Opinion from Councillor Cameron Brewer
News that three-storey apartments are possible in the expansive “mixed housing” zone may be the final nail in the coffin of the Mayor’s ill-fated draft unitary plan. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Transport
Following its introduction on trains and ferries at the end of 2012, the AT HOP card has now completed testing on buses. Testing commenced in April, ahead of the planned, public rollout to all Auckland bus services from June this year. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police
Waitemata Police have today arrested and charged nine people following a lengthy investigation into serious criminal activity involving the manufacture, supply and distribution of hard drugs and other offending. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Transport

An internal shot of a partially fitted-out train at the CAF factory in Spain

The countdown is on for new electric trains to commence passenger service in Auckland. The first train is about to roll off the production line at Construcciones y Auxillair Ferrocarriles (CAF) in Spain. CAF is building a fleet of 57 three-car high-speed train sets to carry passengers on the Auckland suburban rail network. These new state of the art trains have been designed to meet the specific needs of Aucklanders and feature the latest in terms of safety, comfort and reliability. Read more »

Press Release – Dick Quax
Right now the Auckland Council is seeking feedback on the Unitary Plan. The Unitary Plan will be Auckland’s planning “rulebook”, setting out where and how the region grows in the future. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland University Students Association
Auckland University Students’ Association is celebrating Pink Shirt Day today to help stamp out bullying at the University of Auckland. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council
The Mayor has revealed that Auckland Transport school and work travel plans are taking more than 12,000 cars off the road every morning in Auckland. Len Brown is heading to Bucklands Beach Primary School today to launch Auckland’s latest Travel Wise school travel plan. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is holding a picket at 11am today at Vector Arena where John Key will be speaking about the Budget to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council
Auckland Council seeks further feedback from local boards and other groups before it presents the draft smoke-free policy for approval to the Regional Development and Operations Committee (RDOC) on 24 July. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
Police Minister Anne Tolley has today congratulated Auckland City Police officers for their dedication to tackling and preventing crime. Read more »

Press Release – Stephen Berry
As a result of the debate over the building of a Bunnings in Arch Hill, there is now a clear contrast between the two declared candidates in the race for the Waitemata & Gulf ward seat on Auckland City Council. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, MP for Maungakiekie, has welcomed the first reading of the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill in Parliament yesterday. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
Special legislation to enable councils and the Government to streamline new housing developments in areas where housing is least affordable was introduced to Parliament today. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has welcomed the introduction of legislation for housing accords, but says he will be seeking clarification on a number of points to ensure the final legislation is consistent with the draft Auckland Housing Accord. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Chamber of Commerce
The radical move by the central government to conditionally take over approving housing resource consents reinforces the Chamber’s recent calls for action to address Auckland’s housing shortage. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Transport
Auckland Transport will shortly hit the streets to consult over the new Network for public transport services in Auckland. The New Network is a region wide public transport network which is proposed to deliver bus services at least every 15 minutes throughout the day, seven days a week on major routes between the hours of 7am to 7pm. Services will connect better with train services for those customers who require connections. Read more »

Press Release – Unite Union
McDonald’s workers, angry that police are given 50% discounts at their store whilst staff are refused free meals on shift, will go on strike today in Auckland. This follows two pickets earlier in May, where workers and supporters of the Unite union were pushed and manhandled by the Force. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Theatre Company
We have been advised by the University of Auckland that they are driving their contractors to have the Maidment Theatre repaired by the end of June. If this time frame is achieved, which we have every reason to believe it will be, the season of The Heretic and The Lion Foundation season of Lord of the Flies will go ahead as scheduled. Read more »

Press Release – Simeon Brown
Manurewa Local Board Member Simeon Brown is calling for all young people in South and Eastern Auckland to head along to a workshop he is organising in Manukau to support young people to have their voice heard on the draft Unitary Plan. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council
Experts from New Zealand, Australia and the United States will share their knowledge about creating more inclusive places to live, work and play during New Zealand’s first-ever Universal Design Conference. The one-day conference will take place at the Aotea Centre on 24 May. Read more »