by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
The national grid operator Transpower has apologised for its shortcomings that led to widespread power blackouts in August, RNZ reveals. The blackouts occurred on the evening where New Zealand saw its highest electricity demand ever, Transpower said. It admitted...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Wellington-based Government officials have decided Level 3, Step 1 rules on Aucklanders getting together outside apply only to friends and family, not companies worried about increasingly stressed and burnt out staff, Newsroom writes. If a stressed, stuck-at-home...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Christmas in the Park has been cancelled for Aucklanders for the second year in a row, Stuff reports. The free outdoor concert usually attracts tens of thousands of Kiwi families between Christchurch’s Hagley Park and the Auckland Domain. But uncertainty around Covid...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg is a step closer to bringing his American burger chain to New Zealand after announcing a first Australian venue, NZ Herald reports. His Australian business partner, Sam Mustaca, told the Herald that plans were still on track to open one...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Police arrested a 34-year-old man for breaching his electronically monitored bail after receiving multiple reports a person climbing down the outside of a high rise hotel in Auckland’s CBD, Stuff reports. Police attended the scene on Albert Street at around 2pm on...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has foreshadowed a “doubling in cases” of COVID-19, prompting National leader Judith Collins to call for the release of advice on Auckland’s drop down alert levels, Newshub reports. “Case numbers were trending down...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Auckland’s housing market would be more at risk in a property downturn than any other main centre, according to a new Property Vulnerability Index, reports Interest. The Index is based on a broad range of economic and housing measures, such as demand for...
by Aucklist | 13 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Congestion at the Ports of Auckland and strikes in Australia are adding to supply chain shipping problems around the world, Rural News reports. This in turn affects the shipment of New Zealand primary products to world markets. However, the NZ head for shipping line...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Accustomed to working from home, more people than ever want a shorter commute or flexible hours – and bosses risk mass resignations if they don’t adjust, The Spinoff reveals. According to a new report, nearly 3 in 10 people are looking for a new job that is closer to...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Reporter Hikurangi Jackson is investigating the rise in referee abuse in rugby, Stuff reveals. Spectator abuse almost forced Auckland club rugby league referee Joseph Green, 20, out of the game altogether. “30 people just pretty much abusing you… it’s a pretty...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
A woman was injured after speeding through a checkpoint at Auckland’s southern border, Stuff reports. The driver failed to stop at the border heading north, travelling at “excessive speed” at around 12.50am on Sunday. Road spikes were deployed just after the Waterview...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Auckland Transport (AT) is asking for feedback on proposed speed limit changes to 800 roads around the region, Stuff reports. The proposed changes involve 462 roads near 57 schools, and 208 rural roads. AT road safety engineering manager Michael Brown said new limits...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
A woman has been reunited with her cat years after he went missing for years, Stuff reports. Isabel Connor moved to Westmere from nearby Mt Albert in 2018. She kept her cat, Leo, inside for 3 weeks, but he went outside on his first venture and never returned. On...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
The City of Sails, which has borne the brunt of the nearly two-month-long Delta outbreak, now has 86.1% of eligible people with one or both jabs, climbing four spots in the “Top Towns” race to be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus, NZ Herald...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
A rogue community group has hijacked a bake sale sign from a rural northwest Auckland school to push a ‘freedom of choice’ message, NZ Herald reports. But Waitoki School principal Chris Neison said it was not communication that had come from the school,...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
The long-tailed bat, pekapeka-tou-roa, has swooped in on the competition that allows Kiwis to vote for their favourite bird, the first time a New Zealand native land mammal has ever been included, RNZ reports. Auckland Council senior conservation advisor Ben Paris...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Some of New Zealand’s poorest citizens now owe a share of $177 million in legal debt – and the government’s charging them 5 percent interest, RNZ reveals. Critics of the system say saddling people with debt is deterring people from seeking justice,...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
A group of academics and experts specialising in paediatrics and health say a premature return to school could lead to further transmission of COVID-19 with “devastating” effects, Newshub reports. They are calling on the Health and Education Ministries to...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has announced that COVID-19 vaccinations will be made mandatory for high-risk health workers and school and ECE staff, Newshub reports. Hipkins said this measure was being imposed because vaccinations for children aged five to...
by Aucklist | 12 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
New Zealand’s electricity market system is stacked up against the consumer when it comes to lower power prices, Newsroom reveals. Stuff senior journalist Tom Pullar-Strecker says part of the issue is our mix of power sources. “New Zealand is relatively...
by Aucklist | 8 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
NZ Post has hired an extra 800 workers in the last seven weeks, but says it needs another 300, Stuff reports. But E tū union is concerned about the Covid-19 risks of bringing on large numbers of temporary workers. People are extremely nervous. NZ Post has had five...
by Aucklist | 8 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Mystery still surrounds who broke into a South Auckland construction site and tore down a brand new $675,000 home with a digger, NZ Herald reports. Five months after workers arrived at the Flat Bush construction site to find vandals had sent a 20-tonne digger’s...
by Aucklist | 8 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Police are planning to face a second anti-lockdown protest from the same group behind Saturday’s mass gathering at the Auckland Domain, Newshub reports. The Freedoms and Rights Coalition released a video on Thursday morning confirming another protest would go...
by Aucklist | 8 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
A worker in a call centre at a major Covid-19 testing laboratory site in Auckland has tested positive for the coronavirus, RNZ reports. The call centre is in an administrative wing on the first floor of the Mt Wellington site, separate from the main laboratory....
by Aucklist | 8 Oct 2021 | Auckland news
Fitness studios around the city are pivoting to different offerings under the new guidelines and launching a series of safe – but sweaty – outdoor workouts, Newshub reports. PM Jacinda Ardern’s announcement of Auckland’s new Level 3 (which some...
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