Auckland Council

AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Mayor Phil Goff welcomed this morning’s announcement by the government of a further $1.4 billion investment in Auckland’s housing infrastructure.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s first fully electric ferries will hit the water by 2024, thanks to $27 million of new funding from the government and $7 million from Auckland Transport, announced by Mayor Phil Goff and Minister of Energy and Resources Megan Woods this afternoon.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Mayor Len Brown has announced a significant reduction in the cost of the City Rail Link (CRL) from $2.86 billion to less than $2.4 billion lowering the price of Auckland's number one transport infrastructure priority by about 20 per cent.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Aucklanders will get a taste of Quay Street’s potential as a world-class waterfront boulevard this Saturday as it is closed off to traffic for the cycle-themed street carnival, ‘Ciclovia on Quay’.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland Council has added Colin Maiden Park in St Johns to its parks network, ensuring this open space and sports field complex remains in public ownership and available to the people of Auckland forever.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A new multi-purpose vessel was added to Auckland Council's Harbourmaster fleet after being christened by the Mayoress at the Marine Rescue Centre today.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Researchers are elated to find the sparrow-sized New Zealand storm petrel, thought extinct until 2003, is breeding on Little Barrier Island Hauturu in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A recent influx of abandoned cats and kittens at west Auckland’s animal shelter is being described as the start of the summer deluge.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A study into the future transport needs of Auckland reveals a looming crisis as the city’s population growth exceeds the ability of the transport network to cope.

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AUCKLAND — The latest audit of graffiti vandalism in Auckland shows levels of visible graffiti vandalism have dropped by one-third.

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AUCKLAND — This summer’s Safeswim beach water quality monitoring is underway with more than 60 beaches in the region included in the programme.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland Council is to investigate opportunities for innovative housing forms and sections sizes to enable the provision of more affordable homes in a pilot programme at Hobsonville Point.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Business confidence among Auckland firms is at its lowest point in 12 months, according to the latest figures from Auckland Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly business confidence survey.

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AUCKLAND — Hundreds of Aucklanders have embraced the more inclusive community engagement approach council is undertaking for the Auckland Unitary Plan.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Mayor has welcomed the appointment of Tiwana Tibble to the board of Auckland Council Property Limited (ACPL) and Diana Puketapu to Auckland Council Investments Limited (ACIL).

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AUCKLAND CITY — Confirmation that Auckland’s quest to be a world leader in urban design is on track came last night when two local projects took top honours at the national industry awards.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A case of illegal dumping brought by Auckland Council has resulted in the highest Resource Management Act fine ever for a council prosecution.

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Below is a letter to all the Mayors and CEOs of local and regional authorities in New Zealand from Local Board Chairs of Otara-Papatoetoe, Mangere-Otahuhu and Manurewa regarding the Auckland Council Street Prostitution Bill.

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AUCKLAND — The second annual Auckland Scorecard has revealed Auckland is making further progress towards becoming the world’s most liveable city.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Great Ape Race – a mini ‘amazing race’ around Auckland Zoo to raise funds to help conserve orangutan in the wild, takes place on Thursday 15 November (6pm-9pm) as part of Orangutan Caring Week celebrations.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s buoyant housing market demonstrates that the region is an attractive place to live and work for both New Zealanders and migrants.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Lower average rate increases for Aucklanders are a step closer after a meeting of Auckland Council's Strategy and Finance Committee today.

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Superstorm Sandy is a reminder that a large-scale natural disaster can strike at anytime, anywhere.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland Council is calling on pet owners to make their pets’ safety a priority during the fireworks season.

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Rates in Auckland will go up by an average of 2.9 per cent if the Mayoral proposal for the 2013/14 Annual Plan is adopted.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Shared spaces in Auckland’s city centre are taking off with real benefits for the public and business alike.

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Auckland Council's next rates increase will be the lowest yet if the Mayoral Proposal for the council's Annual Plan - its budget for the coming year - is adopted.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council is starting work this weekend on replacing the footbridge linking Tamaki Drive to Point Resolution and the Parnell Baths.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Aucklanders will have a chance to discuss the planning rules that will shape the city, as a two-week online forum gets underway next week.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Legislative change that will greatly speed the implementation of the Auckland Council Unitary Plan has been welcomed by Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The winners of the sixth Objective Art Awards, part of Southside Arts Festival, were announced on Friday 12 October at the Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku.

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AUCKLAND — The city centre will soon be alive with an impressive line-up of freestyle riders, go-go dancers, tappers, acrobats and more when the Living Room festival kicks off for 2012.

