| | Title | 'We've had a gutsful'. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 07 March 2008; p.3 | | Description | Residents living on Fairview Avenue and Lonely Track Road in Albany feel that the Council has ignored their protests concerning health issues they are sufferring since developers began work on subdivisions around their homes. Barbara Hewlett has lived on Fairview Avenue for 37 years and say residents have become sick with nausea, wheezing, eye problems and illnesses that never happened before. | | View full record |
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| | Title | 2000 start for highway. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 05 November 1999; p. 16 | | Description | Construction of a $191m 12km state highway linking the North Western Motorway to Albany will start this year. The highway will go through Greenhithe, Hobsonville Road and the Upper Harbour Drive. It is due for completion in 2003. | | View full record |
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| | Title | ACT shelves consultancy investigations. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 14 July 1998; p. 8 | | Description | ACT has shelved investigations into fees paid by Transit New Zealand to Maori consultancy group Te Hao for its role in warding off mischievous spirits. The site at Lucas Creek is considered to be of "particular cultural significance to iwi and hence a kaumatua was on site at some periods of construction." | | View full record |
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| | Title | Albany has its say. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 07 July 1995; p.6 | | Description | Albany residents to have input into future plans for the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Albany road link eleven years away. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 21 June 1994; p.3 | | Description | The new northern motorway link from Greville Road is not expected to be functional until the year 2001 - and that is worrying the people of Albany. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Albany to Puhoi roading project starts in earnest. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 08 January 1998; p. 2 | | Description | Contracts for the construction of the Albany to Puhoi bypass were let on Dec 19. One contract valued at $51 million was let to W Stevenson and Sons Ltd, and a second contract was let to Downer-Works Civil joint venture. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Albany. | | Source of Article | Shore News, 19 July 1995; p.2 | | Description | Letter to the editor voicing concern about development in Albany area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Blackspot projects shelved. | | Source of Article | New Zealand Herald, 29 September 2001; A10 | | Description | Update on lack of progress on two motorway blackspots, one being the Albany-Puhoi motorway extension. | | View full record |
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| | Title | City main road-funds recipient. | | Source of Article | New Zealand Herald, 02 July 1997; A9 | | Description | $73m has been allocated for work on the Albany-Puhoi Northern Motorway extension for the coming year. 15km from Albany to Silverdale is expected to be completed by 1999 and to Puhoi, by 2002. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Contract for motorway. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 12 September 1996; p. 1 | | Description | Works Consultancy has been given a $3.9 million contract for the construction of the first stage of the Albany-Puhoi motorway, from Greville Road to Silverdale. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Contract for motorway. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 08 May 1997; p. 15 | | Description | Bulk earthworks will begin next summer on what will be N.Z.'s biggest single roading project, the Albany to Puhoi realignment ("Alpurt"). | | View full record |
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| | Title | Council prepares for urban expansion. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 18 November 1994; p.9 | | Description | The district plan recommends controlled growth in certain urban areas and in the 'green field' locations of Albany, Greenhithe, Long Bay and Okura. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Country comes to Albany | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 23 November 1995; p.5 | | Description | Shoppers turned out in full force for the Albany Village Country Day held on Saturday | | View full record |
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| | Title | Drive for highway. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 08 November 2001; p. 3 | | Description | Signatures from North Shore and Albany residents are included on a petition to get Orewa to Puhoi motorway extensions built. The project stalled at Orewa two years ago. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Drive to push on with Albany to Puhoi link. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 09 October 2001; p. 4 | | Description | Albany businesses will be affected by delays to the completion of the ALPURT motorway project, says Enterprise North Shore's Terry Hoskin; the delay has been due to waiting for resource consents. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Drive to restart motorway. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 21 September 2001; p. 1,2 | | Description | Rodney residents angry at the stalling of motorway extensions to Puhoi are signing petitions to get the project back on track. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Eagle eye on ebband flo. | | Source of Article | Aucklander North Shore, 28 January 2010; p.5 | | Description | Closed circuit cameras go live in early February 2010 around Albany and Rosedale at six sites. They will be used to alert drivers to roadworks and traffic hold-ups in the area. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fast track to gold. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 20 June 2008; p.1 | | Description | Albany-based BMX racer, Sarah Walker, 19 is our best shot at Olympic gold in Beijing. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Fees outcome due. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 26 June 1998; p. 1 | | Description | Parliamentary investigation into consultancy fees paid by Transit New Zealand to Ngati Whatua group to ward off mischievous spirits at road works in Albany. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Garden festival envisaged. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 12 July 1996; p.13 | | Description | Landscape architect, Patrick Corfe, is putting forward the idea of a South Pacific Garden Festival to be held around 1999/2000 at Albany, to coincide with the Sydney Olympics. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Groups' highway fears allayed. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 13 March 1997; p.3 | | Description | Shore environmental groups have withdrawn their objections over the multi-million dollar motorway extension from Albany to Puhoi; agreement on appeals on the second stage from Silverdale have also been reached. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Highway options studied. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 15 May 1997; p. 5 | | Description | Segment of Upper Harbour Highway between Unsworth Drive and the Albany Highway being studied after protests from Unsworth Heights residents at a possible partial closure of Unsworth Drive. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Hoax claims cause worry. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 28 April 1995; p.2 | | Description | Two Albany families receive hoax letters saying their properties are at risk from Maori land claimants. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Local knowledge an advantage. