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Port: 'We've really engaged with the public'
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has accused Ports of Auckland of not discussing its latest spending plans on the port's footprint with the council, which owns 100 per cent of the company.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has accused Ports of Auckland of not discussing its latest spending plans on the port's footprint with the council, which owns 100 per cent of the company.
The public stoush over Auckland's planned port extension has now entered the legal arena, with a pressure group filing papers in the High Court.
Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.
Auckland Council has told Ports of Auckland to stop work on two wharf extensions or face the "thermonuclear" option.
Auckland Council has formally asked Ports of Auckland to halt construction of two massive wharf extensions.
Our efforts to minimise our impact aren't enough for some. Now there must be no expansion and there are calls to move the port, somewhere, anywhere, writes Tony Gibson.
Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown said he sees some of the merits around the wharf extensions but isn't entirely convinced.
Urban Auckland has taken the first legal steps to stop Ports of Auckland beginning construction on two massive wharf extensions next month.
Mayor Len Brown has placed great emphasis on his hands being tied over the Ports of Auckland's expansion plans because of rules inherited from the old Auckland Regional Council.
Since the early days of European settlement, Auckland politicians have been dreaming up ways of dumping spoil in the harbour to create more land.
Ports of Auckland is planning an offensive this week to sell its expansion plans to Aucklanders, using the carrot of releasing Captain Cook Wharf for public use.
The majority of Auckland councillors now want a rethink on the controversial proposed expansion of the port.
The protest was sparked by port company plans to begin building two massive extensions and Auckland Council voting to ease rules for further reclamation.
About 2000 people and more than a hundred boats gathered today to protest plans by Ports of Auckland to reclaim more of Waitemata Harbour.
A secret legal opinion shows Auckland Council could have pushed for tougher rules against port expansion into Waitemata Harbour.
A stevedore who broke both legs in a fall while unloading a container ship in January will receive $25,000 in reparation from Ports of Auckland.
Auckland's Waitemata Harbour has been "turned from a harbour into a river", by Ports of Auckland expansion, yachting great Chris Dickson says.
There is a certain irony that at a time Auckland is celebrating its founding as a port city 175 years ago, calls are growing to move the port elsewhere.
A protest group of concerned Aucklanders has joined the outcry against two large wharf extensions by Ports of Auckland, which eventually wants to reclaim 3ha of seabed between the wharves.
Ports of Auckland will start work in April on the first step to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.
A debate on the future of the Waitemata Harbour and whether more of the seabed will be reclaimed for port use has started got off to an acrimonious start.
The Auckland Council seems to be constantly surprised by decisions of its subordinate bodies.
Business leader Sir Stephen Tindall is making a last-gasp plea to Mayor Len Brown and councillors to halt further reclamation of the Waitemata Harbour for port use.
Protesters angry that Auckland’s port company are expanding further into the harbour have taken over Queens Wharf this morning.
The Auckland Council has filed its changes to ease controls for further reclamation of Waitemata Harbour for port use.
Ports of Auckland said its first-half net profit rose by 9.5 per cent to $28.9 million in the six months to December, driven by higher freight volumes.
Auckland's Mayor is seeking an urgent explanation from Ports of Auckland after it announced plans yesterday to begin demolishing the end of Marsden Wharf next week.