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Bruce Mason Centre wins national award
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 12:06 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland’s Bruce Mason Centre has won a top national award for Medium Venue of the Year at the recent EVANZ (Entertainment Venues Association NZ) awards. The prestigious industry awards celebrate excellence in the New Zealand entertainment industry. The ... More >>
Toi Whītiki weaves Auckland’s creative strands together
Monday, 14 December 2015, 3:50 pm | Auckland Council
Toi Whītiki has been chosen as the name for Auckland’s Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan to recognise the important role culture and the creative sector plays in bringing the city together now and in the future. More >>
Save your pets from Christmas
Saturday, 12 December 2015, 10:31 am | Auckland Council
Christmas is the most sociable time of the year and your dog loves all the attention, right? Well, maybe, but how do you know when he’s had enough and needs rescuing? More >>
City Rail Link to be built under Commercial Bay
Friday, 11 December 2015, 12:13 pm | Auckland Council
Mayor Len Brown has congratulated Auckland Transport and Precinct Properties Ltd for concluding negotiations that will see the first stage of the City Rail Link (CRL) constructed as part of Precinct’s Commercial Bay development. Commercial Bay will ... More >>
Paturoa Road kauri tree
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 3:20 pm | Auckland Council
10 December 2015 Paturoa Road kauri tree Auckland Council is aware of media reports today of plans to remove a kauri tree at 40 Paturoa Road. Chief Operating Officer Dean Kimpton said: “We have seen the media reports but we do not have any information ... More >>
Community housing partner endorsed by Auckland Council
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 1:05 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council has endorsed a recommendation from Panuku Development Auckland to enter into partnership with a community housing provider to manage and further develop its portfolio of 1,412 homes for older Aucklanders. Auckland Development ... More >>
Set net monitoring for Omaha
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 2:41 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council committee members met today to discuss whether a set net control should be made at Omaha Beach, confirmed a hearings panel for Food Act Fees and received an update on begging behaviour in the central city. The following is a digest of ... More >>
New high quality town centres for Auckland
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 4:40 pm | Auckland Council
Nineteen Auckland areas earmarked for future high quality urban regeneration and heritage issues with King’s School headlined today’s Auckland Development Committee agenda. More >>
Manukau and Onehunga spearhead selection
Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 12:24 pm | Auckland Council
Manukau and Onehunga are set for significant long-term improvements as part of 19 locations across the city that have been identified by Auckland’s new urban regeneration agency. The Auckland Development Committee this morning approved the list of urban ... More >>
Considering standing as a candidate for Auckland Council?
Monday, 7 December 2015, 4:45 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council has information resources including a short video on its website to provide advice and information for prospective candidates. More >>
Auckland Council welcomes additional social housing
Monday, 7 December 2015, 4:26 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council today welcomed the government’s announcement of an additional 500 new social housing places in Auckland. The new housing will be delivered by community providers to meet the very real demand for more social housing in New Zealand’s ... More >>
Nightclub fined for blocking smoke detectors
Monday, 7 December 2015, 2:14 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council has welcomed a decision to fine a nightclub operator for covering smoke detectors in its building. More >>
Decision digest Regional Strategy and Policy Committee
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 2:27 pm | Auckland Council
Coastal management, fresh water quality and council’s submission on pokies feature at RSP meeting More >>
Forest flourishes following Hunua pest blitz
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 2:07 pm | Auckland Council
Flourishing foliage, an abundance of seeds and forest ‘fruit’ and signs of new life in the kōkako population are the first signs of a successful pest control programme in the Hunua Ranges this year. The first round of post-operational monitoring, following ... More >>
Auckland waterfront precinct continues to show the way
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 3:45 pm | Auckland Council
The push to make Wynyard Quarter one of the greenest and smartest urban precincts in the country is on track with the recent achievement of environmental ratings and the activation of a new innovative online platform. The Wynyard Quarter Smart website ... More >>
Summer in Auckland with cool tunes and hot flicks
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 12:42 pm | Auckland Council
Three months of free entertainment begins in January, with the 2016 Music and Movies in Parks series. Summer in Auckland means getting together with friends and family in some of the region’s most beautiful locations, and Auckland Council has created ... More >>
Take care with open air fires this summer
Friday, 27 November 2015, 2:40 pm | Auckland Council
As El Nino conditions promise a windier, drier summer, Auckland Council has declared a restricted fire season for Auckland mainland from 1 December 2015, and a total fire ban for all of the Hauraki Gulf islands. The restriction will see mandatory ... More >>
Pop-up village to enliven Queens Wharf this summer
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 2:44 pm | Auckland Council
A temporary pop-up container village is being planned for Queens Wharf, to create an exciting new dining and services hub for visitors to the downtown area. More >>
Mayoress’ Scholarships Announced
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 11:39 am | Auckland Council
Four students from Auckland’s lower decile schools have been awarded Mayoress’ Fund for Youth scholarships. River Jorgensen, Racheal Kaitu’u, Penina Latu and Tule Mahe - selected as scholarship recipients from more than 30 applications - will ... More >>
How to get to and from Santa’s big arrival
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 10:27 am | Auckland Council
Join the fun and take the family by bus, train or ferry to the annual Farmers Santa Parade this Sunday 29 November at 1pm. More >>
