Press Release – Auckland Business Chamber

20 February 2019
Auckland Council’s event agency ATEED will not be funding the Santa Parade from now on.

They say it is a community event and yet they will continue to fund other community festivals like Auckland Diwali Festival ($93,000 last year) Auckland Lantern Festival ($250,000 last year) and Pasifica ($350,000 last year.) ATEED also plays a delivery role in these events which impose additional costs. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency has reunited a box of family memorabilia lost on an Auckland motorway with its owner.

Michael Land says he was extremely grateful to get back the box of family photographs and documents because they were irreplaceable. Read more »

Press Release – Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc

The current New Zealand China relationship kerfuffle is all avoidable. In 2010 there had been several Iwi Māori Trade missions to China to re-establish a trading route that’s over 10,000 years old as part of the Austronesia language and cultural evolution; Read more »

Press Release – Netball New Zealand

20 February, 2019

A squad of 22 players has been named by Netball New Zealand from which the 2019 New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) team will be chosen. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance

ATEED’s decision to pull funding for the Santa Parade while continuing to give ratepayer money to professional sports events shows just how out of whack the agency’s priorities are, says theAuckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council

MEDIA RELEASE – Wednesday, 20 February, 2019
One of Mangere’s most popular summer events, the Portage Crossing, took the bold step of declaring themselves ‘fizz free’ this year as well as ensuring all stall holders took a healthier approach in what they offered in food and beverages. Read more »

Press Release – Biosecurity NZ

Facialis fruit fly response in Otara – Situation Update 1

20 February 2019

A large field operation is underway in the Auckland suburb of Otara following the discovery of a single male Facialis fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the area. This is not related to the current Devonport situation. Read more »

Press Release – Office of the Ombudsman

Auckland South Corrections Facility let down by its staffing issues
The Chief Ombudsman says staff shortages at one of New Zealand’s largest prisons are causing prisoners to spend extended periods of time locked in their cells and prisoners’ rehabilitation needs are not being met. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Police have charged a 54-year-old man following an incident at a petrol station on Great South Road, Manurewa, last week. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Police have charged a 54-year-old man following an incident at a petrol station on Great South Road, Manurewa, last week. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Hon Phil Twyford

Minister for Housing and Urban Development
20 February 2019

MEDIA STATEMENT

Haupai Outside

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Rt Hon Winston Peters

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
20 February 2019 PĀNUI PĀPĀHO Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Pride Festival

2019’s Auckland Pride Festival wrapped up on Sunday 17 February, following a three-week programme that backed community, diversity and inclusion. Over 80 ticketed and free events celebrated LGBTQ+ communities right across the Auckland region; a miraculous achievement given the ‘shorter than short’ lead times for festival activation. Read more »

Press Release – Salvation Army

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

A new initiative from The Salvation Army aims to reform the damaging effects of problem debt and fringe lending in low socio-economic areas across New Zealand by providing an ethical shopping alternative.
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Press Release – ACT New Zealand

Save The Date

ACT’s 2019 AGM, Annual Conference, and relaunch all rolled into one will be on Sunday, 5 May in Auckland. Please save the date – more details to come shortly. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Transport Agency

Motorists on Auckland’s Southern Corridor are enjoying the benefits of less congestion and significantly improved journey times towards the city since the opening of a new on-ramp at Takanini. Read more »

Press Release – Hansard

ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS

Question No. 1—Prime Minister Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Action Against Poverty

The Government has seen the social housing waiting list double since it took power, Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Hon Damien O’Connor
Minister for Biosecurity

19 February 2019 MEDIA STATEMENT
Minister for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor says the second find of an unwanted fruit fly is disappointing and the Government is committed to ensuring it doesn’t establish here. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry For Primary Industries

A second type of fruit fly, (Bactrocera facialis – the “facialis fruit fly”) has been found in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Otara. Read more »