Manukau City Council - Latest News [Page 29]
Pohutukawa Coast Star Attraction of Bikewise Week
Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 2:39 pm | Manukau City Council
Manukau’s beautiful Pohutukawa Coast will be the star attraction of a Bikewise Week event next Wednesday. The Pohutukawa Coast Ramble is a family event that offers the choice of an 8.5km ramble taking in the beautiful scenery of the Pohutukawa Coast ... More >>
Manukau City Council Staff Get on Their Bikes
Friday, 16 February 2007, 2:12 pm | Manukau City Council
Manukau City Council staff are gearing up to ride to work for Go By Bike Day on 28 February. Chief Executive Leigh Auton and a group of council staff will ride to the Go By Bike Breakfast in Manukau Square. They’ll be joined by Transport Committee ... More >>
Steering Dangerous Young Drivers The Right Way
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 2:46 pm | Manukau City Council
An innovative new programme to steer dangerous young drivers away from becoming another road statistic was launched today. More >>
Manukau’s Waitangi Day events a great success
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 5:28 pm | Manukau City Council
Large crowds were drawn to two successful Waitangi Day events in Manukau yesterday. More >>
Transpower grid upgrade plan unacceptable
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 10:09 am | Manukau City Council
Manukau City Mayor Sir Barry Curtis is disappointed at the decision by the Electricity Commission to approve Transpower’s North Island grid upgrade proposal. More >>
Programme helps migrants settle into Kiwi life
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:21 pm | Manukau City Council
Manukau City Council’s Highland Park Community House is holding another of its award winning ‘Kiwi Life’ orientation programmes in February. More >>
Manukau Central Business Improvement District
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 10:39 am | Manukau City Council
Manukau central is one step closer to becoming one of the city’s business improvement districts following polling that shows that nearly 80% of businesses in the area are supportive of the move. More >>
Mangere Bridge Takes Business Association Honours
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 3:26 pm | Manukau City Council
The Mangere Bridge Business Association has taken top honours in the inaugural Manukau Business Association of the Year awards, held in December. More >>
Niu Life Project Looking For Photographs
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 2:18 pm | Manukau City Council
Take a walk down memory lane. Are you a Pacific person living in Manukau city? Do you have old photos taken within the Manukau city region? More >>
Assistance to Tonga will not negatively impact
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 2:02 pm | Manukau City Council
Concerns that Manukau City Council is committing ratepayers’ money to assist with the rebuild of Tonga’s capital city, Nuku’alofa, are unfounded. More >>
Manukau’s tenth Waitangi Day Family Celebration
Friday, 12 January 2007, 5:01 pm | Manukau City Council
Manukau’s tenth Waitangi Day Family Celebration promises to be a truly multi-cultural affair with more than 30,000 people expected to join in the city’s family festival on Tuesday 6 February. More >>
Manukau Arts update January 2007
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 3:47 pm | Manukau City Council
The Living Art of Pacific Tattoo focuses on the art of documenting ta moko, tatau, tatu and tattoo within communities living in New Zealand and the Pacific. The exhibition of photography premiered at the 2005 Tattoonesia festival in Moorea, Tahiti. In 2006, ... More >>
Picture For Education Within Counties Manukau
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 1:14 pm | Manukau City Council
Manukau Institute of Technology’s new chief executive, Dr Peter Brothers, is fully committed towards ensuring that participation in tertiary education within the Counties Manukau region increases – across all communities. More >>
Splish, Splosh, Splash at Summer Fun Days
Monday, 8 January 2007, 10:29 am | Manukau City Council
Manukau residents are invited to don their swim suits and sun hats, dab on the sunscreen and join in the fun at Manukau City Council’s Leisure Services free ‘Summer in the Sun Fun Days’ later this month. More >>
Push on with the low cost upgrade of Eden Park
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 11:29 am | Manukau City Council
Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis says it is becoming clearer by the day that the best alternative for the upgrade of Eden Park is to use temporary seating to raise the capacity of the park to 60,000. More >>
Airport supermarket limiting alcohol sale welcome
Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:48 am | Manukau City Council
Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis is welcoming the decision by Foodtown at Auckland International Airport to reduce the hours it sells alcohol. Foodtown Airport is now selling alcohol between 7am and 11pm, instead of 24 hours a day. More >>
Free Whanau Nui / Family Swim Lessons This Summer
Friday, 15 December 2006, 9:45 am | Manukau City Council
With drowning the third highest cause of accidental death in New Zealand, and summer on the way, Manukau families are being urged to take advantage of the free ‘Whanau Nui / Family Swim Lessons’ programme, which returns to the city in January. More >>
Safety scheme benefits companies, workers, public
Monday, 11 December 2006, 10:35 am | Manukau City Council
A major Manukau City Council initiative to promote health and safety at physical works contract sites in the city has been hailed as a success, with eight companies confirmed as council’s first ‘Partners in Health and Safety’ since the scheme ... More >>
Funky new mural to adorn Tupu Library
Friday, 8 December 2006, 3:45 pm | Manukau City Council
Staff from Manukau City Council’s Tupu Dawson Road Youth Library and the team from Disrupt Gallery in Auckland are working together to create a funky contemporary mural to adorn the back wall of the library. More >>
Jam Packed Holiday Programme
Friday, 8 December 2006, 10:00 am | Manukau City Council
There will be no excuse for boredom these summer holidays with Manukau City Council leisure centre’s ‘Summer Extravaganza’ - A jam packed holiday programme that kicks off on 8 January. It will feature a range of fun, exciting activities that ... More >>