Tag: Auckland
Pacific protesters feature in NZ rally against Israel’s war on Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
Pacific protesters were prominent in the 17th week of Aotearoa New Zealand solidarity demonstrations for Palestine and a ceasefire in Israel's genocidal...
Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues
RNZ News
A scene examination is continuing at a construction site in central Auckland after a fatal shooting there shocked the city yesterday morning.
The gunman,...
Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu...
By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland...
Three dead in Auckland CBD shooting, including gunman, police confirm
RNZ News
Three people have been killed in a shooting in Auckland central business district today, including the gunman.
Six people were also wounded, including two...
NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today "unacceptable".
In an...
Heavy rain, thunderstorms spark local emergency in Auckland
RNZ News
A state of local emergency has been declared in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland today as heavy rain and thunderstorms affect the...
Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions
RNZ News
New Zealand civil defence staff have sent out text alerts to residents in North and West Auckland today to avoid unecessary travel as...
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes NZ’s North Island – Whāngarei basin residents told...
RNZ news
A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...
Gallery: After Auckland’s flash floods, it’s community clean-up time
By Red Tsounga
Another house done, and onto the next . . . Volunteers working in Mount Albert community over the past few days helping...
Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying...
By Nick Young of Greenpeace
My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged.
Many...
NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train
RNZ News
The belt of torrential rain which has brought flooding and slips across northern New Zealand is currently mainly centred over the Waikato and...
Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit...
ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the...
‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New...
Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north
RNZ News
Mayor Wayne Brown has shut down criticism that he was too slow in declaring a state of emergency after severe flooding in Auckland,...
Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tony Fala
Community organisers representing multiple Aotearoa struggles gathered at the Ponsonby Community Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau last Sunday to celebrate the...
NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter
The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate...
Police arrest woman in South Korea over NZ child bodies in...
RNZ News
A woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of two young children whose remains were discovered in suitcases in Manurewa, South Auckland,...
Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead
By Stephen Forbes of Local Democracy Reporting
Despite total borrowings reaching $11.1 billion, the Auckland Council Group’s latest results show it has managed to weather...
Thrilling cultural dances to celebrate NZ’s Rotuman Language Week
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Celebrating Rotuman Language Week in Auckland's Kingsland today took the form of colourful and thrilling cultural dances.
The dances were performed at...
Climate change: sea levels rising twice as fast as thought in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in...
Robredo’s plea to 412,000 in Pasay – 200 in Auckland: Fight...
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
Philippine presidential candidate and Vice-President Leni Robredo issued her marching orders for the crucial homestretch of the election campaign before...
NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country's largest city, but...