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AUCKLAND — Artist James Ormsby is settling in to his latest project as the Auckland Council’s regional parks artist in residence.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Mayor has moved to correct any confusion about the budget and rates setting process for the coming year.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has confirmed that more than 50 elm trees in Whitford have been found to have Dutch elm disease, a destructive and fast spreading disease that was prominent in the early 1990s.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council’s iconic Tepid Baths has won the New Zealand Project Management Institute’s (PMINZ) Public Sector Project of the Year award.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has welcomed the findings of the most comprehensive survey ever done into the place of sport and recreation in the lives of young New Zealanders.

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AUCKLAND — The recognition by Lonely Planet that Auckland and its harbours are the top two international tourism attractions in New Zealand has been welcomed by the Mayor.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Mayor Len Brown is initiating a new annual lecture to honour the memory and legacy of the ‘father of Auckland’, Sir John Logan Campbell.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Zoo is offering youngsters a unique opportunity to role-play being a zookeeper, vet and other Zoo workers, by taking part in its ‘Replay The Zoo’ programme these October holidays from 29 September until 14 October.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland Civil Defence’s new mobile phone apps have jumped straight to the top of the download charts.

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Hundreds of aspiring young scientists across central Auckland recently displayed science and technology projects at the NIWA Auckland City Science and Technology Fair, with six Auckland school students picking up Auckland Council awards at the event.

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The Chair of Otara-Papatoetoe Local board of Auckland Council, John McCracken, has called for a united effort to find work for South Auckland  people within the horticultural sector.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s ambitious new Economic Development Strategy (EDS), designed to boost Auckland’s role as the nation’s economic powerhouse, reached a significant milestone with its official launch today.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Be prepared for more of Tamaki Makaurau’s unique and fascinating past to be uncovered as final preparations are made for Auckland’s ninth annual Heritage Festival.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council says incorporating its pohutukawa logo into Watercare Services Ltd branding will not cost the council-controlled organisation millions of dollars.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Aucklanders are invited to have their say on the first proposed street upgrade since the launch of the City Centre Masterplan.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The author of the Living Building Challenge, the world’s most stringent green building programme, and a key influencer in the international green building movement, is coming to Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Libraries has a large and detailed piece of family history that it desperately wants to reunite with its owner.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has introduced new protection measures in the Hunua Ranges to protect kauri from kauri dieback disease.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Auckland Council's Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel that has been appointed by the Mayor of Auckland has been in existence for one year.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Hauraki Gulf Forum has invited experts in environmental management to explain how the state of the Hauraki Gulf might be improved at a public seminar at Auckland Museum next week, Wednesday August 22.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland’s position as one of the world’s top 10 most liveable cities has been confirmed with the release of the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Report.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Liquor ban breaches in the central city have plummeted by 80 per cent as a result of work by the Mayoral Taskforce on Alcohol and Community Safety.

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AUCKLAND — A new development boundary replacing the current metropolitan urban limits will be introduced to ensure Auckland has 30 years supply of greenfield land for residential and business growth as targeted in the Auckland Plan.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A report outlining alternative options for funding critical transport projects such as the additional Waitemata Harbour Crossing, City Rail Link, Penlink, rail to the Airport and the East-West Link has won the support of Auckland Council.

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AUCKLAND CITY — As part of developing its new rating policy Auckland Council has been updating and improving the property valuation data for the 517,000 properties that it uses for setting rates.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Landlubbers of all ages are invited to become pirates for the day and brave the icy waters of Mission Bay for Winter Splash 2012.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has launched a new four-minute video to help explain the changes to Auckland’s new single rating system.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Len Brown will pull up a chair in Mangere Town Centre on Monday 23 July for his next Mayor in the Chair session.

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AUCKLAND — Entries for the Cult Couture fashion show close on 27 July and designers are encouraged to get in early and secure their place in this year's show.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Providing greater opportunity for Aucklanders to have their say is at the heart of Auckland Council’s proposed changes to the Unitary Plan process.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Work is progressing well in three keys areas to minimise alcohol-related harm in central Auckland, based on an action plan developed by the Mayoral Taskforce.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The tiles are polished, the pools have been filled, the historic hanging baskets are in place and the staff and lifeguards are ready to welcome visitors to the carefully restored Tepid Baths.

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The region’s first alcohol harm reduction strategy has been adopted by Auckland Council, reinforcing the proposed actions from the Mayor’s alcohol and community safety taskforce.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council’s Regional Development and Operations Committee (RDOC) has agreed unanimously on a raft of recommendations to strengthen the focus on built heritage through the planning process.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland now has its first region-wide plan for tackling waste to reduce harm to the environment and help ensure Auckland is the world's most liveable city.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Zoo is inviting all eager competitors to race in and take the 2012 Zoolympic Challenge  - on at the Zoo these July holidays and every day until Sunday 12 August.

