Frustrated Silverdale-Whangaparoa residents make a big call: “no more housing starts until Penlink underway”

Thursday, 9th March, 2017

The overwhelming verdict of Silverdale and Whangaparaoa Peninsula residents is that no more housing developments should start until a construction start for the Penlink Project is confirmed. This is the view of 90 percent of nearly 1000 respondents to an…

Mayor’s Auckland accommodation tax a backward step for the city

Tuesday, 7th March, 2017

Targeting Auckland’s accommodation sector with a tax designed to raise $28 million to cover tourism and event promotion creates more problems than it solves and will backfire on Auckland.

“Call for Talent”

Wednesday, 1st March, 2017

Auckland Chamber of Commerce’s February Business Confidence Survey, reports continued optimism and an expectation that the next 6 months will continue to deliver good times for business.

Turning tourists away because of Auckland’s accommodation targeted rate “won’t help the city.”

Tuesday, 28th February, 2017

Hotels currently under refurbishment and new hotels that will soon open to cater for the 1- in 10 year Lions Rugby tour later this year are faced with massive cost increases long-term because of Mayor Phil Goff’s accommodation targeted rate proposal, notes Auckland Chamber of Commerce head, Michael Barnett.
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