More than 12,000 artworks graced the Vodafone Events Centre last weekend and for some talented secondary school students, it was also a chance to show off their artistic flair. The Auckland Secondary School Art Competition is an annual event run alongside the Original Art Sale, the largest annual art market in Auckland, and is open [...]

Almost one in 10 New Zealanders are now of Pacific origin and Pasifika MPs say lawmakers should pay greater attention to that growing community. Every major party agreed on the need for better educational and economic outcomes for Pasifika people at a special Parliamentary debate recently. But the Pasifika population continues to be under-represented in [...]

Commentators on discussions about Auckland Council’s draft unitary plan say the media is going off-track in its coverage of the issues. Last month, Albany councillor Michael Goudie showed support for a blog post titled “We Hate Nimbys”, which criticised those against intensified housing proposed in the 30-year plan. Some of the comments were quoted by [...]

Auckland City FC won an unprecedented third consecutive OFC Champions League title yesterday with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Waitakere United at Mt Smart Stadium.  The club can now look forward to a December trip to Morocco, where they will compete in the Fifa Club World Cup for a fifth time. All the [...]

Police are searching for a man who stole a Toyota RAV4 car during a violent confrontation with two men in Epsom last week. The two men, who had been out for dinner in Manukau Rd, returned to their car at 8.30pm, to discover the thief sitting in the driver’s seat having just started the engine. [...]

A blogger accused of inciting hatred towards opponents of housing intensification says his comments have been taken out of context and sensationalised. The blog post, titled “We Hate Nimbys” (an acronym for Not in My Back Yard), came under scrutiny after a number of newspapers ran stories about Albany councillor Michael Goudie’s support for the [...]

A plan announced last Friday by Auckland Council and the Government to speed up housing developments in the city has been received with sceptism by some in the property industry. The council is under pressure to build 13,000 new houses a year for the next 30 years, to keep up with the city’s projected population [...]

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 [...]