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Lobby group and Auckland Council face off in court as judge mulls whether to stop $1.1 million pilot to make main drag more accessible to pedestrians.
Todd Niall05:00, May 05 2021 LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff More than two dozen shops are empty on Auckland's Queen Street as the economic effect of Covid-19 begins to bite. (April 2020) Three days of talks over the re-design of Auckland's Queen Street ended in a stalemate with the council and a group of disgruntled businesses to now meet at the High Court on Wednesday morning. The group of businesses and landlords under the banner Save Queen are seeking an injunction to halt work due to start next Monday, on trialling a more pedestrian-friendly, lower-traffic plan on a section of the main downtown sh...
The Coronation was the Queen’s big day, but the Duke of Edinburgh was there supporting her as millions watched the pomp and pageantry of the historic proceedings. He swore to be his wife’s “liege man of life and limb” and was the first layman to pay tender homage to the newly crowned monarch. Kneeling before her, he put his hands between hers and declared: “I, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship; and faith and truth will I bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.”