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Auckland Council
Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau
The Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand.
Services provided for Auckland, include: local roads and footpaths, water, sewerage system, rubbish, recycling and landfills, parks and sportsfields, recreation centres, libraries and pools, dog registration, civil defence, social housing.
The council was established on 1 November 2010 replacing: Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City Council, Manukau City Council, North Shore City Council, Waitakere City Council, Papakura District Council, Rodney District Council Franklin District Council.
Auckland Council - Latest News [Page 167]
Auckland Council lifeguards are NZ champs – again!
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 12:24 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council’s regional lifeguard team has blitzed the national pool lifeguard championships for the second year in a row. The team of lifeguards, from council-run leisure centres, last week took out top honours at the National Pool Lifeguard Competition ... More >>
Last call for submissions on Auckland solid waste bylaw
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 9:57 am | Auckland Council
Auckland residents have until Monday, 3 September 2012, to submit their views on the proposed solid waste bylaw for the region. The management of solid waste in Auckland is currently governed by seven different bylaws of the former councils, which all ... More >>
$1.7 billion in savings helps reduce rates
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 1:00 pm | Auckland Council
A total of $1.7 billion in savings will be delivered over the next 10 years to help keep rates well below projected increases of former councils. The Mayor says Auckland Council has slashed projected spending by all eight former councils to bring in a ... More >>
Seeking owner of 500 year-old family tree
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 1:41 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Libraries has a large and detailed piece of family history that it desperately wants to reunite with its owner. The family tree, which has been intricately documented on an A2 (large poster-sized) sheet of paper, was found in the attic of a house on ... More >>
Auckland mourns fallen soldiers
Monday, 20 August 2012, 2:32 pm | Auckland Council
News Release 20 August 2012 Auckland mourns fallen soldiers Mayor Len Brown says the thoughts of Aucklanders are with the families of the three soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Private Richard Harris of Pukekohe, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker of ... More >>
Awhitu Environmental Camp’s future secured on the High Wire
Monday, 20 August 2012, 11:27 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Council has ensured the future of the Awhitu Environmental Camp by transferring the management of the 34 year-old facility from a local school to the High Wire Charitable Trust, the organisation which recently recruited Victoria Cross medallist, Willie ... More >>
Protection Measures Stepped Up For Hunua Kauri
Friday, 17 August 2012, 12:24 pm | Auckland Council
Media release 17 August 2012 Protection Measures Stepped Up For Hunua Kauri Auckland Council has introduced new protection measures in the Hunua Ranges to protect kauri from kauri dieback disease. The council’s Regional Development and Operations Committee ... More >>
Ethnic Conversations Public Meeting
Friday, 17 August 2012, 12:03 pm | Auckland Council
The Auckland Council's Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel that has been appointed by the Mayor of Auckland has been in existence for one year. More >>
Support for 6000 owners of changed properties
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 7:51 pm | Auckland Council
Media release 16 August 2012 Support for 6000 owners of changed properties Auckland Council has announced a grant for as many as 6000 ratepayers who are ineligible for rates capping or phasing. The Strategy and Finance Committee today agreed to a grant ... More >>
Auckland Council Endorses Development of a Smokefree Policy
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 7:48 pm | Auckland Council
Cancer Society Auckland commends Auckland Council on taking a significant step to achieving a Smokefree Auckland. Today the Auckland Council Regional Development and Operations Committee passed a resolution that a Smokefree policy would be developed ... More >>
Support For 6000 Owners Of Changed Properties
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 4:27 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council has announced a grant for as many as 6000 ratepayers who are ineligible for rates capping or phasing. More >>
Thank you for not smoking, says Auckland council
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 3:44 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council will take a non-regulatory approach to a smokefree policy for the city, it was agreed today. The Regional Development and Operations Committee decided against a bylaw banning smoking but supported commitments made in the Auckland Plan ... More >>
Auckland confirmed as top 10 global city
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 11:03 am | Auckland Council
Auckland confirmed as top 10 global city Auckland’s position as one of the world’s top 10 most liveable cities has been confirmed with the release of the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Report. The report puts Auckland as the ... More >>
Gulf Forum looks for enhancement path
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 9:53 am | Auckland Council
Media Advisory 15 August 2012 Gulf Forum looks for enhancement path The Hauraki Gulf Forum has invited experts in environmental management to explain how the state of the Hauraki Gulf might be improved at a public seminar at Auckland Museum next ... More >>
Taskforce slashes liquor bans breaches
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 10:09 am | Auckland Council
News Release 14 August 2012 Taskforce slashes liquor bans breaches Liquor ban breaches in the central city have plummeted by 80 per cent as a result of work by the Mayoral Taskforce on Alcohol and Community Safety. “Auckland Council staff have received ... More >>
Auckland: City Centre and Waterfront need to deliver
Monday, 13 August 2012, 12:48 pm | Auckland Council
The importance of a vibrant and attractive city centre and waterfront should not be underestimated and plays a large part in the transformation of Auckland. “A thriving city centre is the beating heart of Auckland and when it performs well it ... More >>
Stadium floor to close for replacement
Friday, 10 August 2012, 4:42 pm | Auckland Council
Media release 10 August 2012 Stadium floor to close for replacement: Otara Leisure Centre The stadium floor at Otara Leisure Centre will be closed from today (Friday 10 August 2012) to be replaced. The closure follows serious flooding in late May, ... More >>
Margaret Mahy remembered at Auckland Libraries
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 9:32 am | Auckland Council
Media release 9 August 2012 Margaret Mahy remembered at Auckland Libraries The celebrated works of one of New Zealand’s most loved children’s authors, Margaret Mahy, will be remembered with a series of story telling events this Saturday. Almost 30 Auckland ... More >>
Auckland family builds NZ’s first passive house
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 9:23 am | Auckland Council
Media Release 9 August 2012 Auckland family builds NZ’s first passive house A Glendowie family has finished building New Zealand's first ‘Passive House' and according to experts, it could be the most energy efficient house in the country. ... More >>
New boundary will give Auckland room to grow
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 2:12 pm | Auckland Council
A new development boundary replacing the current metropolitan urban limits will be introduced to ensure Auckland has 30 years supply of greenfield land for residential and business growth as targeted in the Auckland Plan. More >>
