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Manukau is young, vibrant and colourful. It has a history of growth that is unprecedented in New Zealand. In population terms Manukau is the fastest growing city. It is also home to over 165 different ethnic groups and is the most diverse and multi-cultural urban environment. We also have the largest MÄÂ?ori and Pacific communities. Our business community is dynamic and expanding rapidly. We consistently have the highest economic growth rate of any large city in the country. For visitors and tourists, our diverse attractions include unique cultural festivals, exciting and colourful markets, a stunning range of scenery, an award-winning amusement park.
MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council is proposing a rates increase of 4.9 per cent for 2008/09, down from the 5.9 per cent set out in its Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP).
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council is going to the community to find out what the city’s ratepayers think about options for wastewater tariffs.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau residents are being encouraged to drop off their old appliances for recycling at a special day in East Tamaki this Saturday.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau Mayor Len Brown is congratulating the leader of one of the city’s successful companies for his recognition in the World Class New Zealander Awards.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau companies are being given the opportunity to find new markets for their products at the Pacific Trade Expo in March.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council is welcoming the Government’s new national anti tagging strategy, “Stop Tagging Our Place”, to be launched in Clendon today.
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MANUKAU CITY — This month, CAYAD (Community Action Youth and Drugs) will host the inaugural Celebrating Success awards.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council today (Thursday) decided not to go ahead with the purchase of a site near Manukau’s CBD, intended for a tertiary campus for Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
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MANUKAU CITY — Fines and costs of more than $31,000 for illegal building work on a Papatoetoe house are a serious reminder that owners and builders must get council consent, says Manukau City Council.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council welcomes the successful prosecution of Snow White’s owner for a dog attack in Papatoetoe last June.
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MANUKAU CITY — A community and multi agency response is the most effective means of dealing with the inter-gang violence that erupted in Manukau city last night.
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MANUKAU CITY — More than 800 Manukau children took a trip back in time last week to celebrate completing Manukau Libraries’ Zip to the Past, Zap to the Future Summer Reading Challenge.
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Manukau Mayor Len Brown is congratulating Villa Maria for another extraordinary year of success that saw its long list of awards grow even further.
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MANUKAU CITY — Celebrating whanau diversity will be the theme for the Auckland region’s largest commemorative event for Waitangi Day, held at Manukau city’s Hayman Park on 6 February.
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Mayor of Manukau Len Brown has offered his condolences to the family of Sir Edmund Hillary, following his death today, aged 88.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council has signalled its opposition to the CPPIB partial takeover proposal for Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL).
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MANUKAU CITY — Interest in a replacement event for the Ellerslie International Flower Show from potential event organisers, sponsors, exhibitors and the community has resulted in Manukau City Council and the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) considering options for the future.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council’s Tiriti O Waitangi Committee has elected its first female deputy chair, Julie Wade.
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MANUKAU CITY — Three Manukau residents have been fined a total of $7116 for an illegal addition to a house.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council’s Safe Communities team coordinates crime prevention, reduction and intervention programmes throughout the city.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council has closed four food premises in two weeks as part of the ongoing focus on businesses putting their customers’ health at risk.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council is proposing a joint venture, council controlled organisation (CCO), to help establish a new tertiary campus in the city centre.
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MANUKAU CITY — The number of gambling venues and machines in Manukau city looks set to fall following a decision by the Manukau City Council’s Policy and Activities Committee today (29.11.07) The committee will recommend to full council on 13 December that a review of the Manukau City Gambling Venue Policy be adopted.
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MANUKAU CITY — Black was the colour of the night at the annual Villa Maria Cult-Couture design awards last Saturday night with two of the top awards going to variations on the classic black dress.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau city won a global award for Heritage Management at the International Awards for Liveable Communities.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau is set to become the country’s second largest city within the next few years, with a new report, just released, showing that economic and population growth are two key factors for the city to address.
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MANUKAU CITY — ‘Zip to the past, Zap to the Future…read and go places’ is the theme for Manukau Libraries Summer Reading Challenge, designed to keep youngsters reading in the coming school holidays.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau Memorial Gardens invite residents to take time-out during the Christmas rush to remember and reflect on those loved ones who won’t be with them during the festive season.
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MANUKAU CITY — Crime watch groups from across the city have agreed to work together in the fight against crime with the formation of the Manukau District Crime Watch Patrol Trust.
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MANUKAU CITY — A team of Manukau City Council presenters is currently in London to present at the Liveable Communities Awards 2007.
