Headlines from Auckland, as they happen
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By lachezar Its quarter past six and quite dark already. Nice view though. The Auckland Town Hall watch tower at centre and the Metro cinema complex on the right.
Regional governance submission approved
By Aaron Bhatnagar(Aaron Bhatnagar) At the council meeting tonight, we approved the submission to the Royal Commission, supported by neighbourhood boards - four areas, with a local chair - 21 councillors, ...
More at Commission on Auckland Governance. We are recommending: ...
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By Tish You will be welcomed with a glass of top quality champagne, given a gift bag that is full of surprises and then are free to wander around and enjoy the fantastic exhibits showcasing such things as the top venue providers, florists, ...
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An Auckland lawyer Dr Maurice Coughlan has been confirmed as Fiji=92s new Elections Supervisor. Dr Coughlan has reportedly no experience in electoral systems, ...
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Massey Capping
Success celebrated in big capping week for Auckland campus Capping ceremonies for the Auckland campus wound up this afternoon with a packed Bruce Mason Theatre in Takapuna cheering on nearly 200 degree and diploma ...
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By Ali Perkins So next time you have a truck load of cash, maybe you can look at upgrading. A Nikon D3 from a camera store in Auckland will set you back more than $8000! Reminds me of Simon92s Giant Crab post from February. ShareThis.
Labels: Auckland University, Blog
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By Aaron Bhatnagar(Aaron Bhatnagar) I guess it's not surprising that the Maori Party would like to see Maori seats as an outcome from the Royal Commission into Auckland Governance. As I have blogged here and here, I would resist race based seats in Auckland. ...
Labels: Governance
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By Peter Asquith Calling all Auckland web types! The wonderful folks at Webstock are organising a nationwide series of workshops and mini-Webstocks in the coming months starting in Auckland on May 5 and 6 with Andy Budd and Tantek =C7elik, ...
Comment on Sharples wants special seats for Maori in Auckland by ...
By BlairM This isn't freaking 1960s Mississippi, it's Auckland FFS. Good people get elected whatever the colour of their skin, as our multicultural council wo uld suggest. It's a shame there were no Maori elected, but frankly, I don't think there ...
Small business expo underway in Auckland
The small business expo just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Labels: Events, Governance
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The students and teacher from an Auckland school died when they were swept away in a flash flood in the Tongariro National Park on Tuesday. ...
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Jump to the full entry & travel map. Auckland, New Zealand stop in new zealand on the way to australia.
Listening to Newstalk ZB, from Norway
By Arnstein Bue(Arnstein Bue) Peter Casey, Senior Development Engineer at The Radio Network Ltd in Auckland, just confirmed my 16 October 2007 reception of Newstalk ZB, Auckland 1080. Peter told me that the announcer I heard was Kerre Woodham, who can see and read ...
Labels: Travel Blogs
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An expert believes Auckland has to pave its own path towards governance or risk it unravelling. A Royal Commission is looking into how the region is ...
Editorial: Mayor key to united city power
Lord mayor is a working title for the person who might lead a united Auckland. It is time to ditch it, along with the working title for the united body, ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Transport body supports fuel tax
By Mathew Dearnaley Auckland's over-arching transport strategy body is backing a special fuel tax for electric trains and other public transport needs, ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Labels: Governance, Lord Mayor, Transport
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By William Dart This Saturday night Peter Watts picks up his baton for the last time as Auckland Choral's music director. The quietly-spoken Englishman ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Salome at Auckland Town Hall
Tomorrow, in the role of Jokanaan, his character will lose his head to Medlyn's evil princess in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert performance ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Milicich sure focus is on final
They have never won a grand final, though, with Auckland City claiming all three NZFC titles. That's something Milicich is keen to rectify on Sunday, ...
Chinula in ring for Beijing spot
Chinula, super heavyweight Isekeli Maama (Auckland), light heavyweight Zig Zag Wallace (Waikato) and welterweight Kahu Bentson (Auckland) are understood to ...
