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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 25]
'Prima Facie,' 2023 Olivier Award Winner For Best New Play, Debuts in Auckland
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 11:23 am | Auckland Live
Auckland Live and Plumb Theatre are proud to present the New Zealand premiere of the 2023 Olivier award winning and critically acclaimed one-woman play Prima Facie, from June 21 – July 2 at the Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre More >>
Auckland Council Celebrates As Hunua Ranges Caution Lifted
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 7:36 pm | Auckland Council
Kokako in next. Photo credit: Geoff Moon The caution over the 1080 treatment area in the Hunua Ranges Regional Park has lifted, six months after the final application for 2022. With already excellent results, this marks the third successful aerial ... More >>
Candidates Confirmed For Ōtara-Papatoetoe (Ōtara Subdivision) Local Board By-election
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 7:35 pm | Auckland Council
Nominations for Ōtara-Papatoetoe (Ōtara Subdivision) Local Board by-election have now closed. The seat became vacant in late March with the resignation of board member Swanie Nelson. Four candidates have put their hands up to fill the vacant seat on ... More >>
Elemental AKL Returns To Warm Up Auckland In 2023
Monday, 1 May 2023, 9:58 am | Auckland Unlimited
Elemental AKL is back for its fifth year this July, with a unique line-up of events and experiences celebrating Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s kai, creativity, and cultural landscape. From 20 July – 6 August, Auckland will come alive from Matakana to Onehunga ... More >>
Mayor Launches Public Consultation On New Transport Plan
Friday, 28 April 2023, 1:27 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is encouraging Aucklanders to have their say on which projects should be prioritised for funding in the region’s new integrated transport plan. “Back in December, the Government agreed to work with my office to develop ... More >>
New Report Examines Auckland’s Globally Focused Technology Industry
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:11 am | Tataki Auckland Unlimited
Regional Technology Investment Network (TIN) Report shows Auckland’s top tech export companies have grown five times faster than the general Auckland economy over the past five years A new report on Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s technology ... More >>
Consultation Shows Public Support For Key Elements Of Budget Proposal
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 11:20 am | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown urged councillors to keep an open mind about the options available to bridge the $295 million gap, as they met today to go over the results of public consultation on the Annual Budget 2023/24. “We encouraged Aucklanders ... More >>
Auckland Town Hall Organ Concerts Return To Fulfil A 112-year-old Promise
Friday, 21 April 2023, 2:47 pm | Auckland Live
The annual Auckland Town Hall Organ Concert Series is back with the first of four free concerts set for next month. Since first starting in 2010, the annual Sunday concerts have become a local favourite, pulling in up to 1000 music lovers for each ... More >>
Te Poari O Kaipātiki Ki Kaipara And Helensville RSA Successful Partnership For ANZAC 2023 Celebration
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 9:45 pm | Auckland Council
E kore rātou e Kaumatuatia Pēnei i a tātou kua mahue nei E kore hoki rātou e ngoikore Ahakoa pehea i ngā āhuatanga te wā I te hekenga atu o te rā Tae noa ki te aranga mai i te ata Ka maumahara tonu tātou ki a rātou Ka maumahara tonu ... More >>
Mayor Backs Poppy Day Appeal
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 3:01 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is encouraging all Aucklanders to get behind this year’s Poppy Day Appeal. “As the son of a World War II veteran, the Returned Services Association’s annual Poppy Day Appeal is a cause dear to my heart. “Since 1922, ... More >>
Aucklanders Carbon Impact 15 Per Cent Higher Than Fellow New Zealanders
Monday, 17 April 2023, 2:40 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland is striving to reduce its carbon emission by 50 per cent by 2030, but a recently published report commissioned by Auckland Council shines new light on the city’s consumption-based emissions. It also found food, housing, household utilities ... More >>
Upper Nihotupu Dam: 100 Years Old And Still Going Strong
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:01 am | Watercare
Auckland’s second oldest water supply dam is turning the ripe old age of 100 on Friday (April 14 2023) Upper Nihotupu Dam in the Waitākere Ranges was officially opened on April 14, 1923. Watercare environmental assets manager James ... More >>
Mayor Sets Deadline To Implement Flood Review Recommendations
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 4:37 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown today set a deadline for Auckland Council to implement the recommendations of the independent review into the Auckland Anniversary Floods. The independent review, led by former Police Commissioner Mike Bush, found that Auckland ... More >>
Auckland Is Calling Australian Visitors
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 2:11 pm | Auckland Unlimited
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2304/93131d4bf1cc3c845b04.jpeg" width="720" height="186"> Tātaki Auckland Unlimited has launched the latest iteration of its Auckland is Calling campaign in Australia – ... More >>
Mayor Of Auckland Accepts Findings Of Independent Review
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 3:22 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown said he accepts the recommendations of the independent review into the response to the Auckland Anniversary floods, and will work to ensure the panel’s recommendations are implemented. Former Police Commissioner Mike Bush ... More >>
Two Thumb-sized Mammals Who Call Auckland Home, Now Known To Be Regionally Threatened
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 10:59 am | Auckland Council
In new findings, two species of nocturnal bats, the size of a thumb and the weight of an AA battery, are now known to be regionally threatened. Auckland Council, in conjunction with a panel of bat experts, has undertaken the first regional conservation ... More >>
Anzac Day Reflecting Red For Remembrance
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 9:47 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Council and the Auckland RSA (Returned Services Association) have come together to provide opportunities for all Aucklanders to honour military veterans this Anzac Day. Anzac Day pays tribute to those who served and gave their lives in ... More >>
Auckland And Queenstown On Tour In The USA
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 3:08 pm | Auckland Unlimited
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Queenstown tour operators are currently visiting the United States to showcase the Auckland-Queenstown experience to media and travel advisors in an effort to lift visitation numbers from key locations back to pre-Covid-19 ... More >>
Mayor Wayne Brown - Speech: Eastern Busway, Sod Turning
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 2:48 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Saturday, 1 April 2023 Te Tuhi, 13 Reeves Road, Pakuranga ---------- Kia ora koutou, It is great to be here with Transport Minister Michael Wood to start construction of the next phase of the Eastern Busway. Soon after becoming Mayor, I pushed the ... More >>
Autumn Health Check For Hunua Ranges Kauri Begins
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:47 pm | Auckland Council
A survey of kauri health began today in Te Ngāherehere o Kohukohunui / Hunua Ranges, in the hope it will confirm the forest is still free of the deadly kauri dieback disease. It will be the third large-scale survey of the ranges, in an area where ... More >>
