Published 24 September 2010 Auckland City councillors approved a bevy of plan changes at their final scheduled full council meeting last night. One that missed was private plan change 8, proposed by Westfield (NZ) Ltd for the expansion of its St Lukes shopping mall into a town centre. It was deferred for further consideration and […]
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Roger awards bring bitter council divide to surface
Published 9 April 2010 The Roger awards – insult or wakeup call? A fair assessment or a politically biased judgment? Something to be treated lightheartedly or something to react bitterly towards? The annual awards, first made in 1997, are organised by Murray Horton of CAFCA (the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa) & GATT […]
Heritage trust, Wynyard & Parnell station endorsements
Published 13 November 2009 Auckland City Council’s city development committee yesterday: endorsed a heritage policy & toolkit for management methods & incentives, to establish a heritage trust, and to request another report on feasibility & impacts of a plan change for transferable development rightsendorsed proposed plan changes 38, 39 & 43 for notification, affecting […]
City development decisions
Published 11 September 2009 Auckland City Council’s city development community reached a number of decisions and debated a number of issues yesterday, which I’ve run out of time today to present in any detail. Detail on some, at least, will go on the website over the weekend. Among decisions the committee made: […]
Auckland council holds rates down, but leaves a pill for the new super-city council to digest
Published 18 June 2009 Auckland City Council’s majority proudly kept today to its promise of an average 2% rates rise for the next financial year starting 1 July – lower than the council’s estimate of its cost of inflation, 2.5%. The Citizens & Ratepayers majority rejected pleas from the City Vision, Labour & independent […]
S&P issues negative outlook on city council ratings
Published 4 May 2009 Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has reduced the outlook for Auckland City Council’s local currency ratings from stable to negative, although it’s affirmed the rating at AA/A-1+. Standard and Poor’s said on Friday it revised the outlook on these ratings from stable to negative to reflect the likely change in […]