Blue Chip investors join lawyer
Canterbury investors exposed to property investment group Blue Chip have decided Auckland barrister Paul Dale should act on their behalf. ...
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Then don't miss the opportunity to take part in a four-day workshop, eco-designer Katell Gelebart. Get in quick to take part in the introduction to ecodesign and ...
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The twins died on June 18, 2006, within about 14 hours of each other at Auckland Starship Hospital after they were admitted to Middlemore Hospital on June ...
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ProCare Network Manukau (PNM) and Total Healthcare Otara (THO) are to work together to better serve the high needs population of south Auckland. ...
More at New Zealand Doctor Online ...
Labels: Public Health
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The National Party and many commentators have panned the decision, while others are more sanguine.
Blogs and Analysis
Business Spectator - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The battle for control of Auckland Airport has kept Kiwi eyebrows in an almost permanent state of elevation these past few months, but the two thuds just ... Video at Interest.co.nz by Bernard Hickey
The 40 percent stake that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board recently won in its bid to increase shareholdings at Auckland International Airport Ltd. is a unique investment in its $140 billion portfolio, reports the Sunday Star Times.
By Darren Rickard(Darren Rickard) State Services Minister David Parker and Associate Finance Minister Clayton Cosgrove have vetoed the sale of Auckland International Airport[AIA] After over a year of negotiations by two prospective parties, The Canadian Pension Plan ...
By Queen Bee(Queen Bee)
There is much speculation that today is the day for the decision on whether the Canadians are allowed to inject $1.8 billion in liquidity into the New Zealand market. We hope that the Government does the right thing for New Zealand and ...
No Minister By Gooner(Psycho Milt) The Auckland International Airport was not being sold. It was impossible for a strategic asset of New Zealand to be sold here as Winston Peters and others would have you believe. Accordingly the decision to allow the Canadian Pension ...Marketwire The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) today said it was disappointed in the outcome of its Overseas Investment Act application, which has been declined. ...
Anti-dismal By Paul Walker I have blogged on this earlier, but now its official, the government has blocked the sale of 40% of Auckland International Airport (AIAL) to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on the grounds that ...
News ItemsRadio New Zealand Initial report, National Party reaction ,
StuffThe aftermath Canadians give up on Auckland's Airport
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand A Canadian pension fund has given up its bid to buy a 40 per cent stake in Auckland International Airport. After being blocked by the government, ...
Bloomberg April 11 -- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board abandoned its year-long effort to buy a stake in Auckland ...
New Zealand shares close lower on rejection of Auckland Airport deal
Forbes - NY,USA 'The decision on Auckland Airport helped to lead the market down, and in general all our leaders have come down,' said ASB Securities broker Stephen Wright. ...
Stuff Market opens down as Auckland airport sheds 27c earlyThe Press - Christchurch,New Zealand The sharemarket was down early this morning after government ministers vetoed the Canadian Pension Plan's (CPP) bid to buy a stake in Auckland Airport. ...
Labels: Airport, Canada Pension
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Red fiery sunset - Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand A couple of days ago we were hanging out in our room when, like turning on the light, the whole room was bathed in a very bright orange glow. Either we had just been tango'd, or there was a mean sunset to ...Labels: Open Collections, Travel Blogs
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Replace the Queen with Helen Clark and Alice with the hapless Auckland International Airport shareholders and this quotation from Lewis Carroll's Through ...
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A small Auckland school and its community is reeling following the deaths of six students and a teacher on an outdoor education trip in the central North ...
Twins' mother told off father for missing hospital turnoff
Macsyna King, 31, a painting contractor, is giving evidence for the second day in the High Court at Auckland at the trial of Chris Kahui who is charged with ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
New Auckland City proposal unveiled
The Auckland Regional Council has unveiled its proposal for a new Auckland that it will put to the royal commission looking into governance, ...
