Dozens of hardy AUT University students and staff queued in the pouring rain last Thursday to get full sets of cycling safety gear – for free. Auckland Transport handed out hundreds of bicycle lights, bells and reflective gear to help reduce cyclist deaths and injuries. Zane Bray, Auckland Transport’s community transport coordinator for the North [...]

The Auckland Council says proposed changes to the Resource Management Act puts Auckland’s unique landscape at risk and gives Parliament too much input in shaping Auckland’s future.  In its submission on the Resource Management Reform Bill, the council says the changes to tree protection laws are “onerous and unworkable”. If passed, the bill would limit [...]

Levels of rubbish in Auckland’s CBD are getting worse despite Auckland Council’s new efforts to reduce waste. Leon Lyford, a supervisor at one company tasked with cleaning the inner-city streets, says his team is collecting a growing amount of rubbish – now more than 400 bags a week. He says the rubbish has become more compact [...]

A new Bunnings superstore could cause traffic congestion on Great North Road and surrounding residential streets, say Arch Hill residents. Residents of Arch Hill and Grey Lynn met this week to discuss issues surrounding the proposed store. Many residents say they will be formally opposing the resource consent. King Street resident Sue Lyons is spearheading [...]

Auckland’s new cruise terminal on Queens Wharf – double the size of the current facility – can’t open soon enough to deal with the 250 percent growth in the number of cruise ships visiting New Zealand over the past five years. The new cruise facility will be officially opened in June. Auckland has particularly benefited [...]

Residents passionate about the future of their neighbourhood voiced their feedback about the Three Kings precinct plan earlier this week.  Auckland Council planners held the second of two community workshops, which attracted nearly 40 people on Tuesday night. Discussion stemmed largely from the issue of population intensification and options for the redevelopment of Fletchers’ exhausted [...]

Filmmaker Denise Batchelor and sound artist Tim Prebble will each spend eight weeks living and working in the Waitakere Regional Park as part of the Auckland Regional Park Artist in Residence Programme. The programme, which began in 2008, is designed to encourage artists to generate new works inspired by the environment. Artists get to select a [...]

Richard Reynolds is on a worldwide crusade inciting the pubic to commit criminal damage and trespass. The enemy? Derelict public land. Weapon of choice? Perennials, pitchforks and pansies. During a short stop-off in New Zealand this week Mr Reynolds spoke at K-Road’s Bizdojo Co-space about guerrilla gardening – a worldwide phenomenon for which he has [...]

Rail commuters will have a much shorter walk to their office and new business will emerge as a result if the City Rail Link (CRL) is built, says Auckland Transport.  The proposed link will connect Britomart and Mt Eden stations via three underground terminals at Symonds St, Karangahape Rd and Wellesley St. Auckland Transport communications [...]