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Meet the app that makes reducing construction waste easy
WMIF recipient CivilShare is making a dent in construction waste going to landfill.
Auckland’s city centre vision gets a digital platform
Auckland’s City Centre Masterplan, the visionary document to guide the city centre’s development for the next 20 years, is now accessible to all via a new digital platform.
Record numbers respond to Emergency Budget consultation
Aucklanders across the region are responding in record numbers to Auckland’s Emergency Budget 2020/2021.
Auckland Council adopts Emergency Budget
Funding to retain key council services and deliver a $2.57 billion infrastructure programme is at the heart of Auckland Council’s Emergency Budget, formally adopted by the Governing Body.
Aucklanders give views on rates increases to support essential services
34,915 submissions received on Emergency Budget consultation - the biggest response to a consultation in the council’s history.
Auckland Council economic initiative helps secure $20m in contracts post-COVID-19
An Auckland Council programme that supports Māori and Pasifika businesses has seen a 90 per cent increase in the value of the contracts it has helped local businesses win and has more than doubled the number of businesses it supports since the COVID-19 lockdown.
Final decision-making process for Auckland Council’s $750 million fiscal hole starts
Decision-making for this year’s Emergency Budget has been one of the toughest in the history of Auckland Council, said Mayor Phil Goff, as councillors have worked to plug a $750 million fiscal hole.
Consultation closed on the Emergency Budget
You have until midnight on Friday 19 June to send your feedback on the Emergency Budget 2020/2021.
Together we can support local
Give a shout out to your favourite local business by checking-in or tagging them on social and using the hashtag #togetherwecansupportlocal.
Records broken as huge number of Aucklanders have their say
A record number of Aucklanders have had their say on Auckland Council’s 2020/2021 ‘Emergency Budget’.
Not going viral: How Auckland bounces back from COVID-19
Chief Economist David Norman expects a relatively sharp bounce back for Auckland's economy.
Another step toward Business Improvement District for Henderson
Central Henderson businesses are in line for a timely boost following the news that the establishment of a new Business Improvement District has been endorsed by Henderson-Massey Local Board.
Have your say on Auckland’s budget
More than 1800 individuals and groups have had their say on the council's proposed Annual Budget 2020/2021.
Auckland land supply policy plays minimal role in property prices, new report shows
A new study, An evidence-based approach: Does the Rural Urban Boundary impose a price premium on land inside it? shows the new planning policies have little to no impact on property prices.
2-in-a-Ute pilot work programme hits the road
A new project is bringing training and employment to Aucklanders and training the next generation of tradies.
Businesses sought for Youth Employability Programme
Youth Employability is appealing for more businesses to support the next generation of workers with work experience programmes.
