What's On in North Shore City

Burning Energy... Ensure that your kids are part of the fun at North Shore Leisure during the September school holidays. The ActivFun holiday programme caters for 5 to 12-year-olds. There’s plenty for them to do with inline skating, rock climbing, wheelie crazy Wednesday, as well as trips to the movies, Kelly Tarltons, Auckland Zoo and tenpin bowling. The programmes are run at ActivZone, Birkenhead and East Coast Bays from September 24 – October 5. More Information.

Harbour Rugby: At the North Harbour Stadium Harbour v Bay of Plenty on September 22 at 7.35, and Harbour v Southland on September 28, also at 7.35.

Driving down costs: The city is making huge cost savings after a canny decision to convert its car fleet to the most environmentally friendly cars it could find. The move resulted in a shift to Toyota cars, after a hotly contested tender process which took into account not only price, but wider impacts on the community. As a result the Council has saved $1200 per car over the past year and a total off $135,000 in annual fleet running costs. More Information.

Waitemata Crossing Study: North Shore City has joined other organisations with responsibility for public transport to explore options for another harbour crossing. The council has made a sizable grant toward the costs of an urgent study of structures and routes which will mesh with town planning on both sides of the harbour. More Information.

Online services: You can pay parking and transit lane infringements and order property information online. Find out more

Your Neighbourhood

Transforming Transport: Travellers on the Northern Motorway are beginning to see the final shape of the new northern busway as the two-lane busway is formed, overhead bridges creep across the motorway, and the metal outline of modern new bus stations sprout as the rubble of construction is cleared. It will all conclude early next year as commuters move in and the north shore transport transformation begins. More Information.

Honouring Art: North Shore City kaumatua and sculptor Arnold Wilson has been feted by the city for his work in the arts. Arnold Wilson is one of New Zealand's most significant forces in contemporary Maori sculpture, and a role model for young Kiwi artists. The city marked Mr Wilson’s achievements with a special ceremony and a presentation. More Information.
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Hold it a Minute: An archaeological find which may be an ancient midden or rubbish pile continues to disrupt the Lake Road/Esmond Road intersection upgrade, but work should get underway again this month. Reconstruction was suspended when the remnants of early Maori civilisation were found and the Historic Places Trust was called in. Archaeologists and iwi have been on the job and the contractors are proceeding with other work until the go-ahead is given on the site. More Information.

When you Dump the Junk: E -day, a household collection of unwanted computer equipment, will take place 10am -2pm at the North Shore Events Centre 30 September 2007 (contact the city’s Actionline for more information).

Inorganic collections - we'll put a flyer in your letterbox to let you know the week before we're collecting inorganic items in your street. There are other ways you can dispose of your unwanted items all year around instead of sending them to landfill. More information.

Council has been distributing a recycling calendar which has all the rubbish and recyclable collection dates for the next 12 months from now to June 2008. If you haven’t yet received your recycling calender in your letterbox please contact Actionline for a copy.

The next Hazmobile collection will take place on 22 September 2007 10am-2pm Rawene street carport, Birkenhead. The HazMobile accepts any household material that may be harmful to your health or the environment including chemicals, batteries, gas cylinders, oil, paints, solvents and paint strippers. More information.
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Competition! Be in to win: And while on the waste theme here’s a chance to win one of two copies of the “Wasted” book which accompanied the recent TV3 series. Fill in the competition question below and the secret to saving money through environmental consciousness may be yours. For your chance to take up the green challenge today go here.

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