Auckland’s Hobsonville Point will have two primary schools just 250m apart
Two modern state primary schools will be just 250 metres apart as growth in the country’s biggest housing development, Auckland’s Hobsonville Point, continues to boom, Stuff reports. The Government has bought a second site down the road from Hobsonville Point Primary...Auckland health professional in quarantine as precaution after PPE incident
A PPE incident during the management of a Covid-19 patient has resulted in an Auckland health professional being placed in quarantine as a precaution, TVNZ reports. The fully-vaccinated health professional from Middlemore Hospital was moved into a quarantine facility...Shots fired at another south Auckland house
Shots were fired at a house in south Auckland again, amid rising concerns about gun crime, Stuff reports. Police have launched an investigation regarding the incident, which occurred about 11pm Sunday in Māngere. There were no injuries reported, but police examined...
Commission calls out Pak’nSave’s six-month long ‘specials’
The Commerce Commission has referred supermarkets for enforcement action over alleged breaches of competition or fair trading laws, Newsroom reports. The list of supermarkets includes Pak’nSave’s six-month long ‘specials’ where grocery items are on sale for half the...Tunnelling starts on Auckland’s $1.2b Central Interceptor
Work is now underway on a 14.7km tunnel in Auckland as part of Watercare’s $1.2b Central Interceptor project, Stuff reports. The project was started in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2025. It is expected to reduce sewage overflows into the Waitematā Harbour...Round the Bays marks 50th with new Youth Sport Fund
Auckland’s Round the Bays celebrates 50 years next year, and to celebrate the iconic event is launching a Youth Sport Fund to continue its legacy of health and wellbeing, Stuff reports. Event director Henry McLernon says, “We are committed to giving $10,000 a year for...Auckland Transport orders roadside berm plantings to be removed
A gardener in Auckland’s North Shore wants to see berm planting rules relaxed after having to rip her plantings out, Stuff reports. Louise Burnie mulched the grassy space in front of her home in Torbay and planted wildflowers and fruit trees, not realising it was...
Ports of Auckland appears to enter new era with council, union
The Ports of Auckland will give another update on their safety performance to the Council in October, RNZ reports. The council, which is the Ports’ only shareholder, ordered an independent review into the operation late last year, following multiple injuries and...Blind Low Vision NZ says colourful dots in $400,000 Takapuna road improvements trial dangerous
An advocacy group for blind Kiwis is criticising colourful artwork installed as part of a $400,000 road improvements trial in Takapuna, Newshub reports. The trial aims to improve Huron and Northcroft streets, but according to Blind Low Vision NZ chief executive John...AstraZeneca vaccine given provisional approval by Medsafe
New Zealand’s medicine regulator has given the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine provisional approval for people 18 and over, TVNZ reports. AstraZeneca is the third Covid-19 vaccine to gain approval from Medsafe while Pfizer is the only one to have been given the...‘We are extremely wasteful’: Is it time to dump the dumps?
Why, in 2021, are we still ramming rubbish into holes in the ground? At least 17 councils have less than 10 years’ life left in their consented landfills, and their communities are fixing to fight any extensions or new tips, Stuff reports. New Zealand’s mountain...
Two dozen sacred tā moko tools stolen from West Auckland studio
Two dozen traditional tā moko tools have been stolen from an Auckland studio, Stuff reports. Tā moko artist Mokonui-a-rangi Smith went into his studio at West Auckland’s Corban Estate Arts Centre on Sunday, and saw the tools, made of wood and bone, had been...Exhausted locals take steps to stop street racers in East Auckland
Measures to prevent street racing are being proposed for Cockle Bay, near Howick, following a public meeting hosted by Botany MP Chris Luxon, Stuff reports. The changes, expected to come into force in the next few months, include speed bump and traffic-calming...Adjoining homes for sale straddle two different Auckland suburbs
Two adjoining one-bedroom homes on a combined 750 square metre corner section straddling the two inner-city fringe suburbs Ponsonby and Grey Lynn are for sale, Stuff reports. The internal layout of the two 1940s units varies slightly, but both have all-in-one...Epiha to be sentenced on basis he meant to kill Constable Matthew Hunt
Justice Geoffrey Venning has ruled that Eli Epiha will be sentenced for his murder charge on the basis that he meant to kill Constable Matthew Hunt, TVNZ reports. While Epiha pleaded guilty, he argued that it was not intentional and was a “reckless discharge of...
Auckland Council planning to privatise business unit, but guarantees future jobs for 320 staff
The plan to privatise a business unit that maintains many of the city’s parks was voted upon by Auckland councillors on Thursday, with the guarantee that 320 staff will be able to keep their jobs, NZ Herald reports. Councillors and local board members have been...Skilled labour shortages hit Auckland infrastructure projects
International demand for skilled workers is adding to the pressures faced by two of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects, Stuff reports. Auckland’s $1.2 billion Central Interceptor and $4.4b City Rail Link are the two projects affected by the shortage of...Auckland’s Riverhead Forest identified as potential future dam site
Auckland Council is exploring a new dam in Riverhead Forest to help secure the region’s water resource, Stuff reveals. Directors of council-controlled organisation Watercare discussed land northwest of Auckland, which could “potentially” be used to build a dam....Firefighters shaken after 11 cats killed in rescue centre blaze
Firefighters were left shaken after eleven cats died in a blaze at a cat rescue centre in east Auckland on Wednesday, Newshub reports. Neighbours, the SPCA, and crews were able to save around 12 cats. The surviving felines were taken to a vet in Pakuranga to be...
Cyclists not using flash new bike facility in Takapuna
A flash new bike parking facility on Auckland’s North Shore, complete with charging and repair stations, CCTV and toilets, is missing one important thing – bicycles. NZ Herald reveals the bike park is part of the $36.1 million Toka Puia car park with 420...Mass chicken death: 190,000 birds die at Auckland poultry farm but MPI won’t prosecute
A poultry farm in Auckland will not be prosecuted after 190,000 chickens died in a single incident in 2019, Stuff reports. Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) stated it would not be prosecuting DB Chicks farm, near Helensville, over the deaths after taking advice...Alleged Facebook Marketplace fraudster charged by police in west Auckland
An alleged fraudster operating over Facebook Marketplace was arrested by police in west Auckland, Stuff reports. A 33-year-old man was taken into police custody in relation to a raft of offending across the region according to Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Frost....Auckland plastics business to close for eight months after Wednesday’s fire
TruDesign Plastics is expected to close for up to eight months following a blaze that destroyed its office in east Auckland, Stuff reports. The fire, which started about 5pm on Wednesday in Ti Rakau Drive, Burswood, resulted in a number of roads being closed,...
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