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Discover the magic where Queen Street meets the sea
It’s the coveted spot in New Zealand’s Monopoly boardgame. It’s New Zealand’s premier street. It fires up the passion of Aucklanders. It’s a dynamic place. And the lower end of Queen Street is all shiny and new and ready for you to visit.
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Channelling Melbourne, our laneways are flourishing this summer
This summer there’s no need to look across the Tasman for the street vibe of Melbourne’s laneways. Our very own joined-up laneways network is right on your doorstep.
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8 fun ways for kids to play at Wynyard Quarter
Let your kids’ imaginations run wild with endless ways to play at Wynyard Quarter.
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Time-of-use charging on the cards in Auckland
The aim of time-of-use charging is to reduce congestion and speed up travel times throughout the city.
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'Head in the sand' and 'accident waiting to happen' costs developers hefty fines
Developers slapped with fines for breaches of the Resource Management Act
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Tessa Harris helps shape public spaces in Tāmaki Makaurau with her art
From Karangahape Road to Te Wānanga on Quay Street, Tessa Harris (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki) walks around Auckland and sees an increasing amount of her own art and that of fellow Māori artists embedded in the city’s architecture and prominent places.
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Auckland adopts new future growth strategy
Auckland Council adopts a new Future Development Strategy for how the city will grow and develop over the next 30 years.
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Auckland Council installs first low carbon pipes
Low carbon pipes find their way into the ground
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Aucklanders strongly support city’s future growth strategy
Aucklanders have backed Auckland Council’s draft strategy for how the city should grow over the next 30 years with more than 10,000 giving feedback
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Have your say on the future of our public transport system
Auckland Transport (AT) has developed proposals to improve our public transport system over the next eight years.
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Memorial Beacon shines again
Find out about the illuminating history of Auckland's WWI Memorial Beacon, six months on from its return home to Quay Street
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10 things you need to know about Auckland’s Future Development Strategy
The strategy is our big-picture vision, shaping how and where Auckland should grow over the next 30 years and where we’ll need infrastructure to accommodate a half million more people by 2053.
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Have your say on shaping Auckland’s future
Auckland Council is asking for feedback on how Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland should grow over the next 30 years, with public consultation now open until 31 July 2023.
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Auckland Council fells Waitākere Tree Services in court
Notable tree in Manukau Road removed without resource consent.
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City shaping strategy gets approval for consultation
Auckland Council’s Planning, Environment and Parks Committee today approved a draft strategy for how Tāmaki Makaurau should grow and change over the next 30 years, which will go out for public consultation on Tuesday 6 June.
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Solid progress on $52 million wastewater upgrades
With four 175,000-litre storage tanks now buried underground and the gravity main over halfway complete, stage one of the $52 million shovel-ready Dunkirk Road wastewater upgrade is on track to meet its completion in September next year.