facing the sector ... More >>
Central Government Living In Denial About State Of Local Government
Friday, 18 December 2020, 12:34 pm | Gwynn Compton
With Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta today ruling out a Royal Commission on Local Government, Cr Gwynn Compton, who made the call for a Royal Commission three weeks ago, says the Government’s refusal demonstrates it is living in denial about ... More >>
Compton Calls For Royal Commission On Local Government
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 4:00 pm | Gwynn Compton
Councillor Gwynn Compton has written to parties from across Parliament calling on them to work together to establish a Royal Commission on Local Government in order to overhaul the sector so it is fit for purpose as it struggles to deal with numerous ... More >>
Greens ‘right On Track’ With Bold Transport Plan
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 3:11 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton has endorsed the Green Party’s new Future of Transport plan which includes new hybrid trains, electrification and double tracking from Waikanae to Ōtaki, and eventually rapid intercity passenger ... More >>
Labour Needs To Get Onboard With Rail Electrification North Of Waikanae
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 5:22 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton is calling on Labour to switch tracks and get onboard with rail electrification north of Waikanae after being supplied an Official Information Act response where Transport Minister Phil Twyford has ruled ... More >>
Greens’ Commitment To Ōtaki Rail Electrification, Hybrid Trains Welcomed
Monday, 14 September 2020, 3:13 pm | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton has welcomed the announcement from Green Party co-leader James Shaw that, if elected to Government, the Green Party will make electrification of the Wellington rail network between Waikanae and Ōtaki ... More >>
Electrification And Double Tracking To Ōtaki A Big Win For Commuter Rail Campaign
Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 4:50 am | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail campaigner Gwynn Compton says the National Party’s announcement that, if elected to government, they will fund the electrification and double tracking of the Wellington metropolitan commuter rail network to Ōtaki is ... More >>
Rail Campaign Launched To Get Kāpiti And Horowhenua Commuters Back On Track
Monday, 2 March 2020, 11:00 am | Gwynn Compton
Kāpiti Coast commuter rail advocate Gwynn Compton has launched the Kāpiti-Horowhenua Commuter Rail Campaign, which has the goal of getting the Government and regional councils to invest in an ambitious and accelerated plan to extend and expand the ... More >>
