Gated island community coming soon to Manukau Harbour

A luxury island development in Auckland’s Manukau Harbour is finally under way, Stuff reports, 10 years after the developers won the right to do it in the Environment Court. The 103-lot Pararēkau Island development is connected to the suburb of Karaka on the mainland....

31 tsunami sirens stolen from Auckland’s west coast

A spate of tsunami siren thefts across Auckland’s west coast is putting lives at risk, Stuff reports. Sirens at Huia, Whatipu, Karekare, Piha and Te Henga have either been taken or vandalised. “These sirens are specifically designed for alerting and are of no use for...

The great boomer backlash of 2022

The weekend’s local government election results are a big ‘no thank you’ from older home owners to future generations, says The Spinoff. Council election results over the weekend in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin produced sharp turns away from more progressive...