Archive for: Auckland mayor John Banks

Queens Wharf Left vs Right

Queens Wharf Left vs Right

Look Mum, there's the Party Central tent! The Queens Wharf saga is now becoming a battle between Auckland politicians a few months out from the Auckland supercouncil...

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Tears Shed Over Queens Wharf

Tears Shed Over Queens Wharf

The big shed on Queens Wharf is going to be saved - but who is going to pay the millions needed to save it? In typical Auckland political fashion, the answer...

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Lee: Eden Park Right Place

Lee: Eden Park Right Place

ARC Chair Mike Lee tonight defended his council’s insistence that the RWC matches should be held at Eden Park, not at a waterfront stadium, as proposed by...

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Historic Building Gets NZTA Help

Historic Building Gets NZTA Help

Another good bonus from the Victoria Park tunnel project. The historic Campbell Free Kindergarten in Victoria Park  has been abandoned for more than 20 years and...

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Nice Work, Newmarket

Nice Work, Newmarket

When I first stumbled upon a revamped Osborne St one night recently when coming out the back of Newmarket’s Rialto cinema complex, I thought I had been transported...

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Train Delay Announcement Interrupts Grafton Train Opening Ceremony

Train Delay Announcement Interrupts Grafton Train Opening Ceremony

It was a reality check of Auckland’s recent rail service performance. At this afternoon’s Grafton train station opening ceremony held on the new platform,...

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Grafton Opening: Mike Lee Calls For CBD Rail Loop

Grafton Opening: Mike Lee Calls For CBD Rail Loop

ARC Chair, Mike Lee, used this afternoon’s Grafton train station opening to call for the CBD rail loop as the next big project. “I urge the government...

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Minister To Open Grafton Station

Minister To Open Grafton Station

Transport Minister Steven Joyce tomorrow afternoon officially opens the new Grafton train station, with Auckland’s Mayor John Banks and other dignitaries in...

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Banks, Lee Enthusiastic About CBD Loop Plan

Banks, Lee Enthusiastic About CBD Loop Plan

Auckland mayor John Banks is enthusiastic about the suggested route for the CBD rail loop – and ARC chair Mike Lee says the suggestion of running the line under...

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Two Victories In One Day, One “Loss”  – & Time For A Re-think

Two Victories In One Day, One “Loss” - & Time For A Re-think

Auckland Mayor John Banks needs some thinking time Two silly typically Auckland rushes- to-the-head projects have been axed in one day. That’s awesome. The...

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