Forty nominations for 2010 North Shore City Civic Awards have been received by North Shore City Council. The awards recognise voluntary effort which benefits individuals and communities within North Shore City. They celebrate all volunteer participation in the community whether it is large or small. The nominations are now being assessed by the relevant selection [...]

The North Shore City Council has approved the concept plans for a National Ocean Water Sports Centre in Takapuna. The sports centre will bring together sailing and other programmes into a single purpose-built facility on the edge of Takapuna Beach providing a base for high performance training programmes for elite water sports athletes and coaches. [...]

The cost of the leaky building crisis has grown so “ginormous” that the Government has almost despaired of finding a solution, says the minister in charge. Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson told the Weekend Herald the official $11 billion figure – which experts believe is half the true cost – was about what the [...]

If you live on the shore then this will give you some tingles about what a great place we have as our local community. If you don’t then if you want to know more about what a great place the North Shore is to live in then visit our facts page here.

North Shore City encourages you to get out onto the streets on Tuesday afternoon (24 November) in support of Special Olympics and the 2009 Law Enforcement Torch Run® (LETR). Special Olympics New Zealand athletes and local law enforcement officers will carry the Flame of Hope™ from North Shore Police Station to Council Chambers, where they [...]

Government plan to profit from victims a cruel hoax, says North Shore Mayor (NSCC) A government rescue package to help leaky homes victims get their homes fixed and get on with their lives will actually make the government a profit of over $300 million, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today. “After years of berating [...]

By Claire Ahuriri A North Shore family is in desperate need of help Arriving in New Zealand for a fresh start, from South Africa, an unknown health problem may mean the family is forced to return home. Without surgery Gail Arendse may be facing death. Gail and her family were spurred to move to New [...]

By Claire Ahuriri IN VISUAL ARTS – Naked Nomad Narcisscus, an exhibition by Ian Peter Weston, shows in The Depot Artspace at 28 Clarence Street, Devonport. See http://www.depotartspace.co.nz/ for more information. IN MUSIC – A charity event fundraising for North Shore Hospice and Starship Hospital among others, there are two Beatles Nights to Remember being [...]

By Claire Ahuriri IN THEATRE – North Shore Music Theatre brings you High School Musical, opening on Friday the 23rd of October. Their website: http://www.nsmt.org.nz/index.php IN MUSIC – The Devonport Folk Music Club has two shows, one Sunday 18th October, and one Monday 19th October, 8pm at The Bunker, Mt. Victoria. More information at http://devonportdirectory.co.nz/realmusic.htm [...]

By John Grant A recent national TV advertising campaign featuring a creepy looking man and his spinning risk wheel is being brought to life on the North Shore to remind local drivers that ‘Bad Calls Can Be Deadly’ at intersections. 6 October marked the launch of a multi-agency educational and enforcement style road safety campaign that [...]