The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of owners of leaky homes and rejected an appeal by the former North Shore City Council over its responsibilty. The council was trying to overturn a decision of the Court of Appeal in March. The Supreme Court ruled that contrary to the council’s arguments it did owe a [...]

As at 7.15am, just 2 cars parked in the 14 available spaces on both Monday and Tuesday! Mike Cohen the Chairman of the Devonport Community Board said it wasn’t really his idea, and other local politician Chris Derby said while he supports the concept of anything that promotes public transport, it was also clear that [...]

History will be made for North Shore City’s on Monday, 16 August when a short ceremony will be held by North shore City Council to officially open the Rosedale Tunnel and Outfall. The $116million development, North Shore’s largest ever capital project, replaces a pipeline built in 1958 which carries treated effluent from the Rosedale Wastewater [...]

Owners of scheduled trees on the North Shore are now entitled to a council rebate to help cover tree maintenance costs. In recognising the community benefits of these special trees, the council’s Strategy and Finance Committee recently allocated $50,000 to a one year trial to financially assist protected tree owners. The pilot scheme, which will [...]

North Shore Leisure’s ActivZone in Glenfield has a Holiday Programme for kids running this week with some great activities each day. On Monday 5th of July is the Super Hero Challenge – Create your favourite super hero outfit, overcome the challenges in the obstacle course and beat the evil villains. On Tuesday 6th of July [...]

As part of the Matariki Festival, there will be a celebration at Awataha Marae, 58 Akoranga Drive, Northcote. This is a free event, starting at 4.30am on Saturday 3rd of July, and 10.00am on Sunday 4th of July. This celebration is held to mark Matariki as well the Marae’s 20th Anniversary. Celebrations will include the [...]

Signs encouraging people to ensure caution on all North Shore beaches have once again been erected by the North Shore City Council as a precaution, following advice from Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS). During August and September last year, 15 dogs became unwell with symptoms consistent with tetrodotoxin (TTX) poisoning after eating sea slugs [...]

You can be part of restoring a nature reserve this Sunday 13th of June, from 10.00am to 12.00noon, at the Tuff Crater Reserve in Northcote. Come and help restore this significant reserve – the Millennium Forest – under the auspices of Forest & Bird’s Auckland Naturally programme and the NorthWest Wildlink (supported by North Shore [...]

Our water reserves are currently at 60%. Watercare Services Limited has officially announced that drought conditions exist in the Auckland region after experiencing a sustained period of low rainfall over summer. North Shore City Council is advising local residents to restrict water use as a precaution to avoid future water shortages. Water usage has risen [...]

North Shore love motel gets council ‘no’ to brothel license