As well as truck lanes in a residential area And We do not even know the land use within the next 30 years Auckland Transport and NZTA are again seeking … Continue reading HOT TOPIC: SURPRISE – A Motorway is Back. East West Connections Feedback Sought
Housing Supply Getting There – Slowly I bet seeing the headline of 6000 (actually 5,700) apartments on the way across suburban Auckland would have made a few of the more … Continue reading Apartments in the Suburbs on The Rise
Now the Attorney General might get involved I see Housing Minister is in Auckland this morning for whatever reason that might be. However, I also saw this from the Herald … Continue reading Iwi vs The Crown, It isn’t Going to Go Away Minister
Well you can be the judge yourself Two extracts from different sides of The Ditch but both on housing. This from the Minister of Planning – Victoria – Australia: Labor … Continue reading In Victoria They Are Getting Stuff Done. In New Zealand….
From Auckland Council:
Auckland Council is seeking feedback from the public on alcohol ban areas under the Alcohol Control Bylaw 2014.
The bylaw, a requirement under the Local Government Act, requires Auckland to review more than 1,700 existing alcohol bans by 31 October 2015 and to only retain those that meet stricter national criteria. Any bans not reviewed by this time or without sufficient evidence to retain, will lapse.
Local Boards have been given the delegation to review the existing alcohol bans in their local board area. Additionally, council will review 17 bans on areas of regional significance including Maunga (volcanic cones) and regional facilities such as the Auckland Domain.
“The public is familiar with the concept of alcohol bans. Council has evidence on some bans that can stay in place but we need our community to let us know of any concerns regarding alcohol-related issues in other ban areas if they wish to retain them,” says Cr Calum Penrose, Chair of the Regulatory and Bylaws Committee.
Submissions open on Friday, 19 June 2015. To keep an alcohol ban, submissions should be accompanied by evidence of crime or disorder attributed to alcohol and specific to an existing ban area.
Examples of alcohol-related crime or disorder include:
Local Boards seeking feedback:
Remaining Local Boards:
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Submission information:
Alcohol bans: submissions open 19 June and close 17 July.
A copy of the Alcohol Control Bylaw, FAQs and submission form can be found:
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Well I am all for decent jobs coming to South Auckland and the economic benefits they will give. This news piece from Auckland Airport yesterday certainly caught my attention.
From Auckland Airport:
Coca–Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ), the company that makes and sells Coca–Cola drinks and other leading beverages in New Zealand, is establishing a manufacturing operation at The Landing Business Park at Auckland Airport
Chris Litchfield, Managing Director of CCANZ, says the company is excited to partner with Auckland Airport on the development of this new facility.
“Auckland Airport has the ability to deliver a product which meets our specific requirements. We need to consolidate a number of operations into one, meaning that we require a location that ticks all the boxes in terms of connectivity, security and accessible amenities,” says Mr Litchfield.
“We also value the investment that Auckland Airport has outlaid to develop the area into a world-class business park. CCANZ is committed to producing the best quality beverages and this new facility at Auckland Airport will enable us to continue to achieve this and complements our existing manufacturing operations.”
Mark Thomson, Auckland Airport’s general manager property, says, “The move by CCANZ to Auckland Airport highlights the quality of our real estate products and our ability to tailor solutions to unique customer requirements.”
“We are focused on creating a business environment that caters to a wide range of users. Our extensive land-holdings allow Auckland Airport to tailor bespoke solutions, not only for traditional logistics activities but also for technology users and selected manufacturers, such as CCANZ,” continues Mr Thomson.
“What remains constant in all of our developments is our emphasis on creating quality buildings within a comprehensively planned and world-class environment, as well as providing outstanding amenity for our customers and their staff.”
“CCANZ is one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific with a portfolio that consists of several leading household brands. We are thrilled that CCANZ has entrusted Auckland Airport as its property partner,” finishes Mr Thomson.
Further Information
About The Landing Business Park at Auckland Airport
New Zealand’s leading industrial business park offers a world of limitless opportunity. World-class facilities and infrastructure set amongst expansive landscaped open spaces define The Landing – here you can design and build facilities that are uniquely you.
About Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand
Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ) is a fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturer which employs more than one-thousand people located at several manufacturing locations across the country. It produces, markets and sells a number of its own beverage brands, such as L&P and Pump, and is the authorised manufacturer and distributor of The Coca-Cola Company’s products in New Zealand. It has responsibility for a variety of beverage brands ranging from soft drinks to water, sports and energy drinks, juices, fruit products, coffee and premium beers.
It is part of the ASX-listed Coca-Cola Amatil Group, which is one of the top five Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, and also has operations in Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
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Great to see continued job opportunities in South Auckland. Pity the transport links are absolutely crap out there and the only way to really get there is by car.
Maybe Auckland Transport need to get cracking with better buses until Auckland Airport gets cracking with the Airport Rail Line once the City Rail Link is complete (2025).
Well it was not surprising after the slow train wreck continues Already the Government is being challenged in the High Court of its proposed Crown land release in Auckland by … Continue reading Housing Minister Blames Who For His Policy Botch Up? #AKLPols
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Selling below valuation in Auckland? Okay rather suspicious but then again I have seen properties sell in Papakura either AT valuation level or well above it. It depends on the circumstances the new owner might have.
Also going to put the comment made over at DimPost that caught my attention as well:
We’re not actually in the middle of a property boom, are we, Danyl? We’re in the middle of a housing crisis and the Government needs to sell houses in order to free up some cash for their plans to build a lot more houses in order to dampen down demand. Work & Income are paying out record amounts of accommodation supplements because of high rents, so surely part of the solution is to make sure that low income families are able to buy their first home with the help of Government incentives. I also think that we can’t rule out the possibility of implementing rent controls. So, currently when you rent a house, the landlord can legally only put the rent up by a certain percentage each year. Yet if you move out and a new tenant comes in, the rent can go up exponentially. This means that a small wooden house in Christchurch can be rented out for $360 per week by a couple that have been there for ten years and when their renewal comes around in November their rent will be increased to $380 per week; their friends who have just moved in to an identical property across the road are paying $480 per week and when they have their renewal in one years’ time their rent will be going up to $505 per week. This is a loophole in the system that needs to change. People say that Warrant of Fitness checks on all rental properties wouldn’t work because rents would go up but the fact of the matter is that rents are already capped in New Zealand for existing tenants and the other loophole that could see rents rise, new tenants, simply needs to be closed with the use of a National register of investment properties. This register would also ensure that foreigners couldn’t buy an unlimited amount of investment properties as they can now. Nick Smith was right to assert that, while foreign ownership only makes up around eight percent of the properties in Auckland, in an overheated market this is very detrimental to that market.
Comment by Daniel Lang — June 15, 2015 @ 1:36 pm
Government continues to play obstinate Ever since Housing Minister back in late May announce his now rather ill-thought out housing policy for Crown Land (well debatable there in some cases … Continue reading Ngati Whatua and Waikato-Tainui to Take Action in Court Over Government Housing Plan
Talking Southern Auckland 