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Wayne Brown tables 10-year budget proposal with 7.5 per cent rates rise

NewstalkZB 05 Dec 2023
Mayor Wayne Brown kicked off the city’s new 10-year budget process at an all-day budget committee meeting at the Auckland Town Hall ... A key part of Brown’s proposed budget is selling a long-term lease for Port of Auckland’s operating business while keeping the waterfront land in public ownership.
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Bulldozing through environmental laws

RNZ 05 Dec 2023
A contractor fined for tipping truckloads of soil and rubbish, damaging native trees and causing slips on Auckland's North Shore ... The land owner told the council she had asked him to stop the work, but he'd carried on ... Auckland Council has clamped down on erosion-related activity for the last four years, and has two full time officers visiting sites.
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City Rail Link set to cost Auckland ratepayers $220m a year to operate once it opens in 2026

NewstalkZB 03 Dec 2023
Auckland ratepayers will be saddled with an estimated bill of $220 million each year to run and maintain the $5.5 billion City Rail Link once it opens in 2026 ... A key part of Brown’s proposed budget is selling a long-term lease for the Port of Auckland’s operating business while keeping the waterfront land in public ownership.
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20 years on, a transformed New Zealand looks back at ‘Lord of the Rings’

The Virginian-Pilot 02 Dec 2023
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand was primarily known abroad for its sheep, its wine and its rugby team on the September day in 1998 that filmmaker Peter Jackson’s helicopter landed on a sprawling family farm about 100 miles south of Auckland ... in and around Auckland.
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20 years on, a transformed New Zealand looks back at 'Lord of the Rings'

The Lawton Constitution 30 Nov 2023
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand was primarily known abroad for its sheep, its wine and its rugby team on the September day in 1998 that filmmaker Peter Jackson's helicopter landed on a sprawling family farm about 100 miles south of Auckland ... largely in and around Auckland.
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Mayor wants to sell lease in Port of Auckland and invest proceeds into $4b fund

NewstalkZB 29 Nov 2023
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants to sell the Port of Auckland’s operating business and put the proceeds into a new $3 billion-to-$4b investment fund ... The operating business of Port of Auckland could be put on the block ... Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is keen to sell Port of Auckland's business and keep the land in public ownership.
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Auckland Light Rail: New government taking advice after stopping work on project

RNZ 29 Nov 2023
The team behind Auckland Light Rail is still waiting to hear what comes next, after a stop work notice was issued for the multi-billion-dollar project ... Documents shared with RNZ show volcanic rock was found to stretch 40 metres deep in some parts and Auckland mayor Wayne Brown said if it went ahead, it should be above ground.
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Is selling the Ports of Auckland's lease a good idea?

NewstalkZB 29 Nov 2023
It’s believed that more thought needs to go into the Auckland Mayor's plans to sell the Port of Auckland's operating business.
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"We're making it really clear": New PM on the 100 Day Plan

NewstalkZB 29 Nov 2023
Prime Minister Chris Luxon told Mike Hosking that Auckland's light rail will be knocked on the head, although some ...
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Fire in Tongan church complex damages multiple houses in Māngere Bridge

RNZ 29 Nov 2023
A South Auckland church community is rallying around people whose homes were damaged by fire early this morning ... Akoteu Faka-Kalisitiane Ko Namoa trustee Frank Koloi said four families had been staying in houses on church land. "Since the text went out this morning, members of the church from all over Auckland have been concerned ... ....
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Listen live: Wayne Brown wants to sell Port of Auckland and invest proceeds

NewstalkZB 28 Nov 2023
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants to sell the Port of Auckland’s operating business and put the proceeds into a new $3 billion-to-$4b investment fund ... The operating business of Port of Auckland could be put on the block ... Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is keen to sell Port of Auckland's business and keep the land in public ownership.
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Is selling the Port of Auckland a good idea?

NewstalkZB 28 Nov 2023
It’s believed that more thought needs to go into the Auckland Mayor's plans to sell the Port of Auckland's operating business.
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Auckland businesses blindsided by SailGP cancellation

RNZ 23 Nov 2023
The cancellation of SailGP, scheduled to be hosted in Auckland next year, feels like a "gut punch" for business in the city centre ... Tātaki Auckland Unlimited said the issue with the contaminated land was known by the organisation months in advance ... Park Hyatt Auckland general manager Brett Sweetman said the news came as a surprise.
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Auckland to no longer host SailGP

RNZ 22 Nov 2023
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill explains why SailGP has decided not to race in Auckland next year. The unavailability of a spectator facility has seen Auckland withdraw from hosting SailGP in March 2024 ... The issues with using the land Sail GP wanted to use in Auckland were identified months ago ... Impact on Auckland revenue.
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'Complicated': Tātaki Auckland Unlimited CEO unpacks SailGP's decision to pull out

NewstalkZB 22 Nov 2023
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited today confirmed that SailGP has chosen not to stage their March 2024 event in Auckland ... to get that land back.
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