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August 2017 edition of RIMU's quarterly newsletter.

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Measuring pedestrian congestion in the Auckland city centre – technical report The purpose of this report is to quantify pedestrian delay at signalised intersections in the Auckland city centre, which are a significant contributor to delays and inconvenience experienced by people walking in the city centre. Our methodology is based upon the NZ Transport Agency’s (2016) Economic Evaluation Manual, which provides guidance on valuing travel time delays incurred by transport users, regardless of mode of travel. The results in this report can be compared with estimates of the cost of congestion for other road users (ie people in cars or buses).

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The primary sector makes up around three quarters of New Zealand’s exports, of which 56 per cent is food production. Auckland’s small land area (2% of New Zealand) contributes 25 per cent of its vegetable production. Maintaining and increasing agricultural productivity entails the promotion of sustainable land management.

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The Auckland Council operates a long-term, region-wide marine water quality monitoring programme. The main objective of this programme is to gather data to inform the state of the environment trends and reporting as required under section 35 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). We use the data to monitor long-term trends in water quality and to assess the efficiency of council initiatives, policies and strategies.

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In the winter of 2016, marae in Auckland came to play a significant role in responding to Auckland’s housing crisis. Beginning with Te Puea Memorial Marae, marae opened their doors to vulnerable Auckland households – predominantly Māori – that had become homeless due to rising rental costs. The response of marae reflects their status within te ao Māori as an infrastructural embodiment of values that stem from tikanga and whakapapa, including manaakitanga and whānaunatanga.

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This handbook is primarily designed for people funding or purchasing social services, and providers of social services in New Zealand who need to understand more about how to measure and understand the effects of their programmes or initiatives. This can help people who are working with: • programme design (and funding applications) • management of programmes through good monitoring and feedback, including continuous improvement • reporting on outcomes • understanding what works, when and why. What we cover in this handbook The handbook has been developed to provide people new to evaluation with an overview of evaluation concepts and processes so that they are sufficiently equipped to work in this space (often, but not always, with a professional evaluator).

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Auckland Council contracted NIWA to report on the ecological condition of 33 lakes in the Auckland region using LakeSPI (Submerged Plant Indicators). Surveys of the region’s lakes have been undertaken since 2008 and historical vegetation surveys have been used where available. Results are updated based on surveys of 10 lakes carried out over the 2017 autumn (March and May).

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A report on the 2015/2016 kauri dieback surveys and management within the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park. Lee Hill (Senior Biosecurity Advisor, Kauri Dieback Disease) Rebecca Stanley (Curator, Auckland Botanic Gardens) Christina Hammon (Biosecurity Information Analyst) Dr Nick Waipara (Principal Advisor, Biosecurity) Key findings: The Waitakere Ranges Regional Park (WRRP) now represents the most heavily kauri dieback infected area currently recorded in New Zealand. The recorded distribution of kauri dieback relative to kauri area within the WRRP has risen from 7.

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Northland Regional Council with support from Auckland Council and Ministry for the Environment have contracted a consortium led by Streamlined Environmental Ltd and consisting of Streamlined Environmental, Landcare Research, NIWA and the University of Otago, to conduct the Kaipara Harbour Sediment Mitigation Study (KHSMS, the Study). The first aim of the Study is to develop a catchment economic model for use in assessing the economic costs and environmental benefits of a range of scenarios for mitigating sediment losses to rivers and estuaries within the Kaipara Harbour catchment. The second aim of the Study is to develop a management tool for use in formulating consistent farm-scale sediment mitigation plans.

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Northland Regional Council with support from Auckland Council and Ministry for the Environment have contracted a consortium led by Streamlined Environmental Ltd and consisting of Streamlined Environmental, Landcare Research, NIWA and the University of Otago, to conduct the Kaipara Harbour Sediment Mitigation Study, KHSMS. The first aim of the Study is to develop a catchment economic model for use in assessing the economic costs and environmental benefits of a range of scenarios for mitigating sediment losses to rivers and estuaries within the Kaipara Harbour catchment. The second aim of the Study is to develop a management tool for use in formulating consistent farm-scale sediment mitigation plans.

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Northland Regional Council (NRC) with support from Auckland Council (AC) and Ministry for the Environment (MfE) have contracted a consortium led by Streamlined Environmental Ltd and consisting of Streamlined Environmental, Landcare Research, NIWA, and the University of Otago, to conduct the Kaipara Harbour Sediment Mitigation Study, KHSMS. The first objective of the KHSMS is to develop a catchment economic model for use in assessing the economic costs and environmental benefits of a range of scenarios for mitigating sediment losses to rivers and estuaries within the Kaipara Harbour catchment. The second aim of the Study is to develop a management tool for use in formulating consistent farm-scale sediment mitigation plans.

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Housing has become prohibitively expensive in many regions of New Zealand, putting home ownership beyond the reach of a growing number of New Zealand households, particularly those without wider sources of family financial support. Is there an ongoing property bubble? Which regions have been affected? Is the present high cost of housing sustainable? Public Policy Institute, Policy Briefing 1/2017.