Air New Zealand To Open Beijing To Auckland Route
Air New Zealand will open a new route from Beijing to Auckland on July 18. This is the second nonstop route between China and New Zealand following the ...
posted by Julia Clement at 2:30 pm
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By magenta Lucid3 front woman Victoria Girling-Butcher, Ragamuffin Children, Daniel Munro and Flip Grater will entertain concert goers at the Big Paws Out Free Concert and Walk for the Animals, hosted by Surburban Mayhem actress Emily Barclay.
Back-room deals or the voter's choice?
By Aaron Bhatnagar(Aaron Bhatnagar) In this morning's Herald, City Vision councillor Glenda Fryer decries the prospect of an Auckland Regional Mayor being elected at large by the voter. Instead, she favours the selection of a Mayor from the ranks of the council ...
Labels: City Vision, Events, Governance, Temp
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By Beck Vass Lightning bolts strike downtown Auckland as the storm lashes the city yesterday afternoon. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey A 61-year-old man and his ...
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Jan Corbett whinges as she is both unwilling to get out of her car and onto a bike and dislikes the delays being in a car induces.
Labels: Cycle Lanes, Environment, Temp
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At least six people are dead this morning and three missing, including pupils from an Auckland school, as the weather turned nasty after months of a lazy ...
More at Taranaki Daily News ...
Kahui 'careful, loving' father, court told
By Edward Gay Macsyna King told the jury in the Auckland High Court she took her twins to the family doctor after learning that baby Cru had stopped ...
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The Program for the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) International Meeting in Auckland is now up and available for perusal. There are no definite times but the basic outline of what's happening is available and it looks very interesting. Will you be attending? ...
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Auckland Regional Council wants to see a single authority run the region, though its chairman denies the proposal is an attempted takeover. ...
Five teens reported dead in flooded New Zealand river
Earthtimes - The students, aged 16 and 17, were part of a group of 40 from Elim Christian College in Howick, Auckland, attending a week-long course at the Sir Edmund ...
Wife got to say goodbye to man hit by lightning
The unnamed man, reported to be 61 and from Auckland, died after a direct hit in a electrical storm near Dargaville, which also killed his horse. ...
Labels: Governance, Storm, Temp, Vehicle Accidents
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HEAVY THUNDERY RAIN IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH ISLAND AFFECTING INLAND TARANAKI AGAIN BRIEFLY TODAY, RETURNING TO AUCKLAND COROMANDEL PENINSULA, WAIKATO AND WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING ...
More at Whangarei District Council...
Auckland Youth Orchestra
By Ju's little sister(Ju's little sister) The AYO have just this year begun a mentor program in conjunction with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra where some members of the APO agree to practice with and mentor the members of the AYO. My friend works behind the scenes as a ...
Rain...
By lachezar Rain descended over Auckland overnight. These bikes captured huddling under the rain on St Paul Street.
Labels: Blog, Environment, Music, Temp
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Torrential rain forced the cancellation of the first graduation processions in Auckland today but did not dampen the excitement of more than 300 graduates ...
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Localised Thundery Downpours Possible for Parts of Northland and Auckland Today A front is forecast to slowly cross northern and western parts of the North Island today. The front is preceded by a humid northerly flow, ...
Labels: Environment, Temp, Weather
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Arrival in he capital - Auckland, New Zealand
In the evening, Armin did a good carbonara and after a little chat about our year in Montreal and few pictures of my trip, we had some rest in order to be fresh to visit Auckland in the morning before my plane for Tahiti.
Auckland Kuala Lumpur So my last day in Auckland was pretty intense. I went on the canyoning trip that I wrote about the last time up in the mountains about 40 mins outside of Auckland. We started by putting on wetsuits helmets and repelling harnesses then ... Quirky Auckland - Auckland, New ZealandFinally we have made our way into Auckland... it was really pretty easy to find the place where we are staying at right now. We just drove on in... with out a map anything... thank god for my photographic memory! :-)
Welcome to NZ! - Auckland, New ZealandWe flew into Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, and on the North Island. Our early flights meant we had to stay at the airport for five hours, waiting for the hostel doors to open at 8.30am! They offered an airport pick-up but ...