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AUCKLAND — People can check the water quality at their local beach online before going swimming or collecting.
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MANUKAU CITY — Lion Nathan’s choice of East Tamaki as the site for its new brewery is a huge endorsement of Manukau’s economic potential, Manukau Mayor Len Brown says.
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AUCKLAND — Manukau City Council welcomes the appointment of its nominee John Brabazon to the Auckland International Airport Limited board of directors.
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MANUKAU CITY — Food premises in Manukau that get an E grade will be immediately closed by Manukau City Council.
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AUCKLAND — Manukau Mayor Len Brown says it is disappointing the decision has been made to move the Ellerslie International Flower Show out of the Auckland region.
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AUCKLAND — Manukau City Council will be considering how to respond to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) takeover offer over the next few months, Mayor Len Brown says.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council is calling on people whose resource consent applications have been on hold for more than six months to send in missing information.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Manukau City Council’s performance garden has won a gold award at the Ellerslie International Flower Show.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau Mayor Len Brown has paid tribute to the late Sir Lloyd Elsmore, O.B.E.,J.P., the former mayor of Manukau who passed away yesterday aged 94.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau mayor Len Brown is delighted with the success of his first mayoral town hall meetings at Papatoetoe and Orere Point, with more than 100 residents, in total, turning out to share their views and listen to the mayor’s thoughts on the issues affecting the city.
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AUCKLAND — Manukau City Council has voted unanimously to retain its Auckland International Airport Limited shareholding.
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AUCKLAND — Manukau City Council has yet to decide its response to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) announcement of a partial takeover offer for Auckland International Airport Limited.
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MANUKAU CITY — A mixture of seasoned councillors and new faces will take leadership roles in the new Manukau City Council governance structure agreed to by the council on Tuesday night (30 October 2007).
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AUCKLAND — Manukau City Council respects the Auckland International Airport board’s decision to cease its discussions relating to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) indicative proposal to buy a controlling stake in the airport.
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MANUKAU CITY — Improved council leadership, accountability and responsiveness are key elements of a reorganisation of the governance structure at Manukau City Council, which has done away with monthly committee meetings, replacing them with more frequent meetings of the council as a “committee of the whole.â€Â
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MANUKAU CITY — People of Manukau will get an opportunity to meet their new mayor, Len Brown, in informal meetings next week.
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A newly negotiated agreement signals another stake in the ground for the development of a vital and exciting new hub for the town of Flat Bush and the surrounding areas.
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MANUKAU CITY — One of New Zealand’s biggest development deals announced today will see the creation of the new town centre of Flat Bush in Manukau.
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MANUKAU CITY — Injury Free Counties Manukau, in partnership with Manukau City Council, is celebrating United Nations International Day of Older Persons with the launch of a Pasifika calendar at Mangere Town Centre on Monday, 1 October.
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MANUKAU CITY — As Mayor of Manukau, I am appalled that a mayoral candidate and sitting councillor, in the run up to the local government elections in Manukau, has cast very serious but false allegations about our highly regarded Manukau City Council Chief Executive, Leigh Auton.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council will wait for the CPP Investment Board’s formal proposal for a stake in Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL), before deciding any possible response.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis says the sudden death of Councillor Neil Morrison today is a tragic loss.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council has received several complaints from the public about a research company conducting a telephone poll in the city asking people if they know who the Mayoral candidates are and who they are going to vote for.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council’s Hearings Committee has decided to generally uphold the district plan change which allows for the creation of the Wairoa River Maritime Village.
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MANUKAU CITY — More people could be eligible for rates rebates following a Manukau City Council decision to extend the rates rebate scheme.
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MANUKAU CITY — Manukau City Council will continue with community consultation about its shareholding in Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL).
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MANUKAU CITY — Spring break is just around the corner and Manukau Leisure Services Ltd has put together an exciting range of fun activities to keep the kids entertained.
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MANUKAU CITY — The Government-commissioned Rating Inquiry Report is a timely beginning to find appropriate solutions for local government funding, according to Manukau City Council Finance Director David Foster The review panel yesterday released a 300-page report containing 96 recommendations, and it will take some time to analyse the reasoning and explanations behind the recommendations.
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MANUKAU CITY — Sir Barry Curtis says the Auckland Regional Council, in deciding to reject part of Manukau City’s proposed extension of the Metropolitan Urban Limit, has effectively pre-judged the issue and unnecessarily interfered with established statutory land-use decision making processes.
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