by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Polly Markus started posting her recipes on Instagram during the first lockdown, Stuff reports, when the only exciting outings happening in her life were trips to the supermarket. Her recipes and videos quickly became shared from her account Miss Polly’s Kitchen, and...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Rob Osborne says he is among the last generation who has actually been inside tunnels on Maungauika-North Head, as a kid in the 1950s, before they were closed. The tunnels he’s talking about are almost mythical relics of a wartime past, Stuff reports, as well as part...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Mel Bolton had been battling the council for years for compensation after his yacht, Classique, was dragged on its mooring into the Auckland Harbour Bridge piles at Shoal Bay during a storm in June 2014. A year after his death following a car accident, his wife has...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
One of New Zealand’s “most prestigious” winegrowers – Kim Goldwater – has died, NZ Herald reports, after the tractor he was driving crashed down a bank on his Waiheke Island property. Kim and his wife Jeanette developed the island’s...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Seven people have been injured after a car reportedly crashed into a house in Pukekohe on Sunday evening, NZ Herald reports. Emergency services were alerted to the crash on Puni Rd at 6.58pm. St John’s Ambulance sent five vehicles to the scene and treated seven...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Aotearoa’s first not-for-profit power company will launch this month, RNZ reports, aiming to reduce energy hardship. Toast Electric will use profits from “regular” customers to subsidise the electricity bills of those who struggle to pay. It is run...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Experts, academics and lawyers met in Auckland again this week to draft a joint submission from Koi Tu – the Centre for Informed Futures – at the University of Auckland, RNZ reveals. It was a follow-up to a bigger gathering seven days earlier where there...
by Aucklist | 5 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
After shaking up stages in England, The Writer has made it way to New Zealand, running until September 18 at Q Theatre, The Spinoff reports. For director Sophie Roberts, also artistic director of Silo Theatre, the script ticked more than a few boxes, most pertinently...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
September 1 is the first day of scallop harvesting season, says The Spinoff. But New Zealanders feasting on fresh scallops this season will probably be eating them from one of only two main beds left open on mainland New Zealand, in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. The rapid...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
West Auckland farmer Greg Jonkers is slamming the city council after returning home from feeding his cows to find a large hole in his driveway, Newshub reports. It turns out the hole was to make way for a cellphone tower that was consented to by Auckland Council,...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland pair has been sentenced to community detention, Stuff reports, after attempting to sell 222 crayfish on the black market, using Facebook group chats. An MPI investigation uncovered that the pair had a history of this behaviour, having previously sold 277...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The Mason Clinic, Auckland’s secure psychiatric facility, is still using painful methods of restraint, including wrist locks and prone (floor) restraint, to control people with intellectual disabilities, Stuff reveals. The Office of the Ombudsman called the...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Zoo is asking people to help name its new baby giraffe, Stuff reveals. The name must be of an African origin to reflect the species’ home in the wild. “To give you an idea, his great-grandmother is called Rukiya which means ‘she who rises high’ in...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
A first of its kind campaign was launched yesterday, that will help voters in local body elections identify conspiracy theorists and extremists, 1news reports. Anti-misinformation group FACT Aotearoa has identified candidates with extreme views or association with...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
One of the goals for Auckland’s rail network is the removal of all level crossings on the electrified network, Greater Auckland reports. Primarily this is about improving safety. With more and more trains expected to be running in the future, it will mean barrier arms...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Aaron Hendry argues a punitive approach to crime creates more victims, Newsroom reports, saying it’s time we moved past worn-out clichés and began responding rather than reacting. “In my mahi as a youth worker over the past 10 plus years, here are some of...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The first phase of the latest pest control operation in the Hunua Ranges parkland, neighbouring Department of Conservation (DOC) administered land and some private land, has started, Auckland Council reports. The Hunua Ranges, Waharau and Whakatiwai regional parks and...
by Aucklist | 2 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
If you want to lower your power bills and have a warmer, drier house, our certified advisors can provide up to an hour of FREE impartial advice to Auckland residents and ratepayers, says Auckland Council. “Tell us what your issues or questions are and we will...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The NZ Drug Foundation is urging the Government to green-light the development of Aotearoa’s first overdose prevention centre in Tāmaki Makaurau, Stuff reports, allowing those who struggle with substance abuse to take drugs safely, under medical supervision. The...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
It’s been a tough winter for Kiwis, Stuff reports, with a record number of flu cases in the country – four times higher than in previous years. “We have to remember that this is our first big winter since the borders were open, so we were expecting it to be a...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Hibisicus Coast residents are being warned not to do their laundry this weekend, Stuff reports, while Watercare flushes out the sludge from its system. Watercare has commissioned a $12.8 million pump station that will push water from water treatment plants through the...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Fire and Emergency crews rushed to a fire in Ōtāhuhu, in south Auckland, on Wednesday afternoon, Stuff reports. Shortly before 5pm, a spokesperson said 11 fire trucks were at the scene, in Park Ave, along with a fire investigator. St John confirmed the service was...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The government is considering how it can change the law to deport people who pose a threat to national security, RNZ reveals. This weekend marks a year since Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen walked into a supermarket in Auckland and attacked shoppers with a knife he...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Ports of Auckland has recorded a net loss of $10.3 million for the 2022 financial year, NZ Herald reports – a direct result of the write-off of its disastrous foray into container terminal automation. The port has undergone top level changes over the past year,...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Graham Tipene’s artwork can be found across Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland Council reveals, from the impressive concrete panels in the Waterview Tunnel and Albany’s stunning Tirohanga Whānui walking and cycling bridge, to the Central City Library and Te Ao Mārama (South...
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