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Simon Wilson: A bleak night in the Onehunga traffic dispute 13 May, 2021 05:00 PM 8 minutes to read Aerial view of the Arthur Grey Low Traffic Neighbourhood streetworks being installed. Photo / supplied OPINION: "I want you to know that what we are feeling is beyond anger." The delivery was steady but there was no mistaking the anguish in the voice. Angela Turrall of Onehunga had a petition to present to the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board, which was meeting last Tuesday nigh...

Photo: Supplied/ Seuta’afili Patrick Thomsen Kefu is remembered as a fierce humanitarian rights activist whose work spanned years, particularly advocating for leiti, of which he was the president of the Tongan Leitis Association. New Zealand-based TLA members Ashley Tonga and Eva Tanya Mafi co-organised a vigil at St Peters Anglican Church in Onehunga, Auckland, on Saturday. It was attended by many more people than Mafi expected. "The planning and hosting was all about Poli, with the deal bet...

Child hospitalised after crash in Epsom, Auckland 12 May, 2021 10:05 PM 3 minutes to read A child was injured in the crash. Photo / Tim McCready NZ Herald A child has been injured in a crash that caused some delays in central Auckland early today. Emergency services were called to a crash on the corner of Kipling Ave and Manukau Rd, in Epsom, shortly before 8.30am. St John confirmed one person was taken to Starship Childrens Hospital in a moderate condition. Six other people were assessed and ...

Georgia-May Gilbertson16:55, May 12 2021 Alden Williams/Stuff Police are investigating a report of a child being approached by a stranger while waiting for the school bus in Napier. Napier police are investigating after a report that a primary school student was approached by a stranger in Bay View on Wednesday morning. At 7:55am, the child was approached by the man at a bus stop on Main North Road near Onehunga Rd. The man got out of his car, which was described as a white station wagon, and...

Press Release – Auckland Unlimited   Elemental AKL is returning this July with an ever-growing number of events and experiences celebrating the culture, cuisine and creativity of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. From 14 July to 1 August, festivalgoers can experience art, food, music, and activities as Elemental AKL events transform eateries, bars and hotel lobbies, theatres, stadiums and public spaces across Auckland into hubs of exciting experiences. Events range from high-end ticketed experienc...

Both the group calling itself Save Queen St, and the council, seem to agree what’s needed. But the puzzling arm-wrestle over the detail may reflect anxiety from businesses about the decline of the once-golden mile. Covid-19 has eliminated the footfall of foreign tourists, foreign students and many downtown office staff who are spending more time working from home. The pedestrian count is down 40 per cent, 90 of 245 shopfronts are vacant and the fear of the businesses may be that no one kno...

Letters: Māori health, youth in emergency housing, Queen St works and penis graffiti 10 May, 2021 05:00 PM 9 minutes to read A vaccination centre set up at Manurewa Marae. Photo / Michael Craig NZ Herald Poor results in Māori health John Tamihere claims (NZ Herald, May 6) Māori are somehow "placed at the back of the queue" across the health system, implying systemic racism, which is specious. In 40 years working in health, the only systemic discrimination Ive seen has fav...

The Johnsonville line a “rapid transit” service? It’s about as rapid as LGWM.   Misfit, 11. May 2021, 10:06 To my mind the Johnsonville line should be converted to an o-Bahn busway . That way buses could come from further afield, then take the busway into the city and carry on out the other side with passengers never having to get off and transfer for longer journeys.   Blimey to all this! Well done, Felicity Wong.   Greenwelly, 11. May 2021, 10:09 In ...

Monday, 10 May 2021, 11:21 am   Elemental AKL is returning this July with an ever-growing number of events and experiences celebrating the culture, cuisine and creativity of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. From 14 July to 1 August, festivalgoers can experience art, food, music, and activities as Elemental AKL events transform eateries, bars and hotel lobbies, theatres, stadiums and public spaces across Auckland into hubs of exciting experiences. Events range from high-end ticketed experiences to fr...

Housing crisis: Exclusive data shows the suburbs Aucklands new houses are being built in 7 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read New Zealands affordable housing crisis explained. Video / NZ Herald Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz Auckland is in the middle of a building boom with more than 17,000 new homes completed across the city in the past two years, exclusive new data has revealed. Hobsonville, in the citys north west, had the most building activity ...