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New Zealand's fourth largest city Fourth largest city in New Zealand by population North Shore City covers an area of 13,000 hectares It is known for its magnificent beaches, reserves and lifestyle The population numbered approximately 220,300 residents as at June 30, 2007. Annual budget is in excess of $350m and total assets are in excess of $4 billion. North Shore City boasts a lifestyle and environment that set it apart as a destination for homemakers, pleasure-seekers and business people. The natural advantages of a warm climate, beautiful beaches, and spectacular scenery contribute to the popularity of one of the most vibrant and fastest growing regions in New Zealand. A stable and educated workforce, meanwhile, make it a prime location for commercial and industrial development. Surrounded by sea, the city has an unbroken 140km urban coastline. Residents can enjoy an endless range of aquatic activities - or venture inland, where there are more than 400 parks and walkways through native bush reserves. This is a city where growth and development is carefully managed and protection of natural beauty and a clean environment is a prime consideration. 




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Friday, 3 September 2010
Council 12:11PM
Mayor will hold Councillors, Local Boards and CCO Directors to account

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams will hold Councillors, Local Board Members and CCO Directors in the new Auckland Council to account, if elected the new Mayor of Auckland.

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Saturday, 28 August 2010
Real Estate 9:40AM
Mairangi Bay parkland purchase completed by North Shore City Council

NORTH SHORE CITY —   The final piece in the jigsaw of Mairangi Bay coastal real estate necessary to complete a new public reserve on the beachfront has been purchased, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Environment 12:00PM
Mayor thanks Minister for Toxic Sea Slug Research Funding

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams is relieved that Wayne Mapp, Minister of Research, Science and Technology has announced a $250,000 Government fund over two years to research toxic slugs in the Hauraki Gulf.

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Council 4:17PM
Councillor collapses North Shore City Council meeting

NORTH SHORE CITY — "North Shore City Councillor Chris Darby deliberately walked out of a council meeting of North Shore City Council today, collapsing the quorum of eight elected members required to hold the meeting," says Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Council 8:14AM
New Auckland Council must focus on priorities - not the Olympics

AUCKLAND — "It is vital that the new Auckland Council focuses on priorities and does not allow itself to be sidetracked with airs of grandeur" says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Council 4:47PM
Remuneration Authority pay rates appear to lack consistency says North Shore Mayor

NORTH SHORE CITY — The determination by the Remuneration Authority setting the pay rates for the Mayor and elected members of the new Auckland Council, and for local board members, appears to lack consistency and has overlooked the size and scope of the job, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Friday, 11 June 2010
Swimming 9:47AM
Millennium Institute expansion welcomed

NORTH SHORE CITY — Government plans for a $40 million expansion of the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health, New Zealand’s world class sports training facility based on the North Shore, to provide an international standard aquatics competition facility suitable for both elite and high performance swimming events and also for local public use was welcomed today by North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Friday, 28 May 2010
Council 10:54AM
North Shore district plan would have protected views of volcano

NORTH SHORE CITY — The new eight-storey 30 metre high Mount Eden prison currently under construction would not have met been permitted if North Shore district plan rules were applied, due to its proximity to a prominent volcano, says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Water 2:32PM
Is Auckland's water allocation to be controlled from Wellington - NSCC committee Chair raises concerns

AUCKLAND — At a recent meeting the North Shore City Council Strategy and Finance Committee discussed its concerns over government plans for water.

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Monday, 24 May 2010
Council 5:01PM
Corporate takeover of Auckland confirmed by government

AUCKLAND — The government’s confirmation today of the corporate takeover of Auckland local government is a slap in the face for Aucklanders, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Monday, 17 May 2010
Building 5:49PM
Leaky Homes 'rescue package' a giant step in the right direction, but must be fair on super city ratepayers, says North Shore Mayor

NORTH SHORE CITY — The government’s leaky-homes rescue package released today is a giant step in the right direction with the government finally accepting their fair share of responsibility for this man-made national disaster, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Sunday, 16 May 2010
Media 10:34AM
Desperate reporting or dirty politics?

NORTH SHORE CITY — The naivety of young Sunday Star Times reporter Jonathan Marshall in today's edition is only equalled by his latest poorly researched article which once again includes inaccuracies and deliberately misleading content.

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Sunday, 18 April 2010
Media 2:07PM
Inaccurate incorrect quote corrected by Herald on Sunday

AUCKLAND CITY — The Herald on Sunday has corrected on its on-line website an inaccurate incorrect quote attributed to me which they printed in today's Herald on Sunday, says Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Saturday, 17 April 2010
Crime 11:46AM
Identity theft reported to police

NORTH SHORE CITY — The North Shore City Council has reported to the police the theft of personal information from a council computer, Councillor Ken McKay said today.

