Henry Peach

Henry Peach is standing for Wellington Regional Council. He supports more bike lanes, and reliable frequent bus services. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social @henrypeach.bsky.social

From $817m to $2.1b in five years – one road’s cost blowout 'It was basically costed on the back of an envelope.'

If the Levin bypass - a 4 lane highway through flat farmland - increased by a billion, I hate to think how much a 2nd Mt Vic Tunnel is gonna cost (2022 est. was $2.2b)

Maybe we could just build citywide bus lanes for 1/10th of the price?

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It mightn't fit the "roads, rubbish & rates" criteria, but places like VBC are core community infrastructure, IMO.

Big ups to all the volunteers, businesses, and WCC for keeping this place going and growing for 10 years.

At what point does NZ realize it don't matter if we bite our tongues & hush our mouths & suck up real good to Trump. He's gonna Trump us anyway. We should call bullshit on Gaza, illegal detentions, offshore prisons etc. Why piss away any small-power cred we have when he does this stuff? #nzpol

The "woke toilets"/"fancy toilets" that National and the PM are going on about lately are in response to the new, fully accessible, bathrooms opened in Wellington.

Fully accessible toilets & changing places are expensive, yes.

They are also a basic human right.

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Socialism for the fossil fuel industry, rugged individualism for the rest of us.

Map of the proposed faster buses route through the city noir to the eastern suburbs.

Fact sheet on the faster buses proposal

Wellington needs council candidates to focus on serious, affordable, high value for money projects they can actually deliver. Bus lanes, especially on the Harbour Quays, are a good example. Saving 10 mins for each of the 70,000 bus trips people take each day through the city is a very big deal. 1/

More detail on our plan here 💚

Wellington's Green Party council candidates promote transport proposals They say their proposal to give buses priority on key routes would cut some commuter's trips by 10-15 minutes.

The only thing standing in the way of real change...is a few car parks.
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Hot takes at Vision 4 Wellington tonight 😬

🏘 "Housing is not a problem"

🚲 Put the cycleways in the greenbelt.

📖 Cut pool and library funding.

Is the solution to Saturday sports gridlock more frequent, cheaper buses?

Graph showing the increase in weekend bus patronage in the Wellington region between 2019 and 2025.

The increase in Wellington’s weekend bus use is remarkable. Saturday is up 31% from 2019. Sunday is up 45%. In this period we increased our off peak discount and boosted off peak frequency, reducing drivers’ inconvenient split shifts. Still loads of untapped potential for off peak travel I reckon.

Weekly public transport fare cap promised by Labour Little, who made the announcement at an Island Bay bus stop, said it would save a regular Strathmore commuter over $400 a year.

Great to see Labour backing the public transport fare cap!

Regional council agreed to this last year, so glad Little is on board.

Next, we need support for:
✅ More bus lanes
✅ The Golden Mile

These are key to fast, frequent reliable buses for more people.
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50,000 people take the bus on a busy weekday. Any serious Mayoral candidate should be running on rolling out more bus lanes.

GWRC estimate we could cut 10 mins off the travel time of the average bus trip in Welly with basic bus priorty meaures on our major routes and a new bus corridor through the city (down the harbour quays)

Bus fight brewing as Thomas Nash hints at new mayoral challenger The regional councillor turns up the heat in Wellington’s mayoral race, using bus lane data to call out a perceived lack of commitment to public transport.

Newtown bus lanes are cutting travel times by up to a third into the city!

There's a huge opportunity to do more of this out east and through the city... we just need some of that good ol' political will.

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A big reason things are going badly in the world today is the political class failing to focus on the basic everyday needs of people. Bureaucratic processes and other issues are important, but if we want truly progressive change, we need to address people’s basic needs head on in a credible way. 3/

Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive Then-energy minister Simeon Brown pushed back against efforts to introduce new climate policies in ministerial discussions last year, new documents reveal.

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Imagine if we had a govt that was actually "laser focused" on the cost of living

I’m glad she gets to step out of the line of fire for now. I’m also grateful she is still willing to use her voice and skills to retain and win the Maori ward to continue to drive for and deliver the progressive change Wellington needs.
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She led the rapid rollout of bike (and bus) lanes across the city, resulting in a huge growth of people using this free, zero-carbon transport option for their day to day. And, just yesterday, work started to upgrade Courtney Place to attract more people & business and speed up our buses.
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She tripled investment to fix and replace the pipes after decades of underinvestment. She changed decade old rules to allow new housing in the inner city burbs, so young people now have a chance to put down roots here.
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The (largely) untold story of Tory's Mayoralty is that she delivered more good, progressive change in one term than I recall happening in the previous four.

She copped a lot of flak but, unlike her loudest critics on council, she's actually got a legacy to be proud of
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Screenshot of letter to the editor in the Sunday Star Times: Greens defend record As Green-affiliated city and regional councillors in Wellington City, we are proud of our record in Wellington over a challenging few years, working from difficult starting points. We have achieved record investments in water infrastructure, unlocked generations of constraints on building new homes and delivered all-time high patronage and reliability on our buses. We understand good news and actual tangible progress doesn’t always make the headlines and instead there’s often a focus on setbacks and disputes. We see it as an important role for us to help communicate the actual facts around what has been and is being achieved. Some pundits have said, without any evidence to support their claims, that we have “no record”. Of course, not everyone agrees with the progress we’ve made, but it’s important for local democracy that people can judge for themselves. So, we’ve collected some facts about our work in a new website: www. capitalworks.nz. Check it out for yourself and get in touch - we would love to hear from you. Mayor Tory Whanau, deputy mayor Laurie Foon, city councillors Nīkau Wi Neera and Geordie Rogers, regional councillors Yadana Saw and Thomas Nash

We’re proud of our record as Greens in Wellington over the last few years. It’s been too fast for some (too slow for others) and we know we can’t always expect fair, balanced and accurate reporting. So you can check out the facts for yourself here and tell us what you think: www.capitalworks.nz.

Council wins legal review of its housing options policy More homes and bigger buildings are confirmed as Wellington City Council has won a court case over cutting back the protected character areas of the capital city.

Another victory in the battle to make Wellington a city normal people can actually afford to live in 💪
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A bit surprised that Andrew Little looks at Courtney Place and thinks the best thing for retailers and the city is for all this to stay the same.

I wonder what they'll cut 🤔

Any groups suggesting we can deliver essential services and infrastructure without any rates increases are, quite frankly, misleading the public.

Responsible governance requires we be upfront about the challenges we face and the steps we must take to secure a sustainable future for Wellington.

Almost 60 new Wellington buses canned, passengers saved from huge fare hikes But passengers have been saved from huge fare hikes, after regional councillors voted to adopt lower revenue targets than requested by NZTA.

A classic short-term accounting focus here, making it harder for people to visit, work, socialise and actually support the CBD recovery. We could still have more frequent, faster buses in Welly. We just need the govt to invest in, rather than cut, public transport.
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Henry Peach and Yadana Saw for Greater Wellington Regional Council (featuring cute doggo)

Stoked to be endorsed to run for Greater Wellington Regional Council alongside the wonderful Yadana Saw and to campaign for a more livable, low carbon and climate-resiliant city.

Greens on council = more homes, faster/reliable buses and trains, clean drinking water, & restoring our ngahere 🌳💧🚊🚎🏘