The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over the WaitematāHarbour in Auckland,New Zealand. It joins St Marys Bay on the Auckland city side with Northcote on the North Shore side. It is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway. The bridge is operated by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). It is the second-longest road bridge in New Zealand,and the longest in the North Island.
The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council,the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand,which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalgamation of various territorial authorities. The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.
Robert Malcolm Simcock is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002 and Mayor of Hamilton from 2007 to 2010.
Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt is a New Zealand politician. He was the Mayor of Invercargill and previously Mayor of Waitemata City.
Grant Thomas is a New Zealand politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hamilton West from 1990 to 1993,and a Hamilton city councillor from 1995 to 2007,including a period as deputy mayor.
St John's College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' secondary school in Hamilton,New Zealand,with a school roll of 816 as of March 2019. The school was established by the Marist Brothers in 1961 from Marist School. The school crest features the eagle of St. John the Apostle,with the motto "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" strewn across the bottom,a Latin motto translating loosely into "Christ's love urges us on". The mission statement for the school is "Preparing Young Men For Life".
Boobs on Bikes is a mostly annual parade of topless men and women riding on motorcycles through large New Zealand cities.
George Sydney Wood is a former mayor of North Shore City and a former Auckland Councillor. He was the only North Shore City mayor to be elected for three terms and later represented North Shore ward on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2016. He is now the Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.
John Law is a politician and former mayor of the Rodney District Council,New Zealand. He was one of the five mayors heading the main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area,with his district being the smallest and northernmost entity. John Law did not stand for re-election in 2007.
Traffic Design Group (TDG) was a consultancy in New Zealand. The largest specialist traffic engineering and transport planning consultancy in the country,they had offices in Auckland,Tauranga,Hamilton,Hawke's Bay,Wellington,Nelson,Christchurch and Queenstown and are nationally recognised in their field.
Leonard Charles Brown is a former mayor of Auckland,New Zealand,and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 November 2010,being the first to hold that title for the amalgamated Auckland "Super City",and was re-elected in 2013. Brown had previously been elected mayor of Manukau City in October 2007,the second time he ran for that office. Brown is married to Shirley Anne "Shan" Inglis,and has three daughters:Samantha,Olivia and Victoria. As Mayor of Auckland,Brown was a vocal advocate for the City Rail Link and helped pass the city's first Unitary Plan.
Andrew Bruce Forbes Williams is a New Zealand former politician. In 2007 he won election as Mayor of North Shore City. Williams served on a community board during 2004–2007,and as a city councillor in the term before that in 2001–2004. North Shore City Council was abolished in October 2010,becoming part of the Auckland "Super City". Williams won election to the New Zealand Parliament on 26 November 2011 as a list MP for the New Zealand First Party,but only served one term.
The Hamilton Street Circuit was a temporary street circuit in Hamilton,New Zealand. From 2008 to 2012 it hosted the Hamilton 400 as part of the V8 Supercars championship.
The Hamilton 400,also known as the ITM Hamilton 400 for sponsorship reasons,was a V8 Supercar motor racing event held on the Hamilton Street Circuit,Hamilton,New Zealand. The event was held from 2008 to 2012,and is one of only two New Zealand circuits to host a championship round of V8 Supercars.
Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities,duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority,according to the Local Government Act 2009,which established the council. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors,elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania,with a $3 billion annual budget,$29 billion of ratepayer equity,and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010,combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city".
Julie Hardaker was the Mayor of Hamilton,New Zealand,from October 2010 to October 2016. Born in New Zealand,she was self-employed in Australia in the 1980s. After graduating from the University of Waikato,she joined the Hamilton law firm McCaw Lewis Chapman and became a partner and held senior management roles. She is involved in various community and business organisations at a governance level. As a political novice,she defeated former Mayor and experienced politician Bob Simcock in the 2010 New Zealand local government elections. Hardaker was re-elected in the 2013 election beating her main rival Ewan Wilson,with a majority of 2911 votes,becoming the first mayor of Hamilton in nearly two decades to survive their first term in office. She was returned to power with an increased majority,capturing 43.6% of the valid mayoral votes cast.
Tony Marryatt is a senior manager employed by local government in New Zealand. Between 2007 and 2013,he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Christchurch City Council,succeeding Lesley McTurk. He lost his position over the city council being stripped of its building consent accreditation.
Marlborough District Council is the unitary local authority for the Marlborough District of New Zealand.
Tracy Mulholland is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
The 2022 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections held in New Zealand on Saturday 8 October 2022. Voting began by postal vote on 16 September and ended at noon on 8 October 2022.
