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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 72]
Mayor Goff announces new Community Recycling Centre
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 4:54 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage this morning announced the creation of a new community recycling centre in Onehunga. Developed and operated by Auckland Council, the facility is supported by $2.24 million ... More >>
Retrofit Your Home programme expanded
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 10:46 am | Auckland Council
This week, Auckland Council’s Environment and Community Committee voted to expand the council’s ‘Retrofit Your Home’ programme to include solar energy, energy storage and energy efficiency interventions. More >>
Myth-busting: buying and selling parks and open space
Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 8:27 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council purchased land for another 13 new parks and open space at a cost of $44.2 million the 2018/19 financial year. This figure exceeds the $43.7 million the council spent on new parks and open space for Aucklanders in 2017/2018. More >>
Targeted rates helping to improve environment and water
Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 4:22 pm | Auckland Council
More biosecurity dogs, tracks made safe for kauri and major new infrastructure to reduce contamination and overflows into the Waitematā Harbour are just a few of the examples of work being made possible from Auckland Council’s natural environment ... More >>
New solutions sought to car handling on wharves
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 11:35 am | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has asked Ports of Auckland to accelerate investigations into better ways of clearing imported cars off Auckland wharves. “While car moving times on the port have improved, Captain Cook and Bledisloe wharves often look like ... More >>
Looking for summer work with a difference?
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 12:23 pm | Auckland Council
Have we got the job for you! Auckland Council is on the hunt for 14 student rangers to join the regional parks team for a three-month paid internship this summer. More >>
Big dry continues through July
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 12:09 pm | Watercare
The big dry continued through July with the Hunua Ranges – home to Auckland’s four largest water supply dams – receiving significantly less rainfall than normal. More >>
Transport improvements key to success in southern growth
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 4:09 pm | Auckland Council
The adoption of the Drury-Opaheke and Pukekohe-Paerata structure plans has highlighted the critical role the area has to support Auckland’s population growth. More >>
Stallholder applications open for Auckland Lantern Festival
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 3:55 pm | Auckland Council
Applications are now open for stallholder sites at the Auckland Lantern Festival 2020, which takes place from Thursday, 13 February – Sunday, 16 February in Auckland Domain. More >>
Council to add 233 hectares more public open space
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 12:52 pm | Auckland Council
Mayor Phil Goff today welcomed a decision taken by the Council’s Planning Committee to rezone 233 hectares to public open space in Auckland, adding new recreational areas available to Aucklanders. More >>
Auckland Monthly Housing Update for August
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 4:31 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council’s Research and Evaluation Unit (RIMU) has released its Monthly Housing Update for August, bringing together the latest significant Auckland housing-related statistics. In the year ending June 2019, a record 14,032 dwellings were consented ... More >>
Plans to transform Drury and Pukekohe adopted
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 2:31 pm | Auckland Council
Plans to support significant future business and residential development in Drury-Opāheke and Pukekohe-Paerata to help tackle Auckland’s unprecedented growth have been adopted by Auckland Council. More >>
Silverdale West Dairy Flat structure plan explores options
Monday, 5 August 2019, 9:46 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Council is delaying the finalisation of the Silverdale West Dairy Flat Industrial Area Structure Plan while it investigates prospects for the earlier provision of infrastructure and its funding. More >>
Mayor Goff welcomes start to $60M Puhinui Station
Friday, 2 August 2019, 10:28 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff welcomes the start of construction on the $60M Puhinui Station project and its expected completion in around 18 months. More >>
Looming paper recycling issues require an urgent solution
Friday, 2 August 2019, 9:10 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Council is keen to undertake an in-depth feasibility study to find a solution for New Zealand’s looming paper and cardboard recycling crisis, as a matter of urgent priority. In recognition of the need for a coordinated national approach, ... More >>
Auckland Council releases pre-election report
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 12:14 pm | Auckland Council
With under two months until voting opens, Auckland Council’s pre-election report sets out the challenges our newly elected members will face as our population grows. More >>
Strongest year ever for dwelling consents in Auckland
Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 5:42 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Annual dwelling consents in Auckland hit 14,032 in June, a new record for the city. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the figure, which includes the 1152 dwellings consented in June, is more evidence of the progress being made in housing across the region. ... More >>
Spotlight on sustainability during NZ Fashion Week
Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 9:25 am | Auckland Council
This year’s New Zealand Fashion Week and Fashion Weekend showcases sustainability, diversity and creativity with a variety of activities designed to please the most style-savvy Aucklanders. More >>
Mayor Goff announces High Street transformation
Friday, 26 July 2019, 1:40 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
High Street pedestrianisation trials start in October, and the street could be transformed into a world-class pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare by the end of 2022, three years earlier than previously planned. More >>
Community Recycling Centres face plastics challenge
Friday, 26 July 2019, 9:19 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Council is encouraging Aucklanders to recycle all their household plastic containers (those labelled with numbers 1 through to 7) through the council’s kerbside recycling service, which is fully funded by a targeted rate, rather than dropping ... More >>
