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Graffiti about waste on a garage door in Christchurch (2009). Waste volumes from kerbside collections was almost 40,000 tonnes but reduced after the introduction of kerbside recycling and a halving in the number of free rubbish bags. In 2009 the Council introduced 140 litre wheelie bins for kerbside collection after which waste volumes began to ...
9 November: Wayne Brown releases his draft of Mayoral Proposal for the Annual Plan 2025-26, confirming plans for Auckland Transport to be brought back under council control. [12] 4 December: The council sold for $1.31 billion the remaining shares it owned in the Auckland International Airport as part of the council's long-term plan. [13]
Auckland Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, which established the council. [1]
Kerbside collection or curbside collection is a service provided to households, typically in urban and suburban areas, of collecting and disposing of household waste and recyclables. It is usually accomplished by personnel using specially built vehicles to pick up household waste in containers that are acceptable to, or prescribed by, the ...
The fines for rubbish dumping and littering in Auckland and Wellington range from NZ$100 to NZ$400. [76] [77] The dumping of rubbish on public conservation land in New Zealand warrants a fine of up to $100,000 or up to two years' imprisonment. [78]
This research was repeated in 2018 with the rubbish bins of 600 households audited. The study found that on average, New Zealand households were throwing away 3.15 kg of food a week via their domestic kerbside collection. This is down from 3.17 kg of food waste from bin audits conducted in 2014-2015 by Waste Not Consulting.
The Council Administration Block, a 1950s Modernist building near Aotea Square and Queen Street. Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council.
True-colour image of the region showing the Auckland urban area as the brownish area just left of centre, with the Hauraki Gulf to the right. On the mainland, the region extends from the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in the north across the southern stretches of the Northland Peninsula, through the Waitākere Ranges and the Auckland isthmus and across the low-lying land surrounding the Manukau ...