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Housing 18 May 2016

Auckland Council working to improve consent services

Auckland Council is looking at new ways to improve building consent processes with aims of speeding approvals, reducing costs and ensuring consistency.

Educational 27 Apr 2016

Interns making a big difference

What's it like interning at Auckland Council? We spoke with Licensing and Compliance intern Nicola Clark.

Community 22 Apr 2016

Tackling anti-social behaviour in parks

If you aren’t aware some of your local parks have an alcohol ban, you will soon find out.

Housing 13 Apr 2016

Auckland Council keeping up with surge in building consents

Auckland’s housing boom shows no signs of slowing, with a record 23,220 building consent applications received in the last year, up by 12 per cent.

Beaches 7 Apr 2016

Change to dog access on Waiheke protects endangered penguins

Restrictions to dog off-leash areas aim to protect the Little Blue Penguin.

Policies / Regulations 12 Feb 2016

Company accepts responsibility for chopping trees

Auckland Council has welcomed an Auckland District Court decision to convict a house moving company for cutting down three pohutukawa trees on public land.

Heritage 13 Jan 2016

Norfolk pine a safety risk

A scheduled notable tree in Mt Albert is likely to be removed to protect a heritage house.

Housing 15 Dec 2015

Status of privately owned trees in New Lynn

Auckland Council is aware of media reports about protesters who have climbed trees on private property in New Lynn to prevent them being removed.