by Aucklist | 14 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland-based tourism business aims to ‘open up the arts scene to everybody’, NZ Herald reveals. White Glove Experiences organises art walks for people to look at creative venues, key attractions and street art. “We do things like day trips to...
by Aucklist | 14 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Manukau Councillor Efeso Collins has opened up a handy lead in the Auckland mayoral race among the crowded field of candidates, NZ Herald reports. The latest Ratepayers’ Alliance-Curia mayoral poll places Collins in the box seat to be the next Mayor of Auckland...
by Aucklist | 14 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Trials in Auckland begin this week for the first double-decker commuter bus in the Southern Hemisphere to be converted from diesel to electric, Stuff reports. Masterton-based Tranzit converted the bus, which has been running in its fleet in Wellington, but it believed...
by Aucklist | 14 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A social service provider wants to see more innovation from the government and the country’s supermarket chains to help with the rising cost of food, Newshub reports. “There’s been no one there keeping them in check,” says Te Puea Memorial...
by Aucklist | 14 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland retailer says crime in New Zealand is worse than in South Africa, Newshub reports, after his store was burgled three times in less than seven months. Tj Handcrafted on Chapel St in East Tāmaki was ransacked by armed thieves in the middle of the afternoon....
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
The much anticipated great New Zealand brain drain may end up being nothing more than an urban myth, Interest reports. In May 2022, just 2538 New Zealand citizens left on a long-term basis. That’s down slightly from the 2661 who left long-term in May last year....
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A police officer who caused a woman in an Auckland custody unit to fracture an ankle – which later required surgery – is no longer working for the police, 1news reports. Chair of the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), Judge Colin Doherty, said a...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
The owner of an Auckland jewellery store targeted in a daylight theft has lost an estimated $300,000 – $400,000 worth of stock, RNZ reports. On Monday, two men entered the TJ Handcrafted jewellery store in Botany at 2.30pm. They used hammers to smash the...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Plans to introduce more fresh air into Auckland’s bus fleet to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission were abandoned due to cost, RNZ reveals. Carbon dioxide levels inside crowded buses could be in excess of 5000 parts per million, a number which has shocked...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
An Auckland mum and dad are fighting to stay alive for their sons, NZ Herald reports, after they were both struck down by terminal lung cancer. The cause of their cancer remains a mystery, with neither parents smoking and both living a healthy lifestyle. Their two...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, an Auckland iwi, is investing in its people with the purchase of the property of Maclean’s College, Newsroom reports. As well as housing developments across the city and restoration projects out in the Hauraki Gulf, it’s an investment with a...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Aucklanders have until 5pm on Sunday (17 July) to give their feedback on what they value most about the region’s freshwater, Auckland Council says, helping to inform upcoming changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP). These changes will affect how we can use and...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Travellers heading to Auckland Airport are being urged to use alternative modes of transport, NZ Herald reports, amid the biggest surge in demand for carparking since 2019. Booking demand at the airport’s long-term Park and Ride has risen 87 per cent this month,...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A new technology hub has opened in Auckland, Stuff reports, with the aim of helping Māori and Pasifika communities start their own businesses. Reserve, in Glen Innes, is operated by the start-up In the Flow State. Mapa Tuipulotu, a co-owner of Building Brothers...
by Aucklist | 13 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Aucklanders are realising they can get more bang for their buck and earn more across the ditch, OneRoof reveals. Auckland real estate agents in the north and the south of the city say a large number of people selling their homes at the moment are relocating to...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Proposed changes to New Zealand’s political donation rules have put the spotlight on donors who give thousands, and the motivations they have for their generosity, Interest reports. Given the apparent confusion and disputed legal requirements around transparency, a...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Auckland Young Farmer Tim Dangen has been named the 54th FMG Young Farmer of the Year, RuralNews reveals. Dangen, a beef farmer, age 30, also claimed the FMG People’s Choice Award and three out of five challenges. “The competition within the Northern Region over the...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
This August, Heart of the City’s Restaurant Month returns, says NZ Herald, and Auckland’s CBD hotel restaurants are lining up with delectable menus, one-off events and even a room discount or two. Hotel Britomart has quickly earned a reputation for being...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Paralympian Barney Koneferenisi is fundraising to launch an accessible rideshare service for people with disabilities, Stuff reports. He says current Auckland transport services had left those with disabilities isolated, and “afraid”. It was not just an accessibility...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A developer has applied for resource consent to turn Muriwai Downs heritage farm into a luxury golf course and lodge for New Zealand’s golfing elite, Stuff reveals. According to the application, it has been designed to ensure it will achieve “marquee status”....
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A sprawling post-quake Christchurch is projected to hit a population of 640,000 over the next two decades, NZ Herald reports, but Auckland mayors, former and current, are divided over whether officials should push to become a Super City. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
Aucklanders should prepare for the Harbour Bridge to close as gale-force winds close in, NZ Herald reports. A warning from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency on Monday said there is a chance the bridge will close on Tuesday, and motorists should avoid the area, or expect...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
The Marina Industries Association (MIA) has announced that Auckland’s Westhaven Marina has been awarded with their 4 Gold Anchor accreditation, Auckland Council reports. The Global Gold Anchor is an international accreditation which requires a rigorous...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
A perfect storm of winter weather, staff shortages and engineering issues is causing problems at airports across the country, Newshub reports, as airlines face their busiest school holiday period in years. Over the next two weeks, more than 672,000 Air New Zealand...
by Aucklist | 12 Jul 2022 | Auckland news
How much of the air you’re breathing is air someone else exhaled, asks Newshub? And in the midst of a pandemic caused by an airborne virus, where are the riskiest places to be? On a full bus, the equivalent of one in every seven breaths is air other people are...
Recent Comments