Auckland City Council met this morning to discuss the impact recent weather has had on the region. The city has been hammered by three major weather events in the past week that caused severe flooding and damage in localised areas.
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Storm update | Heavy rain across Auckland
Heavy rain across Auckland overnight has left roads closed, homes flooded and caused slips. Between 60mm and 90mm of rain has fallen across the region since midday Friday to 6am Saturday, including areas impacted by Wednesday’s deluge.
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Local Board fears new bill could threaten Auckland reserves
An Auckland local board member is concerned a new government bill could lead to reserves in Auckland and potentially around the country being developed.
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Auckland’s new mayor promises action on housing, environment
Speaking at his inauguration at Auckland’s Town Hall, Goff described measures for addressing housing affordability as a key priority in implementing his vision of a socially inclusive city. “Each night hundreds of people sleep rough. Kids are living in cars. Families are sleeping in garages. We want our children to grow up in an inclusive and fair community and that starts with secure, affordable and healthy homes.”
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Auckland local body election results delayed
Release of final results in the Auckland local body elections expected this afternoon are deferred until 9.00am tomorrow morning Friday 14 October.
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Ngāti Pāoa accuse Council of disregarding evidence
The Auckland Council has voted to abolish the Sites of Value to Mana Whenua clause in its Unitary Plan despite results from a 2015 council and mana whenua screening exercise showing more than 2500 sites qualify under criteria to support the clause.
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Local Council elctions- Māori candidates putting in the hard yards
Local Council elections are already heating up with some Māori candidates putting in the hard yards now, vying for positions in two of the biggest Māori districts in Auckland city.
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Puhinui River used as an inorganic dumping ground
More than 1,900 volunteers spread themselves across a 12km boundary today as they chipped in to clean South Auckland’s Puhinui stream from Otara to the Manukau Harbour. The sad side of this event revealed that many Aucklanders are using the river as an inorganic dumping ground.
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Ngāti Manuhiri to develop upmarket housing sites
Ngāti Manuhiri of Omaha Marae will exchange part of their forestry coastal land for the right to develop and sell upmarket housing sites. The exchange with the Auckland City Council hopes to see the land turned into a new regional park.
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Flavell vying for Local Board again due to lack of Māori representation
29-year-old Wiremu Flavell will run again in Auckland's local council elections because of the low number of Māori elected in the previous election.