Month: April 2015

ANZAC Day Public Transport Services

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Bus or train to the Services this year

Auckland Transport is running special services to the Dawn Ceremony services this year for ANZAC Day.

From Auckland Transport:

ANZAC Day Dawn Service

Catch public transport to the ANZAC Day Dawn service to honour and remember New Zealanders who have served, and commemorate the loss of life and of innocence 100 years on from the Gallipolli landings.

Date: Saturday 25 April
Place: Auckland War Memorial Museum
Time: 6am

Normal fares/passes apply for travel on public transport however returned service men and women with a Veterans SuperGold card and SuperGold card holders can travel for free all day on public transport.

RSA members can also travel for free all day on any Metrolink, Waka Pacific, North Star, Go West or any LINK bus with your membership card.

Bus

A Saturday timetable will be in place for all bus services with additional Inner LINK and Northern Express services provided for the ANZAC Day Dawn service:

Inner LINK

Inner LINK buses will operate approximately every 15 minutes (clockwise and anti-clockwise) from 4.45am to 6.30am. From 6.30am the services will operate to the normal Saturday timetable.

These services operate to Auckland Museum in the Domain.

Northern Express

Additional Northern Express services will operate from Albany to Britomart at the following times:

  • 4.30am
  • 5.00am
  • 5.30am
  • 6.00am

The normal Saturday timetable resumes from 6.30am.

Train

Western Line

Western Line train services travel to Grafton station on Park Rd, which is a 10-15 minute walk to the Auckland Domain.

Southern/Eastern Line (including Onehunga Line)

The closest station to the Auckland Domain is the Newmarket station, which is a 15-20 minute walk to the Auckland Domain.

Ferry

A normal Saturday timetable will be in place for ferry services.

Last updated 9 April 2015
Information is correct at the time of publishing and subject to change https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/events/anzac-day-dawn-service/

Council Forgiving Water Charges to Community Groups

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Clean Slate a Good Move

From Auckland Council:

Council to forgive past water charges for community groups 

Community groups have had a small financial reprieve with Auckland Council ‘forgiving’ outstanding water  charges for groups that lease council land or buildings for community activity purposes. 

The amounts vary between around 200 groups with an average of about $500 per group being forgiven. 

Council has been working with Watercare to reconcile water charges for community groups after the super city amalgamation to align water and wastewater charging for community groups from the various legacy councils. Because of the complexity in determining how much each group used per water meter, Auckland Council became the default payee for water and wastewater. 

With a resolution in sight and a more clearly defined billing system scheduled to begin on 1 July, Council is to forgive historic payments required of community groups that have not already had their water charged directly from Watercare. 

Ian Wheeler, General Manager Property at Auckland Council, said with the vast range of community facilities, the task of attributing each community user group’s meter usage for water and wastewater is a time-consuming task. 

“It is more cost-efficient in terms of staff time and resources to forgive the charges and start with a fresh slate in July,” he said. 

Mr Wheeler said it was important that community groups understood they would be responsible for the payment of their water accounts to Watercare from July and he urged groups to contact the Council if they have any concerns about their future metering charges. 

He said Council’s Property Lease Advisors are available to work closely with and support community lease tenants as they transition through this new invoicing process and to answer any queries.

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