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Annual Plan: what you get for your rates

Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 3:33 pm | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council is proposing an average rates increase of 6.9* per cent from July to pay for new assets and maintain existing services. Mayor George Wood says increasing demand on services and facilities continues throughout North Shore ... More >>

Annual Plan: Informing our community

Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 12:25 am | North Shore City Council

Residents and ratepayers of North Shore City have the opportunity to comment on how their council plans to run the city for the next year. North Shore City Council today released a draft annual plan for the 07/08 financial year, which sets out the council’s ... More >>

North Shore City TravelWise: fewer cars, more feet

Thursday, 8 March 2007, 9:38 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City’s TravelWise schools are leading the way when it comes to getting children out of cars and walking to school. More >>

Cyclists and pedestrians to share with care

Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 10:24 am | North Shore City Council

Cyclists on Shakespeare Rd will now be able to ride off-road – as long as they ‘share with care’. The new share with care path, on the southern (westbound) side of Shakespeare Rd, will open in mid-March. It allows cyclists who do not feel ... More >>

Council Promotes District Plan Change

Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 4:27 pm | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council is urging residents to find out more about Waitakere City’s proposed plan change to rezone the existing airbase at Whenuapai. More >>

Spectacular sculptures at Long Bay for Seaweek

Monday, 19 February 2007, 1:13 pm | North Shore City Council

Children from nearly 30 North Shore schools will create works of art in the sand at Long Bay Regional Park to celebrate Seaweek. On Monday March 5, students from junior primary to senior college will build sand sculptures in competition for a ... More >>

Historic journey returns to North Shore City

Friday, 19 January 2007, 2:45 pm | North Shore City Council

In 1917, 34 cars carrying 120 parliamentarians and community leaders left Devonport to survey the prospects of the “winterless north”. So dreadful were the roads and weather conditions that only 10 cars completed the trip, while others had to ... More >>

First school speed zones for North Shore City

Monday, 11 December 2006, 5:01 pm | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council has installed the city’s first school speed zones to make streets safer for school children, especially those who walk and cycle to school. Target Road School and Pinehill School are the first two schools in the city to have ... More >>

North Shore City Council against Ring Route Tolls

Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 3:19 pm | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council voted today against Transit’s proposal for tolling the Western Ring Route. In a submission to be sent to Transit, the council raised concerns about the economic and social effects of tolling, and the effects on local road networks. More >>

Champion Brass On The Shore 2007

Friday, 10 November 2006, 12:25 am | North Shore City Council

More than 40 brass bands will be descending on North Shore City next July, when the New Zealand National Brass Band Championships are held in Takapuna. As one of the major events in the international music calendar, it ranks in size and importance ... More >>

Mayor mo-tivated to fund raise for cancer

Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 12:39 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Mayor George Wood is growing a moustache for the first time in his life, inspired by New Zealand’s Prostate Cancer Foundation [PCF] Movember fund raising campaign. More >>

North Shore City to host international cities conf

Friday, 3 November 2006, 1:26 pm | North Shore City Council

North Shore City has been selected to host next year's 8th International Cities, Town Centres and Communities Society Conference (ICTC). It's the first time the ICTC has been held in New Zealand and it will be at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna, ... More >>

New look for Northcote Bus Station

Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 5:14 pm | North Shore City Council

A new and improved Northcote Bus Station will be officially opened this Saturday at 11am as part of the Northcote Fiesta. The new bus station layout provides for four bus stops, two new bus shelters and landscaping. More >>

Bus priority option selected for Anzac St

Thursday, 19 October 2006, 12:47 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council is going forward with plans to widen Anzac St to allow for an additional bus and cycle lane linking the Takapuna and Akoranga bus stations. More >>

Awards aplenty for Smarter Systems

Monday, 9 October 2006, 9:44 am | North Shore City Council

Libraries across the Auckland region have been rewarded for their kiwi ingenuity, winning the local and central government category at the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) Awards. More >>

Access to libraries online catalogue even easier

Thursday, 5 October 2006, 2:11 pm | North Shore City Council

Library members can now reserve a book from virtually anywhere, thanks to a new online catalogue tool. It means people with mobile phones with WAP or a personal digital assistant (PDA) can do everything from searching to putting a book on hold from wherever ... More >>

Mayor remembers former city chief

Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:01 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Mayor George Wood is one of many mourning the council’s first chief executive, Wayne Tisdall, who passed away at his Campbells Bay home earlier today. More >>

Mason leads infrastructure division

Monday, 4 September 2006, 11:06 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council has appointed Geoff Mason to lead its new infrastructure services division following the merger of the council’s water and transport teams. More >>

City's heritage character is important,: residents

Monday, 28 August 2006, 1:02 pm | North Shore City Council

A high proportion of residents in Devonport, Northcote and Birkenhead believe it's important to protect the heritage character of their neighbourhoods and that the council should control what can and cannot be built in their streets. More >>

Art bridge a feature of Albany Lakes

Thursday, 10 August 2006, 10:31 am | North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council is asking for feedback on two concept designs for a bridge over Albany Lakes, in the soon-to-be developed Albany Lakes Reserve. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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