One of Auckland city centre’s main traffic thoroughfares, Victoria Street, has had a partial reopening today after being closed since 2021 due to City Rail.
The Golden Mile: What does the future hold for Auckland s Queen Street?
5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB
The pocket park proposed for the junction of Fort St and Queen St in downtown Auckland. Image / LandLAB
Queen St has suffered a double whammy of crushing Covid consequences and the wait for the City Rail Link. There are now 40 empty stores in what was once the country s busiest retail area. Is the Golden Mile losing its lustre? And why are planned upgrades taking so long? Cherie Howie investigates
Bringing blast from the past to save historic Auckland pub The Shakespeare
5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Veteran writers (from left to right) Bernard Brown, Graeme Lay and Kevin Ireland have long been regulars at The Shakespeare and say it would be a terrible shame if it goes. Photo / Sylvie Whinray
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH
In an attempt to give New Zealand s oldest microbrewery pub and restaurant a future, its owners are looking to the past.
The Shakespeare Restaurant and Brewery will turn 125 years old next year, but owner Sunny Kaushal, 53, says the business is losing up to $10,000 a week and it might not make it to its quasquicentennial.
Auckland s $73m seawall strengthening finished ahead of deadline, under budget
3 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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Auckland s 600m-long Quay St seawall strengthening project was completed a fortnight ago, beating its projected deadline and coming in up to $2 million under budget. Eric van Essen, Auckland Transport s downtown programme director, said today the Ferry Basin seawall project had met the completion target in mid-January. The job was due to finish in either January or February so it was done early.
SEAWALL My understanding is that we re coming in under budget as well, he said. Final costs are yet to be confirmed but a $1m to $2m saving on the original $75m budget is anticipated.