Auckland journal: Time to Say Good ByeBy Tyler&Mairead (RealTravel members)
We leave new Zealand in 2 days, and are just relaxing in Auckland until then. I think we'll hit the town tonight to celebrate. By hit the town I mean a burrito in a food court and possibly one margarita EACH if we're lucky : ) ...
Auckland journal: Week 1!
By Pru&Ian(RealTravel members) a entry by Pru&Ian from a trip to Auckland, New Zealand. We arrived on the Thursday, and spent the first couple of days eating, and finding our bearings! We also had a van to buy! On the Friday we visited a local backpackers car market ...
Back in Auckland we got there just in time to catch happy hour at our hostel and then get on the hostel tour bus to go to the rugby. Auckland Blues were playing at home to the Brumbies from Canberra and I was interested to see ...
But it' s not that of an interesting place to do a lotThe beaches and islands around Auckland would be awesome, if the sun would shine! Our last days in NZ are spent with typical Kiwi weather. :-( ...
Labels: Canyoning, Dining, Rugby, Tourism, Travel Blogs
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These are three accounts of life in Auckland during World War One, World War Two and the Vietnam War. Meet Elsie Waddams, 17, from Glen Eden, her daughter ...
Wellington confident of NZFC success
After one giant-killing act last week when topping defending champion Auckland City 4-3 in extra-time at City's home ground, Kiwitea St, Wellington has to ...
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The Auckland Regional Council is proposing a single unitary authority, the Greater Auckland Authority, supported by Community Councils as the model for ...
More at Scoop.co.nz (press release) ...
Police concerned for missing Auckland student
By SALLY FRENCH - Stuff.co.nz | Tuesday, 15 April 2008 MISSING: Police are appealing for sightings of Aria Bailey Dehar of Mt Albert, who has not been seen ...
Regional council wants one Auckland authority
The Auckland Regional Council wants to see a single authority run the region, which its chairman denies is an attempted takeover. ...
Mortlock given time to prove his fitness
Mortlock left the field against the Auckland Blues on Saturday with concussion and said yesterday he would not rush back, even for a must-win match against ...
More at The Canberra Times ...
Labels: Governance, Missing person, Rugby, Temp
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By Ross Brader
An item in the NZ Herald this morning states that Property Press will stop mailbox drops in the central Auckland area next month and tell people to instead pick up copies from street baskets or boxes. ...
Comment on Metro on Auckland MPs by dad4justiceBy dad4justice "do you ever get your head out of your underpants..?..chucky..?" Does drongo Bradford ever think of having an extreme makeover? Edit;Is Judith the Labour cuddly bear?
Auckland is going off!
By Admin The film festival in Auckland is just about sold out! If you are desperate for a ticket Peter Scott down at Rod & Reel in Newmarket has about 10 left. Its going to be a huge show so see you all down there for the best fly fishing ...
Labels: Events, Real Estate, Temp
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By Greg McKeown
Auckland needs greatly improved regional and local government. To spell it out, it needs two levels of government for Auckland rather than ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Regional council wants one Auckland authority
Chairman Mike Lee says the Auckland region has been held back by multiple, rival councils with overlapping roles, and a whole new model is required. ...
Mortlock to be fit for Sharks
... coach Laurie Fisher declared captain Stirling Mortlock "fine" after the concussion he suffered in the team's hard-fought win over the Auckland Blues. ...
Defence lawyer blames mother of Kahui twins for deaths
The Crown opened its case against Chris Kahui, 23, at the High Court in Auckland on Monday. He is charged with murdering the three-month-old babies in their ...
Labels: Crime, Governance, Kahui, Rugby, Temp
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Coach Laurie Fisher said that Mortlock was fine after the concussion he suffered in the team's hard-fought win over the Auckland Blues. ...
Mother 'most probably' killed twins, defence tells court (+ photos)
The High Court at Auckland earlier heard how the Kahui twins had suffered serious injuries prior to suffering from those that later proved fatal. ...
