by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
From Manukau city to Manukau Harbour runs 12 kilometres of te Puhinui, Stuff reports, weaving its way through Tāmaki Makaurau as it’s done for generations. It’s historically been one of the most polluted waterways in the city, choked with rubbish from its urban and...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland-based couple is turning leftover coffee grounds into a range of upcycled raw materials – including a new kind of bioplastic, Stuff reports. Dr Wageeh and Dr Abeer Dabdawb are originally from Iraq but moved to New Zealand five years ago, and are now on a...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
New Zealand may be open once again but Auckland Airport’s shopping and dining precincts are only 61% there, Stuff reports. Travellers passing through the international terminal in recent weeks have noticed few dining and shopping options. Airport spokesperson Libby...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Thousands of school kids got a taste of literary life and what it takes to be an author, RNZ reports, attending the Auckland Writers Festival last week. The festival’s school programme was a mainstay with 2000 students a day sitting in on author talks, meeting...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Consumer New Zealand says there is no need for people to panic buy toilet paper, RNZ reports. Essity mill in Kawerau – which produces Purex, Sorbent, Libra and Handee – has been shut since 9 August. It is New Zealand’s only domestic toilet paper...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
No operations have yet been carried out to find out whether vape retailers are selling to under-age customers in Auckland, RNZ reveals. Since the Vaping Regulatory Authority was set up in November 2020 it has issued only 11 infringement notices nationwide, carrying a...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Kotuku House, Auckland Council’s staff offices in Manukau Central, has been sold, with the move expected to boost the local workforce and bring greater vibrancy to this southern business hub. The purchaser, Reidy & Co and Haydn & Rollett, have an established...
by Aucklist | 29 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
After months of delays due to Covid-19, the ribbon for the official opening of a local medical centre has been cut by the Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall. Now, 18 months after opening, Ormiston Medical Centre has amassed an enrolment of about 8000...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Frustrations are growing among New Zealand motorists as potholes continue to pop up all across the country, Newshub reports. Automobile Association (AA) road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen said the amount of frustration being expressed was unprecedented. “We...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland man says he no longer feels safe after witnessing a brutal daytime attack at a traffic light in Clendon Park in South Auckland, Newshub reports. Dashcam footage of the attack showed two men jumping out of their vehicle and walking over to the vehicle...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Last Wednesday, parents were left in the dark waiting outside Papakura High School as at least 10 police cars barricaded the entrances and the school was put into lockdown, Stuff reports. Since the melee, principal Simon Craggs has stood down or suspended “a...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Guns and cars have been seized by police as part of an operation targeting gangs, Stuff reports. Frontline staff in Counties Manukau East stopped a vehicle of interest in Flat Bush late last week and a revolver with ammunition was found inside, leading police to...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Bus cancellations in Auckland remain at record levels, Stuff reports. But it’s a shortage of up to 500 driver which is replacing Covid-19 as the main cause. Auckland Transport said operators were recruiting new drivers, but others continued to leave. Bus service...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Ngā Hau Māngere, the new $38m walking and cycleway over Auckland’s Manukau Harbour, will open to the public this weekend, Stuff reveals. The bridge provides a new link between Onehunga and Māngere and has been named Ngā Hau Māngere by mana whenua, which means...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice chancellor to resign, RNZ reveals, following a scathing report into bullying. The review heard more than 200 complaints of bullying and found evidence of sexual harassment by eight...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Two local mums and Howick College have teamed up to provide two free community workshops for parents, Times reports. Clinical psychologist and CEO Dr Kristen Davis and clinical occupational therapist Leigh McCabe from The Psychology Group have extensive experience in...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Waka Kotahi transport agency is only one year into its current National Land Transport Programme (NLTP), Newsroom reports, but amid more frequent and damaging weather events it’s already spent 80% of its three-year funding allocation to repair local roads. Events...
by Aucklist | 26 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
New Zealand pops up on some eye-catching graphs in a new paper in the journal Nature, Greater Auckland reports, which looks at the ownership of bikes and cars in various countries. 82% of us know how to ride a bike, (second only to Poland and well above global...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland mayoral candidate John Lehmann reckons the City of Sails could do with 13 more mayors than it already has, Newsroom reveals. If elected, Lehmann would implement an associate mayor for each of the 13 wards in Auckland to provide a direct point of contact to...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Heavy rain and severe gales will lash parts of the North Island over the coming days, Newshub reports. MetService warns of heavy rain and gales for parts of the country, with 15 weather warnings and watches issued across New Zealand. Parts of the North Island will...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Waitākere Hospital’s maternity unit has been diverting women in labour to another hospital amid a midwife shortage, Stuff reports. On Monday, midwives were sent a message warning them the unit was at capacity and to divert expectant mothers to North Shore Hospital,...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Presenter Te Rauhiringa Brown faced social media backlash for presenting the weather forecast on the 6pm news in both te reo Māori and English, NZ Herald reports. But a prominent Māori academic has celebrated the use of te reo on TVNZ’s Sunday night weather...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid restrictions, the Auckland Lantern Festival will return in February at a new venue, Stuff reports. The year of the rabbit will be celebrated across the four-day cultural festival, which will be moved to Manukau Sports Bowl for...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
A new photography exhibition offering a glimpse into life on the front line of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is open in Auckland, Stuff reports. Wednesday’s opening marked Ukrainian Independence Day and exactly six months since the war began. On display at the...
by Aucklist | 25 Aug 2022 | Auckland news
Wealthy Aucklanders are going head to head with local buyers at the top end of Whangārei’s housing market, OneRoof reports. The exodus of cashed-up outsiders heading to Northland’s biggest centre took off in the early stages of the pandemic, and hasn’t really stopped....
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