People queued up waiting for a bus to arrive on Wellesley Street Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia
Stuff Senior Auckland Affairs Journalist Todd Niall takes us behind the bus drivers strike in the city and talks about the complex funding formula in which the budget constraints at Auckland Council and Auckland Transport, are hampering union efforts to secure a $30 an hour basic pay rate - the same which is paid for its members in Wellington. And now that the Auckland Council budget is sorted, thoughts are turning to to the city's commitment to reducing carbon emissions from transport - which need to be cut by 64% by 2030 to meet overall climate targets.
