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Councillors protest rate rise
Six councillors yesterday wrote to Len Brown concerned about the impact the household rates rise will have on ratepayers.
Six councillors yesterday wrote to Len Brown concerned about the impact the household rates rise will have on ratepayers.
Len Brown’s office will offer more than $1m to fund a port future study that will take at least a year — not enough time to meet Ports of Auckland’s deadline.
Watercare is increasing the price of water and wastewater in Auckland by 2.5 per cent.
It seems to be the big question of the moment, writes Liam Dann. There's no doubt the property market is hot. Too hot for those struggling to buy their first home.
Groups battling to save the Waitemata Harbour from further port expansion have found a powerful ally in the Auckland Council, the port company's arms-length owner.
Aucklanders who think it's safe to go down to the waterfront again after the "compromise" over the Bledisloe terminal extensions must think again.
Auckland Council deserved a considered answer to the legitimate question of who's going to pay for roading, sewerage and water connections, writes Brian Rudman.
For the cruise sector, there are no alternative ports, writes Chris Roberts. Passengers want to come to Auckland and spend their money enjoying the sights and activities of our biggest city.
The compromise between Auckland Council and the Auckland port company will satisfy neither side. Sooner or later, the company has to accept it can have no more of the harbour.
Protesters are vowing to carry on the fight to save the Waitemata Harbour from being shrunk further for port use.
Chas Wood, a 91-year-old war veteran, moved slowly but surely with the aid of a walker along the 1.4km protest route.
The Auckland Council does not know the true cost to ratepayers of Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown says he had to use his casting vote for a compromise over the port company's wharf extension dispute, in the absence of five councillors.
A fire-gutted derelict house has been described by neighbours as a glaring example of the need to crack down on unkempt and nuisance properties.
The average Auckland family will have to find an extra $200 a year from July to pay for Mayor Len Brown's latest budget plan.
Ports of Auckland is sitting on land with a commercial value of $2.2 billion, far greater than its $76 million value for port use, says an economist.
Auckland Council is considering a regional crackdown on property owners whose homes are a nuisance and a public health threat.
Chairman appears to have put his job on the line by digging in against council pressure to stop extending Bledisloe Wharf into the Waitemata Harbour.
The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
More than 1000 people have signed an online petition protesting a West Auckland McDonald's from operating 24 hours a day.
Supporters of the threatened Takapuna Beach Holiday Camp rallied in support of the seaside North Shore facility at a public meeting last night.
Port protesters are targeting Mayor Len Brown to stop work on two huge wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
A ban on cars from the summit of Mt Eden has been confirmed as likely by the end of this year.
Ports of Auckland is proceeding with two huge wharf extensions, despite public protests, a political call to halt work and a legal challenge against consents for the work.
Ports of Auckland's work on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour is proceeding despite public protests and a political call to halt work.
Two large Fletcher cranes have appeared at the end of Bledisloe Wharf at the Ports of Auckland, but it is not known if this signals a start to work on two wharf extensions.
The stand-off between Ports of Auckland and Auckland Council over a political call to stop work on two wharf extensions enters its fourth week today.