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By Southern Raider Tamaki Resident if your a supporter of Selwyn College in its current dysfunctional state then Allan probably wouldn't be on your Christmas Card list. However if you want to turn around education in NZ and stop 1/3 of people leaving ...
Discover the art of recycling at Artstation these holidays
Renowned French eco-designer Katell Gelebart is offering Auckland youth the chance to participate in one of her workshops called The art of recycling and re-using at Artstation these school holidays.
Hostels in Auckland: Video of Auckland Hostels
By sonia holbron Video slideshow of selected hostels in Auckland. Hostels include the Base Auckland Hostel, City Lodge Hostel, Kiwi Queenstreet Hotel and Hostel, Yaping House Hostel and the Marco Polo Backpackers. To book these hostels in Auckland ...
Auckland
By editor INFO Port of Auckland. About Ship Arrests / Releases in Auckland. About Ship's management, ownership or port detentions.
Labels: Accommodation, Education, Recycling, Temp
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By Trish Sagar
Auckland's North Shore is still a highly-sought area, and thus continues to hold market value (as confirmed by the stats shown on the link). However, with the NZ media having a huge impact on us Kiwis, we need to make sure that we are ...
Labels: North Shore, Real Estate, Temp
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By Cameron Broadhurst
The recycling plant now being built in Onehunga for Manukau and Auckland cities could become the hub of recycling for the whole ...
Macleans College takes Auckland sailing cup after tight tussle
SOME of the region's top junior sailors were out on the water off Half Moon Bay last week for the Auckland Schools Teams Racing Cup. ...
Sharks want to set the record straight
They had had a tough day of travel on Saturday, departing their Dunedin hotel at 7am and then flying to Wellington, then to Auckland and finally on to ...
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A month or so ago, Metro Magazine got five (unnamed) press gallery members to rank the Auckland MPs. They now have a blog, so the article is now on-line. Now I actually disagree with a fair few of their rankings (esp their love affair with minor parties) ...
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The jury is being selected in the trial of south Auckland man Chris Kahui, 23, accused of killing his twin sons. He is charged with murdering ...
Governance
Manukau City Council's Auckland Governance proposal driven by self ... Peoples Choice is claiming that Manukau City Council's recently released draft submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Auckland Governance is being ...
More at Scoop.co.nz (press release) ...
Green Architecture
Auckland's first five-star environmentally sustainable building is ... "The fact that the development is the first five-star Greenstar rated building in Auckland reflects the wider council's aspirations of developing a greener ...
More at Scoop.co.nz (press release) ...
S0cialist
Socialist candidate for United States president to visit Auckland Roger Calero, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president of the United States, will visit Auckland on May 17-20. He is available for media ..
More at Scoop.co.nz (press release) ...
Labels: Crime, Environment, Governance, Kahui, Peoples Choice, Politics, Temp
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By admin The illustration on their website shows the spider web of organisations and bureaucracies that all have a finger in the pie that makes up moving people around the Auckland region. And people wonder why consumers get irritated and give ...
Stunning, quality fully furnished 3 bedroom executive home quiet sunny position. Modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances with spacious living areas opening by frenchdoors onto two sunny landscaped courtyard areas for outside ...
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Labels: Governance, Rentals, Temp, Transport
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By William Dart Those who went along to the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's In Nature's Realm concert, hoping for revelations of Bohemia's rural glories ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Record PhDs for Auckland graduation
More than 1000 graduands from the Auckland campus this week cross the stage at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna to receive their degrees. ...
Flash: Seen at the Auckland Zoo
Friday evening saw scores of children flocking to the Auckland Zoo for a very special event - the much-loved institution's first outdoor movie screening. ...
More at New Zealand Herald ...
Soccer: Underdogs after a bookend
Not only does he live in Auckland and work as director of football for the Auckland area, but he hadn't been training for seven months - and Wellington had ...
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WAIKATO-Bay of Plenty Magic remained unbeaten in the trans-Tasman netball league after accounting for Auckland-based Northern Mystics 56-52 in Rotorua ...
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