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Eric Van Essen has won the County of Lethbridge by-election for the Division 5 seat. The Monday by-election was called after no candidate ran in that

Aucklanders are about to experience a new downtown waterfront park which is 30 months in the making.

Like a filter: Thousands of mussels may hold key to cleaning up Waitematā Harbour Newshub 4 hrs ago Karen Rutherford © Image - Newshub, AT; Video - Newshub Watch: Around 38 mussel- laden ropes stretching over half a kilometre are being placed in the harbour. Tens of thousands of tiny living mussels may hold the key to cleaning up Aucklands polluted Waitematā Harbour. Auckland Council and local iwi on Thursday unveiled their unique "weapons on a rope" which have been barge...

Project Auckland: Meet the King Canute of the city - ATs downtown programme chief 8 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read AT Quay Street Seawall strengthening. Video / Auckland Transport King Canute - you could call Eric van Essen that because hes headed the $73 million project to hold back the sea from Aucklands CBD. Yet for Auckland Transports downtown programme director, he gives kudos to the team who worked on the 600m long stretch. Eric van Essen headed the $73m seawall st...

Source: Auckland Council Seemingly floating above the Downtown Ferry Basin, Te Wānanga, the new downtown public space is an impressive feat of engineering. Eric van Essen, Programme Director of the Downtown Programme says over the last year thousands of tonnes of reinforcing steel and concrete has been used to create this new waterfront public space. The Downtown Programme is delivered by Auckland Transport for Auckland Council. In a video released today, the extent of the works to construct t...

Aucklands $73m seawall strengthening finished ahead of deadline, under budget 3 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 5 minutes to read Aucklands 600m-long Quay St seawall strengthening project was completed a fortnight ago, beating its projected deadline and coming in up to $2 million under budget. Eric van Essen, Auckland Transports downtown programme director, said today the Ferry Basin seawall project had met the completion target in mid-January. The job was due to finish in either January o...

Final canopy installed at Aucklands downtown Ferry Basin 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read NZ Herald An intricately designed canopy referencing the traditional double hulled sea waka has been installed at Aucklands Downtown Ferry Basin. The canopy ceiling panels were installed overnight on Thursday on the western side of Queens Wharf above the gangway accessing the new ferry pontoons. The 65m by 15m canopy weighs 105 tonnes and was installed in sections from a floating barge using two cra...