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 23 September 2008; p.19 | | Description | The Albany Business Association has asked former councillor Gary Holmes to be general manager of the newly formed Albany business improvement district. Photograph of Gary Holmes. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Motorway contract let | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 30 April 1996; p.5 | | Description | Transit New Zealand has let the management contract for the $135 million northern motorway extension from Albany to Puhoi, to Serco Ltd. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Motorway contracts let. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 06 March 1997; p. 6 | | Description | Contracts for the manufacture, supply and installation of culverts, as well as for some fencing work and preliminary earthworks for bridge construction have been let for the first part of the extension of the northern motorway. The Albany to Puhoi realignment is the largest single roading project every undertaken in New Zealand; it has a six-year construction schedule with an estimated cost of $165 million. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Motorway extension by 2,000. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 13 March 1997; p. 5 | | Description | Shore environmental groups have withdrawn their objections over the multi-million dollar motorway extension from Albany to Puhoi; agreement on appeals on the second stage from Silverdale have also been reached. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Motorway work soon. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 27 July 1995; p.1 | | Description | Earthworks on the Northern motorway extension from Albany to Puhoi may begin in 1996 | | View full record |
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| | Title | New life for commune. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 19 December 2008; p.1 | | Description | The Wellpark College of Natural Therapies has bought the 7.6 hectare property that was formerly the Centrepoint commune in Albany. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Old route to become highway 17. | | Source of Article | Albany Extra, 03 December 1999; p. 3 | | Description | The new motorway from Greville Road to Silverdale will be known as State Highway 1 when it opens. The present highway will become State Highway 17. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pony club appreciates efforts of PD workers. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 05 June 1997; p. 10 | | Description | Maintenance of the Rosedale Pony Club's council-owned property in Bush Road involves a team of about 10 periodic detention workers at the club every Saturday. Hedges planted, fences built, rubbish and old buildings cleared away. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pony club closure ends partnership. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 30 September 2005; p. 5 | | Description | The Albany Stillwater Pony Club, now called the Albany Pony Club, had to move and is now based next to Long Bay Primary School. The move forced 22 of the club's members to leave, one being Red Beach teenager Maretta Twentyman. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Pony club settles into new home. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 22 November 1996; p.4 | | Description | Albany Pony Club moves from Bass Road to new property at Stillwater because of pressure on Albany land from developers. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Right behind bypass | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 20 June 1995; p.16 | | Description | Auckland Regional Councillor Ruth Norman supports moves to begin construction of the Puhoi-Albany bypass from Greville Road to Silverdale immediately | | View full record |
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| | Title | Shore sets out its growth plan. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 17 November 1994; p.22 | | Description | A major new commercial centre at Albany to rival Takapuna or Manukau City Centre is a key element of planning to accommodate growth in North Shore City. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The earth moves for new motorway north. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 22 May 1997; p.11 | | Description | Transit New Zealand has started on the new Albany to Puhoi motorway extension. The first stage will extend from Greville Road to Silverdale. | | View full record |
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| | Title | The march of progress. | | Source of Article | New Zealand Herald, 31 March 1998; A9 | | Description | Aerial photograph of the earthworks for the motorway extension north of Albany ("Alpurt"), cutting through green farmlands alongside the present road. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Threat to pony facility | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 16 May 1996; p.3 | | Description | The Rosedale Pony Club is worried it may lose the area's last one-day-event facility because of a council plan to put the property on a private lease | | View full record |
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| | Title | Transit NZ to investigate new road. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 25 February 1994; p. 5 | | Description | A proposed $10 million highway between Albany and Hobsonville would ease congestion on a road that is rapidly becoming one of Auckland's busiest. Transit New Zealand has asked for money to investigate the possible route from the Albany Highway to the Upper Harbour Bridge. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Transit offer irks farmer. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 18 July 1996; p. 1 | | Description | Orewa farmer John Hall has rejected Transit New Zealand's offer to buy his 250 ha. property in a joint deal with a developer; he had plans of his own to develop the property and is appealing at a Planning Tribunal hearing. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Transit times work for cup challenge. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 07 June 1996; p.5 | | Description | Design contracts for the Albany to Redvale section of the Northern Motorway (sector A1) are being called for. Other sectors are to follow over the next 5 years or so. (Timetable quoted). America's Cup schedule is a factor in the planning. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Transit times work for cup challenge. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 13 June 1996; p. 7 | | Description | TNZ has called for design contracts for the 7 km Albany to Redvale section of road, known as sector A1, which starts at Greville Road; they are working within the America's Cup schedule for this first stage of the Albany to Puhoi motorway. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Turnaround wanted on Unsworth Drive. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 14 April 1998; p. 3 | | Description | North Shore City Council's Works Committee to discuss with Transit New Zealand keeping Unsworth Drive access open when the Upper Harbour Highway is upgraded. Council also wants the McClymonts Road bridge crossing to cater fully for cyclists and pedestrians. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Upgrade for East Coast intersection. | | Source of Article | North Harbour News, 07 November 1996; p. 7 | | Description | The proposed Albany-Puhoi motorway extension is having spin-off effects for other roads in the area: reconstruction of the Oteha Valley/East Coast/Carlisle Rds intersection is planned. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Upper harbour environment 'too fragile'. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 26 May 1994; p. 3 | | Description | Greenhithe and Albany, the other two choices for greenfields development both drain into the upper Waitemata Harbour through Lucas Creek. The upper harbour is recognised as a fragile environmental area and any large scale development would threaten that environment. | | View full record |
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