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Stand up to helipad wannabes, council planners told

In the final part of a three-part Newsroom series, anti-helicopter protestors say Auckland Council is ignoring its own, and national government rules each time it gives permission for yet another helipad in someone’s garden.

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Rotors over Waiheke, or paradise drowned out

In 2019, Waiheke Island had 20 consented helipads. By March 2022 it was 49. Now it’s over 60. In the second of a three-part series, Nikki Mandow looks at the skies above Waiheke.

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Helipad fight: 2023 will be crucial, protestors say

As private helipads (and applications for them) proliferate around Auckland and two Hauraki Gulf islands, the big question is why city officials seem so reluctant to do anything to stop them.

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Achieving the gold standard of balance sheet separation

How could big councils like Auckland and Christchurch retain ownership of their waters assets, yet separate them from their balance sheets – under any reform model?

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Kāinga Ora's radical Auckland density wishlist

Deep in the pile of submissions to Auckland Council over the new residential planning zones, Kāinga Ora shows its hand. Bruce Morris finds some contentious stuff among the hundreds of pages.

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Hash out intensification funding or risk under-servicing communities

The Government’s demand for intensification relies on funding and financing tools that are no longer fit for purpose.

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Collaboration key to meeting NZ’s infrastructure demands

Events like the earthquakes and Covid-19 drove change in the construction sector, but the ball needs to keep rolling.

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Auckland Council: What they've got to hide

Auckland councillors held an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to grapple with a $270m hole in the council budget – but almost all the detail and all the grappling was kept secret.

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'The real work starts today': Plugging Auckland Council’s leaky budget

New Auckland mayor Wayne Brown called a $270 million deficit in council budgets a “wake-up call” that suggested his term won’t be “business as usual”

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From sprinklers to sheep: New emissions tools help firms flex on the world stage

NZ develops measurement tools and targets to help businesses here avoid the greenwashing of the 'carbon neutral' Qatar World Cup with its stadiums and watered, air-conditioned turfs.

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Yearly events could be the shot in the arm Auckland needs

With the Rugby World Cup over next week, how reliant can Auckland’s economic recovery be on a steady schedule of international events?

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Wayne's first fix - a budget emergency

Mayor Wayne Brown and the new council get their first chance at 'fixing' Auckland when this week's first business meeting grapples with a $270m shortfall in next year's budget

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No way for Waka Kotahi to know how dangerous e-scooters are

Transport agency Waka Kotahi is still debating how to measure the maximum power output, the High Court warns.

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For want of a bus driver: tough times for Auckland Transport

Recent cuts to bus services due to a major skills shortage cast an unhealthy pall on a public transport system still trying to regain the patronage of pre-pandemic years

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Court approves high-cost, high-rise Drury town centre after council appeal

Auckland Council appealed its own decision to rezone the area earlier this year.

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Clashing birthday wishes for Auckland Council

Wildly different sets of priorities look to inform the new governing body, as new councillors blow out the candles and make a wish on the 12th birthday of Auckland Council

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Arise, Mayor Wayne

The governing body of the Super City’s fifth term of council met for the first time last night at the Auckland Town Hall, where new mayor Wayne Brown had some portentous words for the city

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Steel mill expects 20-plus year consent, thanks to loophole in climate law

The big coal-burning Glenbrook mill has applied to keep operating until 2056, while Government delays enacting resource management changes.

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Wayne Brown’s red letter days

With council-controlled organisations firmly in his sights, new mayor Wayne Brown is sending letters to their leaders with some ambitious marching orders

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Auckland Council paid $16k to heal dog before putting it down

After he spent over 500 days in the pound, Auckland Council successfully appealed Zeus' stay of execution and had him put down for biting somebody

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The Week in Detail: Taxes, kauri, and Peter Ellis

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Kauri: The fightback against dieback

Kauri dieback disease is killing our giants of the forest - are we any closer to a cure?

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Auckland: The shape of midtown to come

The City Rail Link is just one of many developments over the next few years that could stand to utterly transform Auckland’s CBD.

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Wayne Brown: The storm before the storm

Wayne Brown is the kind of politician you can take at face value - if he promises disruption and radical change, it is more than likely to eventuate. Tim Murphy distils down what he's promised.

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Auckland Council's power shift

The make-up of the governing body of Auckland Council will look quite different in this fifth term of the Super City, with eight new faces around the table

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