by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
While coastal erosion may be posing a threat to some Auckland waterfront properties, homeowners are asked to work closely with Auckland Council first and not to take matters into their own hands. This comes after a Beachlands property owner carried out substantial...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
Humans, and all the species we share a planet with, evolved for total darkness at night, says The Spinoff. With our urban areas increasingly flooded with artificial light, scientists, doctors and stargazers are making a case to preserve darkness. Margaret Stanley, an...
by Aucklist | 1 Sep 2022 | Auckland news
The Government is refusing to apologise for potentially losing millions of dollars sending its cost of living payment to people overseas, Newshub reports. It comes amid revelations foreign property investors are among those who’ve received the free cash. One tax...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland-based charity that cares for asylum seekers says it is turning people away from its hostel unit at least once a month, Stuff reveals, as it battles high demand for its services while running low on funds. Immigration New Zealand recently asked Asylum...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland family have made an emotional plea to have their war veteran father’s ashes returned after a burglary, Stuff reports. The family were shocked and saddened when the urn containing their father Lindsay’s ashes was taken from their Sandringham home, and...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Police are still on the hunt for Patricia Ann Alridge, Stuff reports, who has been spotted around central Auckland suburbs. The 57-year-old, who breached her release conditions, has been sighted several times by locals in Auckland’s Mt Albert, Mt Eden and Grey Lynn,...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Six Auckland councillors have joined mayoral candidate Wayne Brown calling for the books to be opened on a budget blowout on the $4.4 billion City Rail Link (CRL), NZ Herald reports. As far back as June last year, CRL bosses have signalled a rise in the price of the...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
The ocean around New Zealand is getting more acidic, RNZ reveals, potentially causing widespread harm to marine life. Ocean acidity has increased by 30% over the last 250 years, with a rise of 8.6% between 1998 and 2020. Caused by the ocean absorbing carbon dioxide...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Transport is consulting on safety improvements in Pukekohe town centre, including raised crossings and new traffic signals, and Wednesday 31 August is the last day to have your say, Greater Auckland reports. It follows the deaths of Levi James, who was killed...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
The Upper North Island Secondary Schools (UNISS) netball competition has begun, Times reports, with hundreds or players and supporters flocking to the Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre at Lloyd Elsmore Park. The competition, which began on Monday and winds up on Friday,...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Pied shags are a protected species in New Zealand, Times reports. But within the Tamaki Estuary, fishing has had a devastating impact on the pied shag population. Auckland councillor Josephine Bartley has been working closely with East Auckland resident Corina Hooper...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
As a new season of the lighthearted murder-mystery series launches on TVNZ and internationally, its star couldn’t be happier to be showing off her home town to the world, The Spinoff reveals. My Life is Murder is a vibrant love letter to Tāmaki Makaurau, and the...
by Aucklist | 31 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
The September-October issue of OurAuckland magazine is out in letterboxes, says Auckland Council. Discover the exciting changes that are breathing life into central Auckland, find out how te ao Māori is coming to life throughout the region from urban design to song,...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Two patients remain in a critical but stable condition after an explosion in Auckland central on Friday, Stuff reports. The blast, which injured five people, is believed to have been caused by a gas cooker explosion on a building site on Pakenham St West at about...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Frustrated New Zealand-trained migrant nurses are planning to leave the country because they cannot find an immediate path to residency, RNZ reports. It comes as the government tries to entice foreigners to fill thousands of jobs in hospitals, aged care and clinics....
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland’s Karangahape Road has been named one of the world’s “coolest streets” in a survey of more than 20,000 people, Stuff reveals. K Road, as it’s more affectionally known, finished sixth in Time Out’s poll. The judges praised the city’s “bohemian heart” as one...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A North Shore community provider that houses electronically monitored convicted offenders, and alleged offenders awaiting a court date, has been taking its residents to the Albany Stadium Pool in Auckland, Stuff reports. However, one member of the public said she had...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A pedestrian was hit by a bus at a busy Pukekohe roundabout connecting King St and Manukau Rd on Monday morning, NZ Herald reports, with the victim sadly dying at the scene. The crash happened in an area that has been earmarked for a “series of safety...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
The 2021 Mayoral Conservation Awards will recognise environmental champions in 3 categories, Auckland Council reveals: Collaboration, Innovation, and Schools/Youth. The Awards are an opportunity to acknowledge the significant effort made by mana whenua, communities,...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Newsroom canvasses the leading Auckland mayoral candidates to find out where they stand on one of the most contentious issues of the year: the impending changes to Auckland’s zoning rulebook. Issues as lofty and substantial as climate action, preservation of history...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A jet skier in Auckland had the ride of a lifetime after a pod of dolphins swam around her and frolicked in the water, Newshub reports. Zoe Teikamata was out on the water next to Rangitoto Island on Sunday when the pod joined her as she rode. She called the experience...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
The highest rooftop bar in New Zealand has officially opened in one of Auckland’s newest lifestyle hotels, Newshub reports, offering sweeping and stunning views of Tāmaki Makaurau. Bar Albert is perched on the 38th floor of voco Auckland City Centre. Presenting...
by Aucklist | 30 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A New Zealand nurse who has left her job at Middlemore Hospital to be a combat nurse in Ukraine says she will be the sole medic in her team, Newshub reports. Shannon Taylor is preparing to trade the emergency department for the invaded country and will join a small...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland is heading into its most crucial local body election since amalgamation in 2010, Stuff reports, with uncertainty over the future of the path it laid, and risks to key policies such as climate change action. The mayoralty is open with the retirement of Labour...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Emirates will relaunch its daily non-stop services between Auckland and Dubai on Airbus A380 airliners in December, Newshub reports, as the air travel industry continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The route will once again be the Middle Eastern...
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