Auckland Council: storm recovery

As Auckland Council’s storm recovery office wraps up assessing 3500 homes affected by the 2023 storms, the focus now shifts to delivering solutions — including completing a programme of 1200 voluntary buy-outs for those in high-risk homes. Of the 3,500 properties assessed, nearly 60% have been cleared of serious risk....

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Remuera Library to reopen on 10 April

Remuera Library has undergone restoration as part of Auckland Council’s renewals programme. It closed on 1 July last year and the library’s services were relocated to Somervell Presbyterian Church. The library, which opened in 1926, is a Category 1 heritage listed building on the Heritage New Zealand Register and is...

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Annual Plan consultation

Consultation on council’s Annual Plan for 2025/2026 is open for feedback until 28 March. This year’s plan focuses on getting on with strengthening the financial and physical resilience of Auckland, as committed to in the Long-Term Plan, while investing where it is needed most to manage growth. Highlights include establishing...

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Learn about seamounts

A seamount is an underwater mountain that rises at least 1,000 metres above the seafloor and is a biodiversity hotspot for unique and migratory marine life. This 2-minute video shows you some of the life in a seamount and also looks at the growing threat to the creatures that live...

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