by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The Government’s new Active Investor Plus Visa category – designed to attract high-value investors – has officially opened, NZ Herald reports, removing the ability for foreigners to gain residence by investing in bonds and property. Instead, it will...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
At noon on Sunday, Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) will be testing the tsunami siren network across the Auckland region, Newshub reports. “There is no cause for alarm during the testing and no action is required,” AEM said. “We will only be...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
A construction-damaged cycleway underpass has re-opened in Auckland, Stuff reports, with Waka Kotahi apologising for its slow response. It took Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport 12 hours from the time of the damage on the Te Atatū underpass (part of the Northwestern...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland man spent 10 nights in custody and months on restrictive bail for leaving Auckland when the area was locked down due to Covid-19, Stuff reports. Ali Rafiee, 42, pleaded guilty in the Wellington District Court on Tuesday to failing to comply with a Covid-19...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
McDonald’s is looking to hire 2000 workers across New Zealand, NZ Herald reports, with jobs being offered on the spot as part of its recruitment drive amid a buoyant job market. The fast-food chain is holding walk-in interviews at restaurants on Saturday...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
On Monday September 26, New Zealand will be marking the passing of Queen Elizabeth II with a one-off public holiday to honour the world’s longest-reigning monarch, Stuff reports. For Aucklanders who will use the holiday to commemorate and celebrate the Queen, public...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland woman’s pleas to the council over months of a neighbouring housing development restricting access and services to her property have gone unanswered, Newsroom reveals. Agnes Chow’s Pakuranga property has so far suffered damaged water pipes, power...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The Acting Prime Minister has reluctantly accepted increased security when out in public, Newsroom reports. Grant Robertson doesn’t like having a security tail when out in public but the changing nature of threats against MPs has changed that. In July, Robertson had...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Fridays for Future Tāmaki Makaurau is planning a climate protest event this Friday at Aotea Square, Greater Auckland reports. While they recognise that government has “made steps in the right direction”, they are demanding a much more responsible level of action. The...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance Committee has given the green light to divesting its equity share in the Own-your-own home scheme. Chair of the council’s Finance and Performance Committee, Councillor Desley Simpson says this will not have any day-to-day...
by Aucklist | 21 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
As women, we already tailor our running routines around the inherent risk of being outside and female, says Katie Babbott on The Spinoff. We run with no headphones, run only in daylight hours along busy streets, glance around us periodically… From an early age,...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The market for sustainable products is growing, The Spinoff reports, as global waste continues to have a huge impact on the environment. But often it’s not the product itself that has a big footprint – it’s what it’s wrapped in. Sustainable packaging isn’t just a...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Proponents are thrilled New Zealand’s highly productive food-growing land will finally be protected from “urban sprawl”, Stuff reports. Pukekohe market gardeners say the growing loss of land in the area to developers is affecting where they can grow crops....
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
A leopard seal has washed up dead at Auckland’s Westhaven Marina, Stuff reports, but it’s not believed to be the marina’s resident leopard seal, Owha. Arrangements were made for the seal to be transferred to Auckland Zoo, where it will undergo an autopsy for research...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Construction remains on of New Zealand’s most dangerous jobs, NZ Herald reports, and a spate of injuries on construction sites has again drawn attention to the danger of working in this industry. NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson says the injuries seen...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Construction workers mistakenly damaged the roof of a cycleway underpass in West Auckland, NZ Herald reports, forcing its closure and a detour for cyclists when part of the roof collapsed. Group manager David Nelson said contractors from Fulton Hogan were digging the...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
NZ Herald reporter Bernard Orsman runs through the policies of some of the chasing pack for one of the most demanding political jobs in the country. The 2022 Auckland mayoral election will be held on 8 October, and while several candidates seem more obvious to the...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
New Zealand’s decision to end most mandatory public health measures aimed at preventing Covid transmission, received a mixed response, RNZ reports. Our modelling suggests it was time to wind back restrictions, but some measures were perhaps scrapped prematurely....
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Papua New Guinean expats, students and former residents in Auckland, celebrated the country’s Independence Day at the weekend, RNZ reports. One expat said there are a number of Papua New Guineans who study in New Zealand. “We formed a community group...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The grave of a decorated World War I soldier, who talked his way into the army after being told he was too old to serve, has been marked with a new headstone, Stuff reports. At the age of almost 47, Frederick Negus was rejected when he tried to enrol in the army in...
by Aucklist | 20 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
After 17 hours in the air, dozens of passengers on the first Air New Zealand flight from New York to Auckland had a rude surprise, Newshub reports, when they found out their luggage hadn’t arrived. Flight NZ1 left New York’s John F. Kennedy International...
by Aucklist | 19 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Few have any concept of the founding of Auckland, says The Spinoff, and if they do they link it to early Pākehā land speculators. But the origins of Tāmaki Makaurau really come from the agreement between Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei and the Crown. On September 18, 182 years...
by Aucklist | 19 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
In eight days NASA will deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid in a US$330 million (NZ$550 million) attempt to change the asteroid’s course, RNZ reports. It’s the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth...
by Aucklist | 19 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland War Memorial Museum is holding on to its star attraction Peter the T Rex for another year, Stuff reports. One of the most complete in the world, the skeleton has drawn record-breaking crowds to the museum. Chief executive David Gaimster said the T rex was an...
by Aucklist | 19 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Council has removed more than double the amount of mangroves it was allowed in its resource consent to build a boardwalk in Takapuna, Stuff reports, prompting environmental concerns. Forest and Bird is concerned the excess mangrove removal during the...
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