by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Many Kiwi families are struggling to pay for funerals as the government grant doesn’t come close to covering all of the costs, RNZ reports. Richard Fullard, vice president of the Funeral Directors Association, says the funeral grant has not been adjusted for 20...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland radiographer Nicole Bradley never pictured herself competing at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, after going through a rough patch in her athletics career. But the hammer thrower is glad she persevered, Newsroom reports, to be one of three Kiwi women...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Waka Kotahi will trial new safety cameras in Auckland, reports The Spinoff, in an effort to work out how many drivers use their phone, or don’t wear a seatbelt, while behind the wheel. The six-month trial will begin on Tuesday across two highways and a local road, and...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland shopping mall Sylvia Park is set to become powered by the country’s largest rooftop solar array later this year, Stuff reports. The country’s largest shopping centre will have 2034 solar panels installed across its rooftop as part of a 15-year power purchase...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Residents of Millwater in North Auckland are battling to stop Kāinga Ora from building 37 new houses for the homeless, Stuff reports, fearing it will bring anti-social behaviour to their neighbourhood. Last week, graffiti in large letters appeared on a retaining wall...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
Installing rainwater tanks will soon be easier for property-owners in Auckland, Times reports, following changes to Auckland’s Unitary Plan and the Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan. “Making it easier for Aucklanders to be resourceful with rainwater and provide for...
by Aucklist | 24 May 2022 | Auckland news
6000 new community cases of Covid-19 were reported in New Zealand on Monday, NZ Herald reports, along with a warning for Kiwis to not become complacent. One of the deaths reported was aged in their 30s. Covid cases in Auckland have risen by 75% in the past month, and...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
The impact of Omicron in the region increased the pressure on Auckland Council’s operations and finances, as reflected in the council’s financial results for the nine months to the end of March 2022. Finance and Performance Committee Chair, Councillor Desley Simpson...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
With news that two cases of monkeypox have been detected in Australia, the chances that the disease might arrive in New Zealand continue to grow, says The Spinoff. It is a respiratory virus and can spread to humans without contact, probably through aerosols. Research...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
Eleven people have been arrested after stopping their vehicles on Auckland Harbour Bridge during a planned protest, Stuff reports. Roughly 50 people gathered at Northcote’s Onepoto Domain on Saturday morning. Waitematā District Commander, Superintendent Naila...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
Andy Hamm was born with one arm, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming a sought after pizza maker, Stuff reports. Stumpy’s Pizza is arguably one of Auckland’s most called upon takeaway joints. With crispy edges and toppings to cater to meat lovers, seafood...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
In May 2020, Wagih Bassalious broke his neck after he fell from an e-scooter he had been fixing near his home in Auckland’s Unsworth Heights. He walked into hospital and left as a tetraplegic, Stuff reports, in what doctors say was “tragic”, “exceptionally rare” and...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
Central Auckland businesses are delighted to hear there’s been a slight increase in the number of people coming into the city in the last couple of weeks. But data has revealed just how many pedestrians abandoned the city over the past few years, Newshub...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
In a highlight from Auckland University’s Raising the Bar Home Edition, Dr Helen Murray explores the relationship between repetitive head injuries and dementia, RNZ reports. “There’s no magic number of [physical] hits to the brain that determine if someone will...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
Entry-level homes in many of the major North Island cities are for sale at prices agents say are the lowest they’ve been in several years, OneRoof reports. The price change has meant that homes in South Auckland for $700,000 are now a reality. “Generally speaking,...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
Police have arrested four young people following two ram raids in Auckland on the weekend, RNZ reports. Thieves used a car to break into a shop in Greenhithe on the North Shore and stole cigarettes and alcohol shortly before midnight on Saturday. A car was also used...
by Aucklist | 23 May 2022 | Auckland news
The Jillion 2 is a terrific new compendium of stories, poems and pictures by New Zealand children. Described as a “treasury of our kids’ voices and stories and art” and “beautifully put together”, The Spinoff shares an excerpt from “The...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
More than 50 dead ducks and several eels have been found in a highly polluted Auckland stream, Stuff reports. The wildlife, which have been dying over the past couple of months, were at the stream running alongside Portland Road Reserve, Remuera. High levels of E coli...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
Families at two West Auckland schools are being warned of stranger danger, NZ Herald reports, after a student was offered money to get inside a white van. Glen Eden Intermediate School deputy principal Jacob Prisk sent an email to parents on Thursday alerting them to...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
Fifteen freehold car parks are up for bulk sale in the Auckland CBD, Stuff reports, giving buyers the opportunity to snap up some under-rated, but prime, real estate. The separate title car parks are in the Farmers car park building on Hobson St and it is possible to...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
Manurewa community icon Shirley Maihi is the country’s oldest school principal, RNZ reports. At 80, she leads decile one Finlayson Park School, championing bi-lingual education and social wellbeing initiatives, including being an early adopter of offering free...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
The contentious idea of building a new mega-port in Auckland’s Manukau Harbour has been given a further nudge in the Budget, Stuff reports. A bitterly-debated plan over whether, when and where to shift Auckland’s downtown port, has been idle since a concluding report...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
The stage has an increasingly critical role in efforts to revitalise te reo Māori, reports Stuff, but more resource needs to be given to artists and arts organisations creating Māori theatre. The stage had an important role to play in te reo being verbalised and heard...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
With new Government policies around urban intensification set to come into play in August, the future of the streets of Auckland is at a crucial crossroads, Newsroom reports. Much of the debate around Auckland’s housing rule changes revolves around the value...
by Aucklist | 20 May 2022 | Auckland news
Amendments to two bylaws have been approved by Auckland Council’s Governing Body. The amendments for the Stormwater Bylaw 2015 will come into effect on 30 May 2022 and amendments for the Property Maintenance and Nuisance Bylaw 2015 will come into effect on 1 July...
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