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Auckland Council has indicated water restrictions in the region will not lift, marking one year 13 May, 2021 07:58 PM 3 minutes to read Mayor Phil Goff said he hoped water saving measures people have taken was a habit people would maintain. Photo / File Mayor Phil Goff said he hoped water saving measures people have taken was a habit people would maintain. Photo / File NZ Herald By: Jake McKee Auckland Council has no intention to lift the regions water restrictions yet, which will have been in ...

The levels are normally 76.4 percent full. As of Thursday, they have dropped to just 50.26 percent.

Work on the 14.7km long sewer tunnel from Grey Lynn to the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant started in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2025. It is being constructed by Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture and is expected to reduce sewage overflows into the Waitematā Harbour and help clean up local waterways. He said he was impressed by the professional expertise of the team on site as well as the sheer size and scale of the project. Engineers took Lamonte down a 39 metre shaft to see...

Watercare's new CEO is confident in his plans to improve Auckland's water supply. Jon Lamonte stepped into the shoes as chief executive at Auckland’s water

“Being able to do in 10 months what might have taken three years in a previous environment I think sends good signs we can be agile, we can think differently, and do things far more rapidly – that’s got to be good,” Lamonte said. Watercare/Supplied Watercares Wairoa Dam in the Hunua ranges. On April 6, it was 58 per cent full. Lamonte has come from a similar role at the Sydney Metro rail programme, and prior to that spent six years as the chief executive of Transport for Greater Manch...

Letters: Mistakes in Covid response, lockdown fatigue and Auckland weather 4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 8 minutes to read Should Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologise to the Botany KFC worker who claims she has been unfairly criticised? Photo / Mark Mitchell, File NZ Herald Piling on criticism The demand from the KFC rule breaker that the Prime Minister apologises to her personally, because she thought the messaging wasnt "clear enough" tells you everything you need to know the how and the ...

Advertisement Transport Minister Andrew Constance pushed for his top bureaucrat to be sacked after his department did not follow an instruction to clear all trees within 40 metres of either side of all major highways in NSW. Mr Constance issued a ministerial direction to then-Transport for NSW secretary Rodd Staples directing his department to carry out the mass land clearing of millions of trees along “all state managed highways” in February 2020, after the Black Summer bushfires. The Prin...