Tag: Auckland Transport
Family’s year from hell – and then officials serve search warrant...
Paul Walden, a Waiheke Local Board member and for five years its chairman, was at the board offices earlier this month when police and...
Direct ferry connections and new directions in bus network review
A new Kennedy Point service, more direct routes to and from Matiatia and higher frequencies are features of a planned new public bus network...
Footpaths paved with gold
Work to extend dual footpath-cycle lanes either side of Ostend faces a delay after Waiheke Local Board told Auckland Transport to think again over...
Can this pedestrian be saved?
Joy Begbie believes she is an accident waiting to happen.
She does not want her picture in the paper, nor will she reveal her age....
Jet ski ban explored
A bylaw to ban jet skis from some island beaches is being investigated by Waiheke Local Board.
At the board’s meeting last Thursday, island resident...
Too little; too late
A wise man, back in the 80s, speculated – with all the gusto of a local pundit – that Waiheke had more cars per...
Prices may double in Matiatia parking plan
Auckland Transport’s new plans for parking at Matiatia are “a shocker”, says Waiheke Ferry Users Group chairperson Daniel Silva.
The plan includes price increases in...
Step towards greener road works
Auckland Council is finally taking steps to sort out problems with Auckland Transport’s work on Waiheke.
After a presentation from Waiheke Local Board chairperson Paul...
Auckland Transport dodges wharf tax questions
Auckland Transport refuses to provide any information about where hundreds of thousands of dollars in wharf tax collected on Waiheke each year is spent.
Gulf...
Ferry passenger numbers finally released
More than 278,800 people caught ferries to or from Waiheke in December but wharf tax figures continue to fall.
Waiheke Local Board chairperson Paul Walden...
