Hope everyone is doing well. Another short CRL article this week:) Auckland's trains carried 528,007 passengers in the City Rail Link's first week (13 to 19 September). That beats the previous weekly record of 504,380, set in March 2019.

I've just come back from Rarotonga, where I had the pleasure of sitting down with several members of the team at CISNOC (the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee).

As the Winter Olympics return to Italy in February 2026, the Milano–Cortina model will test something the transport community has long known: large‑scale sporting events don’t succeed because of infrastructure alone — they succeed through...

We have spent the last three weeks riding around Thailand on our bikes. It was my wife's idea. Mixing work meetings, the SEA games and some holiday time together.

Last week we were on a call with a person who has been an Olympic Athlete in two sports.

We have meetings this week with the Cook Islands Olympic Committee (CISNOC), as well as several Government officials.

With the election of a new International Olympic Committee President - Congratulations Kirsty Coventry - significant change is sure to follow.