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AUCKLAND CITY — When walking past Artstation on Ponsonby Road, make sure you check out the Youth Art Committee’s (YAC) latest offering, How we Roll, an installation by Candice Stock.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Nearly $150,000 is going towards boosting young Aucklanders' health, wellbeing and career prospects from the Mayoress' Fund for Youth.

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AUCKLAND — An independent technical study on the current and future freight demand for ports and ports-related infrastructure in the upper North Island will begin this month, following the appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers to undertake the study.

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The doors to Auckland’s iconic Tepid Baths will open to the public once again on Saturday 23 June after an ambitious $15.8 million restoration and upgrade.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council’s Parks, Recreation and Heritage Forum has recommended the council develop a non-regulatory smokefree policy across the region.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The taskforce established by the Mayor have today agreed on actions to reduce alcohol-related antisocial behaviour on Auckland’s inner-city streets.

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AUCKLAND CITY — An Auckland-wide school tree-planting programme led by Mayor Len Brown was launched today with help from Avondale Intermediate students and community volunteers.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has declined a request to fast track the resource consent application for a 15 level mixed-use building, which would include a brothel, directly to the Environment Court.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Nearly 90 per cent of Aucklanders agree it is important for their city to be known as a place that supports the arts, according to new survey results.

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AUCKLAND — Mayor Len Brown has hailed the passing of Auckland Council's first 10-year budget as a triumph of balancing prudence and transformation.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Access to Auckland’s council-owned swimming pools will be free to children 16 years and under following a decision at today’s Strategy and Finance Committee meeting.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has agreed on a Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC) of $350 as the most fair and equitable figure for all Aucklanders.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Len Brown is looking forward to chatting to Mairangi Bay locals when holds a Mayor in the Chair event on Tuesday 29 May.

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AUCKLAND — The Mayor is confident he can hold average rate increases around the rate of inflation and save 125,000 Auckland households from double-digit rate increases.   The Strategy and Finance Committee will meet tomorrow to decide the final form of the council’s 10-year budget, the Long-term Plan (LTP).

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council is advising residents that, commencing Monday 4 June (Queen’s Birthday), all its regular kerbside rubbish, recycling and paper collections will be one day later than usual due to the Queen’s Birthday public holiday.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council’s inaugural Children and Young People in Auckland publication highlights the opportunities and challenges faced by the demographic group, which makes up one-third of Auckland’s population.

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AUCKLAND CITY — To celebrate Samoan as the second-most spoken language in Auckland, Auckland Libraries is hosting an exciting line-up of free events and activities during le Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa (Samoan Language Week, 27 May to 2 June).

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Mayor has reaffirmed that Auckland will not be selling off its strategic assets – the port and its airport shares.

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AUCKLAND — Grey Power Age Concern Franklin Senior Citizens Group Dear Chris We have spoken at length about the impact of rates increases on the elderly and the inequities of the current system.

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AUCKLAND —   Design plans have been revealed for the proposed conversion of a heritage building on Auckland’s waterfront into a world class multi use cruise and events facility.

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AUCKLAND — The Mayor is confident that Auckland Council will hold average rate increases to around the rate of inflation after driving $1.7 billion out of the draft Long-term Plan (LTP) despite pressures on council budgets.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A joint effort between Auckland Council and Tasman Insulation Ltd to reduce a major steam plume in Penrose has drastically reduced emissions and made Auckland’s air cleaner.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Mayor has confirmed that business will pay the same proportion of rates as under the combined legacy councils and that rates differentials will reduce over the next decade.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council’s planting season kicks off this weekend at Long Bay Regional Park.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council has listened to good dog owners who said that more work is needed on the proposed fee structure in order to match it with council’s upcoming policy work for dogs.

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AUCKLAND — From 1 July, Auckland Council will be closing 13 "kauri protection zones" in Waitakere Ranges Regional Park to protect kauri from kauri dieback.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Individuals, groups and organisations from throughout the Auckland region are encouraged to get their entries in for the 2012 Auckland Council Sustainable Environmental Awards.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland councillors this week consider two new proposals on dog registration fees, including reinstating a discount for responsible dog owners.

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AUCKLAND — From today Auckland residents will be able to take part in a renewable energy scheme that will help them save on power bills.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A fashion show with a twist is set to take centre stage on Friday 4 May at the Mangere Arts Centre.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Multi-disciplinary Auckland artist Askew One has been honoured under the Los Angles Sister Cities programme for his generosity and stewardship as a mentor in contemporary public art.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland Council is encouraging people to have their say on a new draft policy, which proposes how community funding should be allocated across the region.

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