Auckland’s Brand New Start
Message from Mike Lee: This is a brief thank you to all those voters in Waitemata and Gulf who gave me such an emphatic win as Ward Councillor and also a thanks to the...
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Cruise ship renaissance – could mean return to Auckland’s golden age of passenger shipping
The release of an economic impact report on cruise shipping reinforces the ARC and my own personal belief that cruise ship tourism has huge potential positive benefits for Auckland. The report, produced by ‘Market...
ARC Parks – Double Whammy! New coastal regional park and…at last new marine reserve at Tawharanui
New coastal park purchased by ARC 27 September 2010 – The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) has today announced the purchase of its final regional park, Te Muri Regional Park. Fittingly, it is the neighbour...
Kiwi release planned for Waiheke and Pakihi island
Very early in January whilst visiting a number of bird islets in the Hauraki Gulf with John McCallum, Ewen Cameron and Mark Bellingham, I was asked by John whether I could somehow assist him...
after 8 year battle – Onehunga Line and Station opens in grand style
Mike Lee’s speech Thank you to each and everyone in this enormous crowd for coming along today. This is a remarkable day in the history of Onehunga. In Auckland in recent years Auckland has...
Look out! ‘Long Hauler’ leaves ARC Station
The ARC Transport & Urban Development made another small piece of rail history yesterday by formally backing a novel rail initiative – something we are calling the ‘Long Hauler’. This came out of an...
MOTAT’s ‘I Am The Last Tram’ exhibition – provides remarkable view of Auckland in 1950s – and reminds us that history is never over
The ‘I Am The Last Tram’ exhibition at MOTAT, resurrects the memories of the 1950s – a critical time in the history of New Zealand. Though most of Auckland’s present day population was not...
No Sell-Out Of Our Port!
ARC Group success underscores why Auckland’s publicly owned Port must not be privatised The ARC Group (ARC, ARH and ARTA) has had an extremely successful period chalking up major strategic achievements. On top of the political successes of...
ARC Beats Rent Hike
A thirty-seven percent rent hike on the Auckland Regional Council’s Pitt Street offices from 1 February 2009 has been averted by Chairman Mike Lee’s insistence that the increase was too high to be justified....
Steven Joyce and Auckland rail projects – a case of ‘Pot Calling the kettle black’?
While it is understandable the Transport Minister Steven Joyce wants to puncture some of the more overblown ‘rail everywhere’ rhetoric of Super Mayor hopefuls, he could give some thought to applying the same sort...