We completely oppose the construction of new expressways because we believe the price of oil is going to be on an upward trend from now on (probably with large spikes and falls due to factors like a deep global recession and increased speculation).We believe there should be an upgraded rail system. Money available for roading [...]

We visited Valhalla in Raumati South today and 4 local councillors Lyndy, David, Scott and Sandra, Regional Councillor Nigel and local labour member Winnie Labon. Surely a local railway station http://www.raumatistation.com/ is much more sustainable for the large amounts of Raumati residents who have to travel to Paraparaumu railway station. There was a great community [...]

RadioNZ’s Sunday Morning interview re: Transition Towns. (Audio below): http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/20090607 - has: “10:06 The Sunday Group: Transition Towns Taking Root
Transition Towns are spreading around New Zealand as communities face the prospect of dwindling oil reserves, an unstable climate and unpredictable food production. These are  communities that are rolling up their sleeves and taking practical action [...]

The TT NZ site has been updated. If you’re not part of Transition Towns Kapiti check out http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/. If you are check it out anyway.
Also, as part of the promotion of the new Australasian edition of The Transition Handbook Gabrielle Young, Rob Hopkins and James Samuel will be on Chris Laidlaws morning show this Sunday.

Transition Towns Kapiti invites you to an informative Documentary. We will be showing
End of Suburbia
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the Western Dream

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the Western Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal [...]

http://transitionculture.org/2009/05/21/the-powerdown-show-now-available-heret/
http://www.cultivate.ie/learning/powerdown/

Increasingly there is a need, just like in Kapiti, to have more access for walkers and cyclists. Limiting roads to cars and building new roads indicates very real lack of attention to reality when it comes to peak oil and climate change.
Read more here…
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10574280&ref=rss
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10574283

For those of you who missed it last month

by Andrew Rundle-Keswick April 2009 at KCDC Sustainable Home and Garden show
Andrew Rundle-Keswick talks on “What is Transition Towns?”; Some History of TT in New Zealand and discussion of problems facing the world and and urging for action.
Part 1

Part 2

The Powerpoint Presentation to download.
http://ttk.org.nz/files/What_is_TTK.ppt