Mark Thomas
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Quick Questions
Quick Fire Questions for all the candidates. Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - how did the candidates do?
Todd Niall (RNZ's Auckland Correspondent), Stellar Muller (a south Auckland entrepreneur) and Simon Wilson (Metro magazine's editor-at-large) discuss the how successful the candidates were at making… Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Fiscal Management
Is there fiscal flab that can be trimmed from the council budget, or are the candidates making budgetary promises they are unlikely to deliver on? Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Transport
How will the candidates work with central government to keep Auckland moving? Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Maori sites, Southern Initiative
A third of New Zealand's population live in Auckland, over the next 30 years Auckland is expected to get 500 new residents a week, or 26,000 people a year. How will the council ensure the city can… Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Immigration & Population
A third of New Zealand's population live in Auckland, over the next 30 years Auckland is expected to get 500 new residents a week, or 26,000 people a year. How will the council ensure the city can… Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Housing
As the average house price in Auckland tops a million dollars, how do the mayoral candidates plan to house Auckland's ever-growing population? Video, Audio
Auckland Mayoralty Debate - Introduction
Mayoral candidates Phil Goff, Vic Crone, John Palino and Mark Thomas join Guyon Espiner to discuss the issues facing Auckland, and how they hope to lead New Zealand's largest city. Video, Audio
Insight: The Contest to be Auckland's Next Mayor
Todd Niall explores what solutions are on offer for Auckland in the upcoming local elections and if many people will bother to vote. Audio
Akld mayoral candidates on revised Unitary Plan
While PM John Key calls Auckland's new Unitary Plan 'reasonable', three of the city's mayoral candidates are divided on its efficacy - and whether it takes too hard a line. Audio
How local bids to ban begging made national news headlines
The national media usually have little interest in local election issues, but it was a different story with banning beggars from big city streets recently. Mediawatch looks at how it hit the headlines… Video, Audio
Would Auckland begging ban help homeless?
Ihaka has lived rough for four years, but would a bylaw prohibiting him from begging actually help? Auckland mayoral candidate Mark Thomas thinks so, as John Campbell reports. Video
Should we ban begging in Auckland?
As the Wellington City Council considers outlawing begging, the focus has once again fallen on people on the streets asking for money. Auckland mayoral candidate Mark Thomas joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Three leading candidates for Auckland mayoralty
Driverless car trials, a regional fuel tax and taking a knife to Auckland Council costs are among the opening shots from the leading contenders to be the next mayor of Auckland. Audio
Speculation over Phil Goff's plan to stand for Mayor
Speculation over Phil Goff's plan to stand for Mayor has been growing, he speaks with Guyon Espiner. Audio
Early bolter in Auckland mayoral contest
The race for the Auckland mayoralty is officially underway with a one-time National Party parliamentary candidate Mark Thomas deciding to run next year. Audio
Feature Album with Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas of New Plymouth has selected the Beatles' White Album as his favourite record. Audio
Bravo Figaro!
Comedian, and master storyteller Mark Thomas has created an opera about his larger-than-life builder and opera-loving father called Bravo Figaro - opera meets life, comedy, death. He's bringing the… Audio
Global action plan on antibiotic resistance - Mark Thomas
Associate Professor Mark Thomas from the department of molecular medicine and pathology at Auckland University - who's report into the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand has just… Audio
Ak local boards challenge the super city council over funding
Local boards across the Auckland super city have joined forces to fight for more funding fearing their towns are at risk of turning into ghettos. Audio