by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Two men have been arrested after an alleged break-in at the Newshub building in central Auckland, Stuff reports. A police spokesperson said they were arrested following an incident at the studio in Eden Terrace just before 2.30am on Wednesday. The men, aged 42 and 21,...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Council has unveiled a new plan to boost Māori and Pasifika businesses in south and West Auckland, Stuff reports. But while the future is unclear for the $60 million ‘Eco-Park’, two Cabinet ministers say it is not dead in the water. Despite missing out on the...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
A minor culture war has broken out over Auckland’s urban identity, Stuff reports. On one side, defenders of “special character” areas of historic housing; on the other, advocates for higher-density development with fewer constraints. According to Auckland Council,...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Council may have found a way around implementing medium density standards imposed by the government, Stuff reports, if it can provide “good evidence” in support. 70% of 7860 submissions from Aucklanders “strongly backed” having an exemption to limit...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Warblers Retreat is a stunning eco-retreat located in Auckland, NZ Herald reports. Set on 2 hectares of regenerating farmland, “it boasts gullies brimming with interwoven ponga, tanekaha and nikau in glorious shades of brown and emerald. Natural springs flow...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
As Covid-19 cases start to rise again, computational biologist David Welch wants to see mask restrictions tighten, RNZ reports. “I think it’s very sensible to stay at orange at this point. Orange isn’t particularly restrictive but it does help with...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Police say the spate of gang-related shootings in Auckland overnight are frightening for the community, RNZ reports. Police responded to seven shootings on Tuesday night – four of them within an hour – in the suburbs of Ōtara, Papatoetoe, Flat Bush,...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
The 2022 Budget and health reforms are conspicuously silent on older people and the aged care sector, Newsroom reports. Without concrete policy, proper funding and actions, we will head down the same path as Australia. In under 10 years about 20 percent of New...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Do your part to keep Auckland’s waterways, and ecosystems healthy by making sure your septic tank is well maintained, says Auckland Council. From June 2022, properties not connected to a wastewater network will be asked to provide Auckland Council with proof their...
by Aucklist | 26 May 2022 | Auckland news
Te Papa’s Chinese Languages in Aotearoa project is exploring the diversity of Chinese identity. Curator Grace Gassin, who grew up in Auckland, talks to The Spinoff about embracing heritage, identity and language. “I think we need to focus on the issues of...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Ōtāhuhu Vietnamese restaurant Try It Out has hard work, resilience and extremely loyal customers to thank for getting the family-owned business through the Covid-19 pandemic, Stuff reports. Jenny and Jane HA inherited Try It Out from their parents when their mother...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Popular events such as Santa and Anzac Day parades are under threat in Auckland due to the spiralling costs of traffic management plans (TMPs), NZ Herald reports. Orakei Local Board chairman Scott MilneMilne said the board set aside $20,000 for the St Heliers Bay...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
A plan to install a raised pedestrian crossing on one of east Auckland’s busiest roads is being met with backlash from a politician and residents, Times reports. AT says it’s designed to make crossing Pakuranga Road, the nation’s sixth-busiest road, safer and easier....
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Up to 2.5 percent of vendors are now losing money when they sell their homes, Newsroom reveals. Nationwide sales figures show the worst loss last month was suffered by a vendor in Henderson Valley, in west Auckland, who in November 2020 purchased a very small...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
A “huge” increase of career firefighters is required to solve staffing issues, Stuff reports. Martin Campbell, the union’s Auckland local secretary, said the city needs 90 career firefighters over and above current numbers to meet demand. Campbell said Fire and...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
The Resource Recovery room is a treasure trove of pre-loved items that would otherwise go to landfill, Stuff reports. Located in Māngere East, the community centre recycles, reuses and repairs donated and recovered items. It even has a community garden. Since the end...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Four ram raiders got the fright of their lives, NZ Herald reports, when they were confronted by two men mid-burglary before being chased down an Auckland motorway. The offenders had just smashed through the Greenhithe Liquor Centre on Saturday when two locals chose to...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
New Zealand’s love affair with musicals is about to get a whole lot more personal, with the original production of Pacifica The Musical. It’s a love story based on a catalogue of Kiwi songs, Newshub says, with input from big music heavyweights. “I...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Transport (AT) will not bring back cash fares on the city’s buses, Newsroom reports. AT’s HOP cards are the only accepted payment method on buses since the option of using cash was removed with the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020. An advocacy group for...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
A reckless driver crashed and flipped his ute before pushing a police officer in the Auckland suburb of St Heliers on Monday, Newshub reports. Emergency services and police were called to the incident and began trying to flip the car back over. A witness to the crash...
by Aucklist | 25 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland’s economy has been described as misfiring for two years, Stuff reports, with activity declining as the rest of the country grew during the Covid-19 pandemic. Two level 4 lockdowns and closed borders have hit downtown Auckland and Queen St hard, and there is...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
For seven years, a book of poems on Rowan Oswald’s bookshelf sat forgotten and unopened, with its special connection to a special great-uncle – a navigator in World War II – unknown. Stuff reveals the link was discovered when Rowan found the name Fred Mullen...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra promoted its Sante concert as “a champagne programme with a hint of cabaret”. NZ Herald reveals it turned out to be all of that . . . and much more. At the centre of the imaginative programme was APO harpist Ingrid Bauer in...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Kiwi Property Group has released the first image of how Ikea’s inaugural New Zealand store will look at its Sylvia Park centre, NZ Herald reports. Kiwi has also announced it pushed up bottom-line profit 14%, partly because of big property revenue rises from an...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Upmarket homes in central Auckland have declined in value by 3.4% since January, Interest reports, but the decline in values at the bottom of the market has been greater. The biggest declines in values at the top end of the market were in Upper Hutt -6.3%, and Central...
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