Vale - Dr Roger Grace 1945 - 2019
New Zealand lost one of its environmental heroes when Dr Roger Grace QSM died at Warkworth Hospital on June 28. For more than 50 years, Dr Grace combed the seas around NZ from Stewart Island to the Kermadec... read more
New look refuse and recycling centres reopening this week
In the pink – Mahurangi Wastebusters director Matthew Luxon (left) and newly appointed operations manager Paul Fromont in front of new transfer bins at Lawrie Road. The former waste transfer stations... read more
Reforms too late for couple in leaky home nightmare
A call by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff last month for radical reform of the Building Act and Building Code has come too little and too late for Algies Bay retirees Gerrard and Evelyn Brown. For more than... read more
Illegal property purchases lead to record penalty
The owners of two rural properties in Warkworth have been ordered to pay $2.95 million to the Crown after an Overseas Investment Office (OIO) investigation found they were bought without consent. The... read more
End of Life Choice Bill – where do local MPs stand?
The End of Life Choice Bill, introduced by ACT MP David Seymour and currently making its way through Parliament, aims to give people with a terminal illness or a “grievous and irremediable”... read more
Ratepayers spend more than $1.6m on seawall consent
The final costs to Auckland's ratepayers of seeking resource consent for the proposed Orewa seawall are in, and total more than $1.6 million - $1,678.604. This final figure, obtained by Hibiscus Matters... read more
