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Tent People Pack up Update
The tent people packed up to move to Victoria Park but they told me they would continue to hang out in Aotea during the day. OCCUPY AUCKLAND: Moving on today from...
Judge Orders Out Occupy Auckland
At last! A judge this morning ordered the Occupy Auckland protestors to cease residing in Aotea Square. He’s told the Tent People to remove all of the paraphernalia...
Occupy Auckland Get Trespass Notice
So at last the Auckland Council has told the tent people of Occupy Auckland to let the people have their public square back. They have been handed a trespass notice. But...
How Long Will Occupy Auckland Last?
A hundred of so Occupy Auckland protestors have set up a tent village in the grass area backing onto Auckland Town Hall at Aotea Square and talk about staying six...
Occupying Auckland
Occupy Auckland protest in Aotea Square this afternoon Rugby fans heading on the Fan Trail this afternoon for the Rugby World Cup semi-final at Eden Park seemed...
Auckland’s Year In Transition
AKT expanded to cover some Auckland issues in 2010 - and just as well as the transition to a Super City council and the plans for transport in the new council...
Aotea Gets Arty For ArtWeek
The vast concrete emptiness that has been Aotea Square since it opened has been transformed into a semi-permanent gallery space. Having be highly critical of this...
Diwali 1st Aotea Square Test
Auckland’s Diwali Festival of Lights show this weekend is the first real test of how well an event works at the newly re-opened Aotea Square. At night the...
Why Aotea Is Too Square
It’s taken me 2 weeks but I’ve finally worked it out. There is something radically wrong with the $80m redeveloped Aotea Square although it looks appealing...
Clowns Open Aotea Square
Bubble-blowers, clowns on stilts, unicyclists and hot dog and Coke stalls greeted Auckland City residents and ratepayers as they drifted onto the re-opened Aotea...
How Aotea Square Looks
After two years of construction activity, Aotea Square reopened to the public at midday. Aotea Square was officially opened by Sir Dove-Myer Robinson in 1979,...
Aotea Opens But Not Finished
The revamped Aotea Square has its open day from noon Saturday but not all of it is finished in time. The $80 million redevelopment project included the Aotea Square...
How Loud Should Aotea Be?
How loud should events in the new Aotea Square be allowed to be? Auckland City Council is seeking feedback on a proposal to allow for sound levels of up to 85 decibels...
Shared Space Update
With Aotea square re-opening in a few weeks, someone was asking what had happened to Auckland City’s much welcomed share space projects around the city. Auckland...
Aotea Centre Screens Approved
New digital art screens will take pride of place in the Aotea Centre, following funding approval today from Auckland City Council’s Finance and Strategy Committee. The...
Photos: Inside Aotea Square
Aotea Square - the new version - is a month away from opening, exactly two years after construction began. Have they got it right this time? It was opened...
Aotea Sculpture Gets New Home
A sculpture removed from Aotea Square in 2008 is at last going to re-appear but in a new location. Fabrication and reassembly of Terry Stringer’s Mountain...
Save Shed, Not St James?
If ratepayers are to spend up to $20m saving Shed 10 on Queens Wharf, what about the criminally neglected 82-year-old Queen Street St James Cinema as well? I couldn’t...
Revamped Aotea Square On Track
Auckalnd City confirms the revamped Aotea Square is on track to open in October and is boasting it’s saved $4.8m on the project. A further $5 million reduction...
Auckland City’s Know How Can Do
As we consider more new designs for Queens Wharf, it feels that at least the Auckland City’s rethink of inner-city’s critical central space, is going to...
Big Screen For Aotea’s RWC Party Uptown Central
AOTEA: Repairs and upgrades will take until next October How many party centrals do we need for the RWC? I notice Auckland City Council’s Arts, Culture and Recreation...
We Need A Rail Service, Not Future Monuments To City Officials
Looking at the hideous “ruins” of Aotea Square as it undergoes a major multimillion dollar patch up redevelopment, I’m reminded of the small...