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Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Cycling 1:38PM
Cycle to win along the new East Coast Road cycle path

NORTH SHORE CITY — Get on your bike and be in to win is the message being sent to those keen to give cycling a go.

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Friday, 26 March 2010
Building 1:18PM
Government to gain from leaky homes repairs

NORTH SHORE CITY — An independent report undertaken for the North Shore City Council confirms the government will benefit to the tune of over $2 billion from the repair of leaky homes, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Building 4:25PM
Court of Appeal 'leaky homes' decision to be discussed at Auckland Mayoral Forum

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams will discuss yesterday’s Court of Appeal decision with his colleagues on the Auckland Mayoral Forum, which meets this Friday, Mayor Williams said today.

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Friday, 12 March 2010
Council 7:44AM
Positive outcome from Local Government Commission process says North Shore Mayor

NORTH SHORE CITY — The final boundaries for the Auckland Council and local boards are positive for the North Shore community and provide a good basis for democratic representation, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Monday, 8 March 2010
Council 11:09AM
Blaming 'Wellington' a smoke screen says North Shore Mayor

NORTH SHORE CITY — Blaming ‘Wellington’ for the Super City fiasco is a smoke screen to divert attention from the real culprits, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Thursday, 4 March 2010
Council 8:08AM
North Shore community projects to be accelerated

NORTH SHORE CITY — Numerous community projects are in line to be accelerated after agreement was reached between the Auckland Transition Agency and the North Shore City Council to allow the disposal of the former council works department in Albany and apply the funds to legacy community projects across the Shore, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Monday, 1 March 2010
Council 4:13PM
Super city model fundamentally broken says Mayor

NORTH SHORE CITY — The super city governance model is fundamentally broken and is pretty much beyond repair, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today when presenting the Council submission on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill to the Auckland Governance Select Committee.

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Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Sport 1:07PM
Mayor assured stadium ticketing problems a 'one –off'

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says he has been assured by North Harbour Stadium management that the ticketing problems experienced by rugby fans at last Friday’s Blues versus Hurricanes Super 14 match were a ‘one-off’.

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Council 8:57AM
Submission calls for integrated planning and grass-roots decision-making

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says the new Auckland Council legislation needs major changes if it is to deliver the improvements promised by Local Government Minister Rodney Hide.

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Thursday, 24 December 2009
Politics 7:02AM
Mayor suggests Minister's Christmas present list: a calculator and a book on amnesia

NORTH SHORE CITY — For Christmas, Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson needs to get himself a calculator and the "Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss" by Jonathan Lethem, says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

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Friday, 18 December 2009
Council 8:56AM
Mayor brimming with ideas after Kennedy talk

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor, Andrew Williams, is brimming with fresh ideas for the North Shore after attending a talk last night by Robert F Kennedy junior, in Auckland to support the School Aid charity established by former Prime Minister and World Trade Organisation head, Mike Moore.

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Thursday, 17 December 2009
Council 1:27PM
Mayor brimming with ideas after Kennedy talk

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor, Andrew Williams, is brimming with fresh ideas for the North Shore after attending a talk last night by Robert F Kennedy junior, in Auckland to support the School Aid charity established by former Prime Minister and World Trade Organisation head, Mike Moore.

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Building 8:03AM
Release of leaky homes advice to government may "cause homeowners undue concern, stress and worry."

NORTH SHORE CITY — The Department of Building and Housing, the government’s principal advisors on leaky homes, has denied a leaky homes victim access to reports and advice to the government on the issue because it “may cause homeowners undue concern, stress and worry,” North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Politics 8:02AM
Mayor releases text log to John Key

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has released the log of his text messages to John Key going back 4 months to August 2009 which show there were only three texts in this whole period and no texts at 3.30am as described in the New Zealand Herald today.

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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Council 8:49AM
North Shore response to boundaries focuses on community engagement

NORTH SHORE CITY — The North Shore City submission to the Local Governance Commission on the draft boundaries for the new Auckland Council and Local Boards proposes single member Wards and more Local Board members to improve local representation and strengthen the relationship between representatives and their communities, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.

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Friday, 11 December 2009
Community 3:09PM
'Never Shake a Baby' campaign deserves our support says Mayor Andrew Williams

NORTH SHORE CITY — North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has put his support strongly behind the newly launched ‘Never Shake a Baby’ campaign.

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