Posts tagged with "Auckland Council"

Just add Mauri: Water-sensitive design meets tikanga Maori 3 Waters

Just add Mauri: Water-sensitive design meets tikanga Maori

When it comes to stormwater engineering, how do we ensure cultural and social outcomes are not swept aside by the dollars delivered through cost-benefit analysis? Troy Brockbank uses the concept of mauri to bridge the worlds of water-sensitive design and tikanga Maori. Troy Brockbank (Te Rarawa, Ngati Hine, Ngapuhi) is a civil engineer,...
Auckland’s salutary deluge 3 Waters

Auckland’s salutary deluge

In March this year Auckland city was hit with a deluge and the council’s stormwater network was put to the test. Alan Titchall reviews the council’s future flood prevention plans as its unitary development is put into effect. You can’t blame climate change for Cyclone Debbie back in March. NIWA research shows that the northern...
The bed tax that isn’t: Auckland Council’s targeted accommodation rate Legal

The bed tax that isn’t: Auckland Council’s targeted accommodation rate

By Linda O’Reilly, Partner, Brookfields Lawyers Auckland Council has voted to introduce a targeted rate on commercial accommodation providers in the 2017 / 2018 financial year. Generally referred to in the media as a bed tax, the new rate has been hotly debated, with the tourism sector in Auckland taking particular offence. The...
Applying Agile Process Management to Flood Hazard Modelling Technical Briefings

Applying Agile Process Management to Flood Hazard Modelling

The following paper, 'Applying Agile Process Management to Flood Hazard Modelling', was presented at Water New Zealand’s 2017 Stormwater Conference. By Lisa Dowson (Auckland Council) & Ajay Desai (Tonkin + Taylor). ABSTRACT Fast model builds are essential if Auckland Council is to keep pace with rapidly developing greenfield...
TP108 – Where to from here? 3 Waters

TP108 – Where to from here?

Graham Levy, senior technical director Water Resources at Beca, won the 2017 Water New Zealand Stormwater Group Paper of the Year award for these findings which he also presented at the recent Water New Zealand Stormwater 2017 conference in Auckland. ABSTRACT Technical Publication 108 (TP108) was published by Auckland Regional...
Short-term rental accommodation: To rate or not to rate? LG Magazine

Short-term rental accommodation: To rate or not to rate?

Councils from Thames-Coromandel, Queenstown, Marlborough, Rotorua and Auckland have to find fair ways to fund tourism infrastructure. David Hammond looks at some of the options. On March 6 this year the Tenancy Tribunal awarded the owners of a Wellington house $1568 when their entrepreneurial tenants decided to let the owners’ home on...
Duty to warn of concerns? Fleetwood Apartments claim raises questions Legal

Duty to warn of concerns? Fleetwood Apartments claim raises questions

By Sarah Macky, Partner, Heaney & Partners.   The decision of Andrews Property Services Limited v Body Corporate 160361 & Ors NZCA 644 was an appeal of a High Court decision. The case concerned a second generation claim for a leaky 40-unit apartment building in central Auckland called Fleetwood Apartments. In the...
Infrastructure projects provide recreational opportunities Infrastructure

Infrastructure projects provide recreational opportunities

Three Auckland projects show how engineering-led projects can evolve through early consultation and involvement of landscape design, low-impact stormwater design and ecology. By Sarah Collins and Larissa Moyle. We have learned through our experience as landscape architects that infrastructure development or upgrade projects can be...
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