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North Shore City goes out in proud "Shore Style"

Friday, 29 October 2010, 11:57 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The North Shore City Council has held the final council meeting of it's 21 year existence as a local authority within New Zealand. The last meeting of New Zealand's fourth largest city was held in the council chamber in Takapuna and was attended ... More >>

Mayor will hold boards, CCOs accountable

Friday, 3 September 2010, 1:37 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams will hold Councillors, Local Board Members and CCO Directors in the new Auckland Council to account, if elected the new Mayor of Auckland. More >>

Construction of Campbells Bay stream footbridge

Saturday, 28 August 2010, 12:10 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

Construction is underway to provide a footbridge over the only stream in the East Coast Bays area without an all tide, all weather crossing. The new footbridge over the Campbells Bay stream is a project that many in the local community have been ... More >>

Mairangi Bay parkland purchase completed

Saturday, 28 August 2010, 11:37 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The final piece in the jigsaw of Mairangi Bay coastal real estate necessary to complete a new public reserve on the beachfront has been purchased, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today. The Mairangi Bay property at 19 Montrose Terrace was purchased ... More >>

North Shore Mayor Likes Sea Slug Funding

Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 9:52 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams is relieved that Wayne Mapp, Minister of Research, Science and Technology has announced a $250,000 Government fund over two years to research toxic slugs in the Hauraki Gulf. More >>

Carpool Parks come to Park 'n Rides

Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 5:44 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore City is once again leading the transport stakes in the Auckland Region by introducing carpool parking. More >>

Rodney Hide licking his wounds after conference

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:57 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The Local Government Conference has wrapped up in Auckland with Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide on the end of a grilling by North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams. The candidate for Auckland Mayor delivered a stinging speech aimed at the Minister, ... More >>

North Shore Mayor To Run For Auckland Mayoralty

Saturday, 10 July 2010, 10:26 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has announced that he will be contesting the Mayoralty in the forthcoming Auckland Council local body elections. More >>

Rodney Hide's assault on super city 'naysayers'

Thursday, 1 July 2010, 2:30 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

Rodney Hide’s assault on the ‘naysayers’ of his super city nirvana , who he accuses of spreading ‘wild, hysterical’ falsehoods about his cherished creation, prompted North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams to reflect on the Local Government Minister’s ... More >>

New Auckland Council must focus on priorities

Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 9:51 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

"It is vital that the new Auckland Council focuses on priorities and does not allow itself to be sidetracked with airs of grandeur" says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams. More >>

Desperate Reporting Or Dirty Politics?

Sunday, 16 May 2010, 10:49 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The naivety of young Sunday Star Times reporter Jonathan Marshall in today's edition is only equalled by his latest poorly researched article which once again includes inaccuracies and deliberately misleading content. More >>

Inaccurate incorrect quote corrected by Herald

Monday, 19 April 2010, 9:17 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The Herald on Sunday has corrected on its on-line website an inaccurate incorrect quote attributed to me which they printed in today's Herald on Sunday, says Mayor Andrew Williams.   "They have confirmed that this was paraphrased from an interview ... More >>

Leaky homes discussed at Mayoral Forum

Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 4:37 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams will discuss yesterday’s Court of Appeal decision with his colleagues on the Auckland Mayoral Forum, which meets this Friday, Mayor Williams said today. More >>

Leaky homes decision raises wider issues

Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 9:28 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

Today’s decision of the Court of Appeal involving the North Shore City Council and two multi-unit apartment developments on the North Shore, Byron Avenue and Sunset Terraces, raises wider issues over the need to arrive at an enduring solution to ... More >>

Rooney doesn't let facts get in the way of a story

Friday, 19 March 2010, 10:27 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

As is his usual style of tabloid "gutter" reporting, Edward Rooney at The Aucklander/NZ Herald doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. More >>

Mayor releases text log to John Key

Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 11:07 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has released the log of his text messages to John Key going back 4 months to August 2009 which show there were only three texts in this whole period and no texts at 3.30am as described in the New Zealand Herald today. More >>

Mayor: Gov't Plans to Profit with Hoax

Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 3:53 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

A government rescue package to help leaky homes victims get their homes fixed and get on with their lives will actually make the government a profit of over $300 million, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.“After years of berating the previous ... More >>

Government needs to ‘up the ante’ in leaky homes

Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 2:02 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

The government needs to significantly increase its contribution to the leaky homes rescue package presented to metropolitan mayors to cover the contribution of the building and construction industry, North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams said today. More >>

Hide comments put spotlight on Council bill

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 11:31 am | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

 Controversy over recent claims by Local Government Minister  Rodney Hide that his reforms simply sail through Cabinet virtually unchallenged has turned the spotlight on the up-coming third Auckland Council bill, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said ... More >>

Hide’s fundraising rort the first of many?

Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 2:40 pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams

Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s decision to charge city and regional councillors in Christchurch to attend a breakfast meeting to learn about the future of local government is the first of many according to ACT party sources disgruntled with the influence ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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