Auckland housing intensification 'haphazard'
Source: Wellington Dominion
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 01:32:29 -0700 | political-news
This was the unanimous message from 500 Aucklanders gathered tonight at Takapuna Grammar School to discuss Auckland Council's intensification plans. The meeting was organised by resident-led group Auckland 2040 whose goal was to encourage 50,000 people to give feedback to...
Andy Smith
Source: The Bellingham Herald
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 00:43:54 -0700 | political-news
He was born on April 6, 1913 to Harry and Nettie Smith in Bellingham, WA. Until recently, Andy lived his entire life on the Smith Gardens property located on Marine Drive in Bellingham, purchased in 1901 by his father, Harry....
Q&A: Greens suggest a surcharge on foreign buyers
Source: Scoop
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 19:24:02 -0700 | political-news
Q+A programme this morning, to try to basically turn down the tap a little bit to take some of the heat out of it. Labour Finance Spokesman David Parker said while the party agreed with the Greens that there...
Q+A: Planning laws stacked against first home buyers
Source: Scoop
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 19:24:01 -0700 | political-news
Government says planning laws stacked against first home buyers Current planning laws are explicitly designed to drive up housing values, Finance Minister Bill English said on Q+A this morning. They're explicitly designed to ensure that house prices go up...
SIMON HEFFER: Philip Hammond, a serious contender? The grey man who could be David Cameron's ...
Source: Mail Online UK
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 06:43:40 -0700 | political-news
02 David Cameron has only got one nemesis: Nigel Farage. - Alonso , Merseyside, 18/5/2013 12:54 Click to rate Rating 32 Red velvet, Chester...United Kingdom, 18/5/2013 12:54 I can only assume you're joking. he is the sort...
Hundreds support flotilla to stop mining (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 03:42:56 -0700 | political-news
Attendees at the event signed a letter asking the company to revoke their permit. " "Locals were also highlighting opposition to the Government's new Crown Minerals Amendment Act which further restricts the rights of citizens to protest on the ocean...
Driver unhurt after car plunges into canal
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 22:08:04 -0700 | political-news
Police northern communications spokesman Inspector Cornelius Klussein said the car was submerged in the canal at Island Road in Mangere. The driver has not been injured and has advised police there was no-one else in the car. Inspector Klussein said...
Unitec students show off their charitable side (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 18:00:19 -0700 | political-news
Unitec students show off their charitable side Unitec, Fuseworks May 18, 2013, 12:01 pm Event Production students from Unitec Institute of Technology have chosen Huntington's Disease Association (Auckland) to be the recipient of their quirky quiz show event.
Police officer accused of working with gang
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:01:47 -0700 | political-news
A sworn police officer who won an award when he graduated from police college is accused of making methamphetamine and collecting debt on behalf of gang members. Peter Pakau, 36, was among a group of 10 people who appeared at...
John Armstrong: National gives mixed signals with housing
Source: New Zealand Herald
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 11:30:12 -0700 | political-news
Government policy almost North Korean in inspiration One of the reasons why Governments slowly decay and die is that the longer they are in office the more prone they become to ugly pragmatism and compromise of principle. As idealism evaporates...
Top policeman nobbles McCop's discount (NZ Newswire)
Source: Xtra News
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 10:43:03 -0700 | political-news
Top policeman nobbles McCop's discount NZ Newswire May 18, 2013, 4:31 am The country's top policeman has sent a stern message to his officers they cannot be seen as McCop's by accepting discounted meals at fast food outlets. Commissioner Peter...
Contemporary art heads south to Otara (NZ Newswire)
Source: Xtra News
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 09:39:11 -0700 | political-news
Contemporary art heads south to Otara Sarah Robson, NZ Newswire May 18, 2013, 4:01 am Otara is better known for its markets than its contemporary art scene, but the south Auckland suburb is cementing its reputation for the latter as...
Robbery case quickly solved
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:45:03 -0700 | political-news
An aggravated robbery of a Tauranga dairy has been quickly solved after a member of the public caught the robber, police say. A man with a pistol held up a dairy on Cameron Road at about 5pm. He fled with...
Charity treachery sells out State Housing tenants
Source: Scoop
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:52:25 -0700 | political-news
April 2010 Housing Shareholders Advisory Group Report ) "Appendix 2: Housing Shareholders Advisory Group Members Alan Jackson (chair) is former senior vice president in the Auckland office of The Boston Consulting Group. He is also a director of Fletcher Building...
Fanworm cleared up at Coromandel Harbour (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 21:28:50 -0700 | political-news
Fanworm cleared up at Coromandel Harbour Waikato Regional Council, Fuseworks May 17, 2013, 3:51 pm Waikato Regional Council has today confirmed that two barges that arrived in Coromandel Harbour infested with Mediterranean fanworm have now been cleared up.
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