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High Winds Make Rena Lift Difficult

High Winds Make Rena Lift Difficult

Weather is making difficult the salvage of containers from the grounded ship Rena. RENA: A harnessed in salvor checking the container locks | MNZ The removal of containers paused this afternoon due to high winds- they exceeded 24 knots. MNZ...

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New Parnell Station’s Look

New Parnell Station’s Look

Works are about to get underway near the Mainline Steam depot at the foot of the Domain to lower the tracks between Parnell and Newmarket for the proposed new Parnell train stop. If all goes well, the station at the foothills of the Domain alongside...

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Official: Harbour Bridge Traffic Declining

Official: Harbour Bridge Traffic Declining

A new confidential report for the NZ Transport Agency and obtained by AKT shows that both the traffic loadings and volumes on the Auckland Harbour Bridge have declined since 2005. This report by Beca Infrastructure & Hyder UK is dated September...

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Rimutaka Incline Rail Returns

Rimutaka Incline Rail Returns

The famous Rimutaka Incline, 40km north-west of Wellington closed in October 1955 when rail traffic was re-routed through a new Rimutaka tunnel. Plans are to bring it back to life. The Rimutaka Incline was the 4.8 km 1,067 mm gauge on an average...

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Tamaki Drive Boardwalk Proposal

Tamaki Drive Boardwalk Proposal

An innovative  proposal is going before Auckland Council for a boardwalk along Tamaki Drive as a long-term solution to the ongoing transport issues including concern about cyclists. It comes from the Tamaki Drive Protection Society, set up...

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