by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Ashley Shepherd never thought she’d be able to play tennis because of her disability, Stuff reports. The 23-year-old Howick resident has low vision and right hemiplegia, which means the right side of her body is partially paralysed. But Ngatira Tennis in Mount...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Police have charged a 20-year-old man with receiving stolen property following an incident at a Michael Hill Jeweller in Auckland, Stuff reports. Two West Auckland houses were searched on Wednesday and police recovered stolen property. It comes after two people broke...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
A campaign for firearm prohibition orders is nothing new, but the orders are now being sold as a silver bullet for rising gang crime. Laura Walters of Stuff asks: what are they and will they really make a difference? It’s understandable that both politicians and the...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Kiwis hoping for a little Waiheke wine-and-dine magic to combat the midwinter blues can now do so at a cheaper price, Newshub reveals. Winter Wine and Dine is back for its fourth year, with ferry operator Fullers360 partnering with three participating Waiheke Island...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Medical students are speaking out about cut corners and power imbalances in hospital placements, RNZ reports. They came forward after an internal review by the University of Auckland revealed that students were at times encouraged by supervisors to bypass getting...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
The story of Matariki is being shared every evening in Auckland this week, by coloured spotlights shining into the central Auckland sky, RNZ reveals. Stardome Observatory and Planetarium is putting on the show as part of its celebrations for the first Matariki public...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Outgoing mayor Phil Goff predicted three years ago that the owners of Eden Park would be back for millions of dollars from ratepayers, Newsroom says – and he has been proven right. The bid for $6.2 million from ratepayers comes three years after the council took...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Cycling is a great way of cutting carbon emissions, but if you’ve never used pedal power to get around, it can seem a bit daunting. Help is at hand, says Auckland Council, thanks to numerous community-run groups across Auckland called “bike burbs”. Operated...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Ruru, Auckland Council’s conservation information system has again won national recognition for use of geospatial technology, this time at the 2021 ALGIM awards (Association for Local Government Information Management) where it won the Geospatial Project of the Year...
by Aucklist | 23 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
The recognition of Matariki with a public holiday is a huge moment for Aotearoa, says The Spinoff, making it the first reintroduced indigenous holiday in the world. But while the campaign to teach New Zealanders about its history and traditions has been overwhelmingly...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Opponents of a plan to construct a dog park in east Auckland say the site chosen is inappropriate and the process was rushed and not sufficiently transparent, Times reports. Late last year the Howick Local Board asked Auckland Council staff to investigate, design and...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Over a million dollars has been spent on the canned $785m cycle and walking bridge across Auckland harbour, Stuff reports. The project was cancelled in October last year, but expenditure in 2022 has since totalled $1,023,563, made up of a series of costs including...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
The Automobile Association has apologised after a customer with autism said he was pressured into buying membership despite not driving a car, NZ Herald reports. The family of the 22-year-old man said he initially declined an offer of membership at an AA branch on...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
A Waikato tradie has been labelled a hero after pulling in front of a blacked-out truck driver who was swerving near the Drury offramp of Auckland’s Southern Motorway, Stuff reports, preventing a larger crash. Concrete cutter and driller Kurt Patten pulled in front of...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Employee shortages are leaving many industries stretched thin, The Spinoff reports. “There’s a massive shortage of people to fill jobs at the moment,” says Alan Donald of the Employers and Manufacturers Association. The EMA recently conducted a survey of members and...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Despite New Zealanders increasingly adopting vegan or vegetarian diets in recent years, it appears Auckland is still primarily a city of carnivores, Newshub reports. The Super City’s seven favourite dishes have been chosen based on the most popular meals ordered...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Four years after Waka Kotahi was slammed for not doing its job of keeping roads safe, a core unit of it has been labelled so ineffective it is being pulled apart. The unit’s head said in an internal report a month ago, obtained by RNZ: “Increasingly, our...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland GPs say they are fatigued and overworked, RNZ reports, as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors. GPs say they were not the long-term solution to the crisis and more planning should have been done. “We...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Aotearoa’s initiative to stop smoking will provide a crucial template that other countries could use to achieve their own smokefree goals, Newsroom reports. The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan will implement governance arrangements to ensure Māori (who are most...
by Aucklist | 22 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
New Zealand’s biggest council is not renewing its membership of the BusinessNZ lobby group for the new business year, The Spinoff reveals. The membership, which across the council group cost $20,000 plus GST, came under the spotlight after BusinessNZ launched a...
by Aucklist | 21 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
There’s good reason why New Zealand’s known as the shaky isles, Newsroom reports – we’re prone to earthquakes. We don’t know when the next big one will hit, so is now the time to invest in an earthquake early warning system? Japan,...
by Aucklist | 21 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
A pair of Civil Defence-funded projects aims at teaching different ethnic communities and their children how to plan for when disaster strikes, Newsroom reports. Auckland Council has approved a pair of applications focused on getting the diverse ethnic groups of the...
by Aucklist | 21 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
A poll that placed four candidates for the Auckland mayoralty all but neck and neck, in fact had one response in the lead: undecided. 53% of those polled answered “don’t know” or “undecided”, says The Spinoff, even though they were presented with five candidates and...
by Aucklist | 21 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
The rising cost of living is a major barrier keeping children from getting past school doors, Stuff reports. Wendy Esera, principal at Henderson Intermediate, has been in the education sector for over 44 years, and says student poverty is the worst she’s seen....
by Aucklist | 21 Jun 2022 | Auckland news
Figures from Auckland Unlimited show Māori and Pasifika employees are under-represented across the digital tech industry, Stuff reports, only accounting for 5.2% of and 6.7% of Auckland’s technology workforce. Meanwhile, women only account for 32% of the region’s tech...
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