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June 28, 2024
Consent costs dismay flood-hit residents... p5
Heritage group lambasts AT parking plan... p6
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Interview: Debut novelist William McCartney... p13
Local schools losing low-speed safety zones Low-speed zones established around four Devonport peninsula primary schools for safety reasons will be rolled back under a central-government policy reversal. Under Ministry of Transport proposals, Hauraki School, Belmont Primary School, Stanley Bay School and St Leo’s Catholic
School will all lose the full 30km/h zones introduced in recent years in streets surrounding each school. The changes, ordered by Minister of Transport Simeon Brown, will cut the zone size to focus around the school gate and reduce a permanent measure to one that covers only
morning and afternoon pick-up times. Compared with the extensive consultation when Auckland Transport (AT) began introducing the contentious zones under its Safe Speed Programme from 2020, the National-led coalition’s reversal, which is open To page 6
Kapa haka groups light up Matariki
Seasonal showcase... Bayswater School students (from left) Awanui Faulker, Elena Stephenson, Karlia Dunne and Mira Ataseven (all aged 10) were among the many young performers in action at the Bayswater Matariki Festival last weekend. More photos, pages 10-11.