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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 4]
How Do We Put Freshwater First?
Friday, 3 November 2023, 9:18 am | Auckland Council
Freshwater rules are changing in Tāmaki Makaurau and it’s time for Aucklanders to have their say on how to improve the region’s rivers, lakes and streams. Auckland Council wants to check back in with the community on what it thinks of proposed measures ... More >>
Water Treatment Plant Back In Service For Muriwai
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 2:31 pm | Watercare
Today marks a milestone in Auckland’s post-cyclone recovery with the Muriwai Water Treatment Plant returning to service. The Muriwai Water Treatment Plant was taken out of service after Cyclone Gabrielle, when a slip caused by the February 14 weather ... More >>
Spring Cleaning This Weekend? Use Water Wisely, Watercare Urges
Friday, 20 October 2023, 1:57 pm | Watercare
With Labour Weekend presenting an opportunity for some spring cleaning or a garden spruce-up, Watercare is reminding Aucklanders to be mindful of their water use. Watercare head of water value Andrew Mercer says the 2019/2020 drought was a stark reminder ... More >>
Watercare Completes Wastewater Bypass Project To Reduce Overflows Into Waitematā Harbour
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 3:32 pm | Watercare
A wastewater bypass solution in Parnell that will significantly reduce overflows into the Waitematā Harbour is now operational after a massive 20-day effort to get it planned and built in record time. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/20b40f029a85971f61ad.jpeg" ... More >>
Watercare Making Steady Progress On Solution To Harbour Overflows
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 4:44 pm | Watercare
Watercare is making steady progress on its emergency work to build a bypass pumping solution that will transfer wastewater from the manholes on either side of the Ōrākei main sewer sinkhole and pipe blockage site. The bypass is an essential component ... More >>
Auckland Council And Crown Agree To Cost Sharing Agreement For Storm Recovery And Resilience Work
Friday, 6 October 2023, 6:08 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council’s Governing Body has unanimously voted to accept the proposed cost sharing deal with the Crown to fund more than $2 billion of flood recovery and resilience works, including buying-out Category 3 properties. The decision today ... More >>
Auckland Water Supply In Strong Position To Face Potentially Dry Summer
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 2:03 pm | Watercare
Auckland’s water supply is in a strong position to face a potentially dry summer, but regardless of the weather, Watercare will continue to encourage its customers to treat water as a taonga. NIWA officially declared the arrival of El Niño on Friday ... More >>
Construction Work Begins On Bypass Around Ōrākei Main Sewer Blockage
Monday, 2 October 2023, 7:50 pm | Watercare Services
Construction began today on Watercare’s critical bypass project that will transfer wastewater from the manholes on either side of the Ōrākei main sewer sinkhole and pipe blockage site. The bypass is an essential component of the work to end or significantly ... More >>
Watercare Makes Steady Progress On Solutions To Pipe Blockage
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 4:39 am | Watercare
Watercare staff and crews on site will be continuing to work around the clock this weekend and have made steady progress on solutions to the Ōrākei main sewer blockage. Watercare chief operations officer Mark Bourne says: “Our crews managed to remove ... More >>
No Swim Warning Likely To Be In Place For At Least 10 Days
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 12:44 pm | Watercare
Watercare says there’s no quick fix for the blockage in the Ōrākei main sewer and is warning Aucklanders that the no-swim warning for the Waitematā Harbour will likely be in place for up to 10 days. Watercare chief operations officer Mark Bourne ... More >>
Watercare Crews Attending Major Wastewater Pipe Blockage At Tomo Site
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 1:00 pm | Watercare
The flood and cyclone earlier this year is potentially still impacting our city, with a large tomo having developed on a private property in Parnell. On Monday afternoon, Watercare was alerted to a hole in the ground by a company undertaking work at a ... More >>
Progress Made But More Action Needed To Accelerate Delivery Of Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Plan
Monday, 18 September 2023, 9:09 am | Auckland Council
The extent to which climate change impacts Tāmaki Makaurau hit home for many earlier this year. We have seen severe weather events like the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle show the devastating impacts of climate change – and the ... More >>
Auckland’s 30-year Water Strategy Announces Its First Annual Update
Monday, 11 September 2023, 11:28 am | Auckland Council
For many in Tāmaki Makaurau, this year has challenged our relationship with water. Two years of drought followed by a year of record rainfall has reminded Aucklanders the importance of a strategic approach to water. The Auckland Water Strategy (2022 ... More >>
Watercare’s Central Interceptor Tunnel Project Reaches Halfway Mark
Monday, 4 September 2023, 2:52 pm | Watercare
Watercare’s Hiwi-i-te-Rangi giant Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has today (4 September) broken through into a shaft in May Road, Mount Roskill marking the halfway point of her 14.7kilometre journey to central Auckland as she creates the Central Interceptor ... More >>
New Papakura Treatment Plant Boosts Auckland’s Water Supply By 12 Million Litres
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 7:28 am | Watercare Services
The new $81m Papakura Water Treatment Plant will help boost Auckland’s water supply by 12 million litres a day when it goes into service today [ Thursday, August 31 ]. The construction of the treatment plant to reinstate Hays Creek Dam, which had ... More >>
Apply For Funds To Reduce Waste
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 12:08 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland community groups and organisations are being encouraged to apply for the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund before applications close next week. The Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund supports projects that help reduce waste and reuse ... More >>
Upper Nihotupu Dam Back In Business After Repairs To Flood-damaged Watermain
Friday, 18 August 2023, 9:46 am | Watercare Services
Today Watercare’s 100-year-old Upper Nihotupu Dam is again supplying water to Aucklanders after its raw watermain suffered damage during the Anniversary Weekend Storm. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/0b1ac2021473dd918e64.jpeg" ... More >>
Dotterels Emerge From A Rough Summer Breeding Season
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 2:56 pm | Auckland Council
It was a ‘wild ride’ for Auckland’s threatened New Zealand dotterel population last breeding season as Mother Nature unleashed some powerful weather events. Of the 172 pairs monitored by volunteers across 61 locations, 74 chicks were fledged ... More >>
Watercare Starts Search For Contractors To Partner With On $3.5b Asset Renewal Programme
Friday, 4 August 2023, 5:54 am | Watercare Services
Today Watercare kicks off its search for businesses to partner with on the first half of a decade-long $3.5 billion programme to replace ageing water and wastewater pipes and upgrade pump stations and treatment plants. Auckland’s water and wastewater ... More >>
Update From The Mayor On Category 3 Buyout Negotiations
Monday, 31 July 2023, 6:01 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says negotiations for a cost sharing agreement for voluntary buying outs of high-risk (Category 3) residential properties in the region are progressing, and he is optimistic the two parties will reach a resolution soon. “Auckland, like ... More >>
