Author: David Willmott

WHAT WOULD I DO AS MAYOR PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR CITY MANAGEMENT (Why a city exists, as a basis for its management to enable that purpose to be optimally realised.). (1) Planet earth, including our immediate environment, is in a constant state of “churn”, with all its elements interacting competitively and/or co-operatively with others to mutual destruction and/or advantage. Change is inevitable and unpredictable, being instigated by variations in solar radiation, galactic relationships (including gravities, meteors), tectonic activities and geological, climatic and oceanic changes, quite apart from variations in flora and fauna, and changes in inter-biota relationships. Such changes can be progressive … Read More

Core Vision : is that of a thriving and economically-productive New Zealand able to produce or attract and retain the youth-based competence, energy and enterprise essential for the restoration and perpetuation of national prosperity, within a free democratic society. Roads First recognises that the economic productivity of the Auckland region is a primary driver in the creation of the social, cultural, environmental, and material wealth key to its own vitality and success in nurturing and holding youthful energy, creativity and enterprise 1. Roads First is concerned that the current planning of Auckland’s development is based on the “Ahwahnee principles” (see web), which define philosophical … Read More