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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...
Dominion Rd Decisions
Dominion Rd’s bus lane and traffic congestion issue - one of the curly ones that tripped up the last Auckland Council - is finally back on 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...
Kiwis Take Over Vector Arena
Auckland’s Vector Arena, has new owner operators. The venue’s management has been taken over by Bruce Mactaggart and Stuart Clumpas, two New Zealand-based...
Pics: RWC2011 Countdown Clock
If you head to Britomart tonight, take a detour into QEII square outside the Downtown mall and see what you think of the Auckland City’s RWC2011 countdown...
Banks On Where He Stands
Auckland Mayor John Banks today denied speculation he has gone cold on promoting public transport. The speculation follows transport minister Steven Joyce warning...
New Bus Lane Markers Trialled
Auckland City Council today launched its month-long trial of new signs and markers around bus lanes. This follows weeks of media attack on the number of people being...
Holiday Highway Tag Attacked
Auckland City Council transport committee chairman Ken Baguley today asked critics not to label the proposed Puhoi to Wellsford road “holiday highway.” He...
$120,000 On History Approved
The Auckland City Council is going ahead with its plan to spent $120,000 on commissioning a book on the council’s recent history. It made the decision at last...
World BMX Champs For Auckland
Auckland’s Vector Arena will be the venue for the UCI BMX World Championships in 2013. The world ruling body, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) informed BikeNZ...
Parnell Station Talks
The plan for a Parnell train station at Cheshire Street continues to gather steam. Both the Auckland City Council and the ARC are keen on the idea - and ARC...
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...
K Rd Overbridge RWC Upgrade
Karangahape Road’s old 70′s overbridge is getting an upgrade because the Auckland City Council doesn’t think it’s nice enough for RWC tourists...
Greens Attack Council Crackdown
The Greens say it’s absurd that the Auckland City Council is forcing cycle hire company NextBike to reduce the number of bikes available. As revealed here at the...
Official Report Warns Of Auckland’s ‘Dangerous Chaotic” Taxi Drivers
The Government needs to clean up the taxi industry before the RWC or give NZTA, the regulatory body, more extensive powers and/or more resources to police it. It’s...
Auckland City Rethinks Bus-Only Grafton Bridge
Auckland City Councillors are re-thinking the bus-only policy over Grafton Bridge, following the bad publicity resulting from the number of tickets issued to motorists...
Kingsland & SH20 Cycleways Get Closer - Latest Photos
Kingsland cycleway – the missing 1.24k stretch of cycleway alongside the Northwestern motorway, that pieces together the mainly off-road 12km route between central...
Aotea Square Still a Way To Go - A Look Behind The Wooden Fence
It feels as if Aotea Square has been under redevelopment for years. In fact, the work did start in October, 2008 - and it will two years to the month -...
How To Block A Busy Road All Day
There is no easy quick way to dismantle a huge crane. But what on earth are officials thinking in deciding that daytime Saturday is a good time for it to happen...
Balmoral, Sandringham Added To Council Watch List
Good to see Auckland City, at its council meeting tonight, will thankfully add the old townships of Balmoral and Sandringham to the list of areas needing preservation. You...
Hacky Sack Banned When Waiting For A Train!
Signs that have just gone up either end of Newmarket’s new Station Square show the excesses of officialdom once you give them the chance to make rules. We’re...
Eden Park Link Lane Work Starts - Houses Being Relocated, Demolished (Photos)
As work progresses on improving Kingsland train station, including a new underpass for pedestrians, work has started on work around Sandringham Road itself. Work...
$23m Fort St Shared Space - Final Concept Approved
The final concept design for the $23m Fort St shared space upgrade project has been approved, with some changes but some areas still being debated. Changes agreed...
Council Worries Govt Scheme Hurts Public Transport
Concern seems to be growing amongst local authorities about the government’s new scheme , which is set to increase passenger transport fares. A report to the Auckland...
Waiheke Cycleway Trail Gets City Council Approval
It’s amazing how attitudes have dramatically changed to cycling. Once considered the domain of nutcases, hippies and greenies or “poor people,” even the most...
