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The plan, which is largely a continuation of the ATAP 2018-28 programme, was announced by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Transport Minister Michael Wood on Friday. "At $31 billion this is the largest capital programme ever allocated for Auckland transport infrastructure and services," Goff said. "We have a huge backlog from years of underinvestment to make up and this is a step in the right direction." The plan will be funded by both the Government and the council. A total of $16.3 billion will c...

Everyone realises theyre at the mercy of the pandemic and are doing their best to ensure they get to perform, said Papa, but not knowing whether Auckland will return to Level 1 until Friday, the festival is planning for both scenarios. "You know, weve got shows like Tigilau Ness in the Aotea Square garden just prior to Che Fu and the Krates in the town hall. So, if we dont drop to Level 1 then we have to re-schedule which means a last minute re-scheduling and moving things and, yeah!" said Papa...

A different kind of bank: Mangakino community fights firewood poverty 3 Mar, 2021 08:33 PM 5 minutes to read Jan Heath is happy with her firewood from the Mangakino Firewood Bank. Photo / Charlene Campbell Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender Four years ago when a doctor from Mangakino Health Services opened a bank account for a firewood club, the banker said "not many other practices around Taupō do this". All geared up for their fifth winter, Mangakino Health Services practice manager Charlene Campbe...

5-year-old boy who died in Bay of Plenty road accident laid to rest in Auckland Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Rizwan Mohammad A five-year-old boy who died in a road accident on Friday night, February 26, has been laid to rest in Auckland earlier this week. Police identified the victim of the crash as Ashton Aahil Maharaj of Manurewa, Auckland. Emergency services were called on Friday night around 10 p.m. near SH37, between Brett and Rerewhakaaitu roads, after reports of a single-vehi...

The money will be used to pay down debt ahead of major Auckland office developments. NZX-listed Asset Plus has sold the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Christchurch for $43.5 million to free up its balance sheet for a hefty redevelopment pipeline. The shopping centre will be sold to an unidentified New Zealand private investor between August 22 and February 22.  Asset Plus said the deferred settlement date would provide Asset Plus with rental earnings from the centre while it focuses on buildin...

David White/Stuff The stage is erected outside 3 Roseman Ave in advance of the Auckland Arts Festival. Company member Tafadzwa Chikomba said it was “very refreshing” to be funded for a creative project. Fellow actor Maia Ratana agreed, saying with the push of support from MSD it felt like the project was being taken seriously. The show, Love to Say Goodbye, will tell the stories of a community displaced by Kāinga Ora redevelopments. The two state houses being used for the production we...

Letters: Tourism, self-control, Steve Braunias, borders and conversion therapy 16 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 8 minutes to read International tourism will never again be as it was, says Tourism Minister Stuart Nash. Photo / Supplied, File NZ Herald Lost tourism While Minister Stuart Nashs comments about the future of tourism in New Zealand may seem overly harsh, he is right in saying that tourism will not return to what it has been. Visitors from Australia will probably be about the same leve...

That meant they could deliver high quality yet affordable homes in extremely short time frames. Edwards said the sort of collaboration they had with Versatile Pukekohe could really help to increase New Zealand’s housing supply. It could represent the start of an exciting way to get more Kiwis into their own homes, Versatile Pukekohe owner Wenny Lubbers, agreed. RNZ Auckland Council is pushing back at the Governments plans to get thousands of prefab homes built here to tackle the housin...

A furious 18-year-old plunged the biggest knife she could find into her boyfriend's neck, a prosecutor told murder trial jurors today. Rikki-Lee Te Maurior

Dominion Rd murder trial: Shockingly young age for mum to face charge 10 Feb, 2021 12:56 AM 3 minutes to read A furious 18-year-old plunged the biggest knife she could find into her boyfriends neck, a prosecutor told murder trial jurors today. Rikki-Lee Te Mauriora Simeon has denied murdering Brendon Hamilton, the father of her child, at a Dominion Rd apartment in May 2019. Crown prosecutor Kirsten Lummis said the Auckland couples relationship was peppered with violence and the young parents ha...