The Asian population is the fastest growing segment of New Zealand?s total population, with most of this growth happening in Auckland. Recognising the significance of this trend, this research aims to gain insights into people?s cultural heritage and experiences, and how these influence their engagement with the arts.

Recent attempts to reconfigure urban transport planning in Auckland around conceptions of sustainability have simply reproduced the kind of auto-dominated transport plans that have been pursued since the 1950s, albeit with ‘greener’ rhetoric. Paul Mees and Jago Dodson look at why this has occurred.

Referring to a case study from Auckland, New Zealand, that focuses on the welfare of children, this paper asks the question: does geography matter in the influence of neighbourhood on children’s health?