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Urban designer's bugbear

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Urban designer's bugbear

In 2009 Ludo Campbell-Reid was the group manager for urban design at the Auckland City Council. He was enticed from London in 2006 to help make Auckland’s built environment more humane and attractive. He objects to Auckland's 'obese' streets.

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Ben Schrader, City planning – Planning renaissance, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25755/urban-designers-bugbear (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 3 March 2010, updated 26 March 2015.