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The City landscape enjoys a spectacular location as the western sector of New Zealand's major metropolitan area, Auckland. At its western edge are the magnificent bush clad Waitakere ranges and the open wild beaches of the West Coast. To the south and east are the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours. Its urban area, shaped by post-war expansion, forms a network of villages, town centres and suburban sprawl. The City's diverse landscape supports orcharding, horticulture and viticulture and high amenity industrial land.
WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council yesterday agreed to a detailed investigation into a Chinatown precinct for New Lynn as part of its development planning currently underway in the town centre.
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AUCKLAND — Waitakere City Council has confirmed its support for preserving and enhancing regionally significant heritage features at Limeburners Bay in Hobsonville.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere United has today confirmed the 20 players that will travel first to China and then on to Japan for the FIFA Club World Cup.
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WAITAKERE CITY — More than 1000 people took to the streets in Waitakere today to call for an end to family violence.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakeres sustainable Civil Defence headquarters in Glendene scooped two awards at the 2008 Auckland Architecture Awards announced last night.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Ensuring Waitakere residents live in dry, warm and healthy homes is the aim of an ambitious plan to retrofit 20,000 homes in the city over the next 10 years.
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WAITAKERE CITY — An increase in the number of registered dogs in Waitakere is just one of the highlights of a busy year for Animal Welfare Waitakere.
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Waitakere residents are being asked to put their best foot forward in the fight against family violence by participating in the annual White Ribbon March to raise awareness of the issues is on November 25.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council is seeking community views on proposed changes to parking in town centres and some of the main road corridors.
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WAITAKERE CITY — A Waitakere City Council decision to increase car parking provision on Central Park Drive alongside the introduction of a new cycleway offers the best solution for both cyclists and local business, it says.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council has recognised the contribution Maori wardens play in community safety with the official launch of year-long contract with them to patrol the city’s town centres.
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Just days after her birthday, Waitakere teenager Christine Finlay is giving a gift back to the city with her involvement in the latest anti family violence billboard campaign.
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WAITAKERE CITY — More than $1.8million will be required to restore essential infrastructure in Waitakere which was damaged by land slips.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Instilling a sense of cultural pride through art, crafts, language and music is a key focus of next months Waitakere Pacifica Living Arts Festival.
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WAITAKERE CITY — A design concept for a new community centre in Henderson’s McLaren Park area will be on show at a community meeting on October 30.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The Outreach Pet Therapy service was the supreme winner at the 2008 Infratil-Waitakere City Council Community Awards announced last night.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Work on the first Local Area Plan to be drawn up under the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act gets underway next month with a public workshop in Oratia.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Work started today on the final phase of playground developments at Olympic Park in New Lynn.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council has decided against inviting a representative of the Massey Community Board to sit on its NorSGA Urban Development Committee, saying community interests are already well served by the seven councillors on the committee who have been elected to represent them.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The types of building projects not requiring building consent have been increased due to new changes to Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Plans to make Waitakere a more cycle-friendly city are moving forward with the commencement of detailed design work for cycle lanes on three city roads.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council will seek community views on options to change the way car parking provisions are catered for in its town centres and growth corridors.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council has welcomed a New Zealand Transport Agency decision to build a pedestrian bridge over the Northwestern Motorway (SH16) near Westgate shopping centre.
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PIHA — Piha’s new eel-inspired footbridge is finally enjoying the pitter-patter of many feet.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City mayor and New Zealand Peace Foundation president Bob Harvey was today appointed to the Executive Committee of Mayors for Peace.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere’s youth finally have a place to call their own with the opening of a multi-purpose youth facility in Henderson today.
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WAITAKERE CITY — A commitment to preserving a piece of Waitakere’s orcharding heritage could start to bear fruit in less than a decade.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere has become the first New Zealand city to sign a trade agreement with China.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council enjoyed double success at the New Zealand Recreation Association Awards in Christchurch last night.
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AUCKLAND — New Lynn is on the verge of a long-awaited transformation of its town centre, starting with the construction of a one-kilometre-long trench that will separate road and rail.
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WAITAKERE CITY — An assessment of housing stocks in the region is a key priority as Waitakere City Council looks at ways to address growing concerns over future availability of affordable housing.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council today expressed its concern the Waste Minimisation Bill passed by Parliament is not taking account of the important role of Territorial Local Authorities in waste reduction.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council has voted to introduce the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system for the next local body elections.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Library & Information Services has won a national award for its contribution to improving race relations in its community.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere secondary school students are on the hunt for a good read.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Central, the city’s sustainable civic centre has notched up more national recognition with an award from the New Zealand Institute of Building.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Inspiring a community to face the challenges of the future and to be part of creating change is the focus of a series of seminars and workshops being held in Waitakere next week.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey has praised the initiative of label print firm Philstic Labels for its shift to Te Atatu from central Auckland.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Making a valuable contribution to reducing the effects of climate change today earned Waitakere City Council a top award from the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
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WAITAKERE CITY — While Waitakere weathered the weekend’s storms without incurring too much damage, the Council is warning residents to prepare for a second bout of bad weather due to arrive today.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere hopes to be a major player in Rugby World Cup 2011 by providing one of the key training venues at the Trusts Stadium, which the All Blacks have used as a training base in the past.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere is hosting a major affordable housing symposium on Tuesday, July 22 featuring government ministers and a range of noted academics and social housing professionals from New Zealand and Australia as speakers.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey today welcomed the government’s planned $1.25 million upgrade of Housing New Zealand’s Rata Village complex.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Nearly $100,000 has been granted to 13 applicants to Waitakere City Council’s inaugural Waste Not Fund granting round.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Pear trees propagated from original heritage varieties at Henderson’s Cranwell Park are to be planted in a number of sites around Waitakere to ensure their long-term survival.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council’s Culture and Community Committee today supported the call from national lobby group Point Zero Five to reduce the existing blood alcohol limit for drivers.
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WAITAKERE CITY — A grant of $50,000 to re-roof the historic Henderson Railway Station was today made by Waitakere City Council.
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WELLINGTON — Chinese artist Ding Jie is looking forward to a big change of scene when she moves from Beijing to Bolton Street Cottage for a couple of months.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Council welcomes the Government’s buy back of rail and ferry services from Toll Holdings, if it will result in quicker investment in modernising rail.
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WAITAKERE CITY — A team from Waitakere City Council has won this year’s LGMA Management Challenge and will represent New Zealand in the Australasian finals in Australia next month.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Actor Annie Whittle, All Black great Michael Jones, television personality Pio Terei and Outrageous Fortune’s Tammy Davis are the latest high profile westies to feature in Waitakere’s anti family violence campaign.
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AUCKLAND — That is the thrust of a submission of the Helensville / Parakai Residents and Ratepayers Associations to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The West Wave Fitness Centre will be officially opening its upgraded premises this Friday night, March 14.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey is urging local businesses and residents to turn off their lights on March 29 as part of Earth Hour.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey today reiterated his concerns about the proposed overseas takeover of Auckland International Airport.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere's artists will be opening their home studios to the public and joining together in collaborative groups so the public can view their work on March 1 and 2.
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WAITAKERE CITY — The reopening of St Michael's Chapel (on March 2-3) marks another milestone in the history of Henderson.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere City Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says that the Council is “standing in the market to ensure that Auckland gets both jobs and housing at Hobsonville”.
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WELLINGTON — Up to 100,000 Wellingtonians are expected to descend upon the central city on Monday evening for the Pelorus Trust Sky Show, but for those who won’t be able to make it, the MetService will make the display accessible to all internet users.
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