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Feb 14, 2019

Mayor calls for strategy on parking

Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher wants the district to h...

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Feb 14, 2019

Central city retailers want one-hour free parking reinstated

Retailers want one-hour free parking reinstated fo...

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Feb 14, 2019

Widespread vandalism brings 'pay-by-plate' parking forward

Town centre shoppers can finally say goodbye to lo...

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Feb 14, 2019

System being trialled to stop motorists who shouldn’t, parking in mobility spaces

System being trialled to stop motorists who should...

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Feb 07, 2019

Kiwi parking share app Parkable acquires Australian competitor Park Genie

Parkable, the Kiwi app encouraging city slickers t...

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Feb 07, 2019

Monetise-your-carpark app Parkable expands into Oz with acquisition bankrolled by Spark, NZVIF

Carpark space-sharing app Parkable has expanded ac...

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Jan 30, 2019

Airport parking in Timaru lands $40,000 revenue in first five months

Paid parking at Timaru's Richard Pearse Airport ha...

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Jan 30, 2019

One-hour free parking in central Christchurch to end

The free parking in council owned parking building...

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Jan 22, 2019

Coin-operated parking to stay in towns, after opposition from locals to digital payment

Laughing down the phone, Kani Panapa insists he's...

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Jan 08, 2019

Meet the mobility parking warriors taking big companies to the Human Rights Commission

Parking activists are taking multinationals to the...

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Jan 08, 2019

Sweet Gesture

Motorists expecting to be given a parking ticket i...

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Jan 08, 2019

Central Whangārei car park charges set to change

A shake-up is coming to Whangārei's central city p...

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Jan 08, 2019

New parking plan at Hawke's Bay Airport

Motorists arriving at Hawke's Bay Airport will nex...

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Jan 08, 2019

Cathedral cove parking changes cut the chaos at tourist hotspot

A brittle peace has been brought to the annual par...

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Jan 08, 2019

The architecture of parking garages, from ghastly to glorious

Not all big garages are alike, thank goodness. Whi...

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Jan 06, 2019

App allows payment for parking meters

Paying to park in Oamaru just got easier.

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Jan 06, 2019

Powered parks for the privileged? Wellington City Council moots EV carparks for the suburbs

A plan to install electric vehicle charging statio...

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Jan 06, 2019

Auckland council car park to skyrocket $40 a day

Auckland commuters who use the Downtown car park a...

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Jan 06, 2019

Parking changes will free up spaces around North Shore Hospital

To make it easier to find a car park around North...

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Jan 06, 2019

Car park for Skyline approved

Skyline Enterprises is a step closer to a multimil...

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Dec 18, 2018

Ride-share push in wake of parking changes

Dunedin's inner-city commuters will be encouraged...

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Dec 18, 2018

Average of 30 DHB staff cars found in patient parks each morning, Rotorua Hospital finds

An average of 30 Lakes District Health Board staff...

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Dec 18, 2018

Queenstown Airport Park and Ride service upgraded

Queenstown Airport Park and Ride service upgraded...

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Dec 12, 2018

Parking shake-up a step closer

All-day free parking is set to be taken away from...

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Nov 30, 2018

Loss of free weekend parking hasn't hurt Wellington's CBD retailers, council says

Parking charges have done little to slow Wellingto...

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Nov 30, 2018

New 600-vehicle Sylvia Park block to open ready for Christmas

A new 600-space car parking building opens tomorro...

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Nov 30, 2018

New Plymouth council cuts number of free car parking spaces

Drivers taking advantage of a small number of free...

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Nov 23, 2018

Parking app Parkable boss wants fewer car parks

Kiwi parking app Parkable wants less parking and m...

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Nov 06, 2018

Paper out, paywave in for New Plymouth

Paper receipts are being phased out in New Plymout...

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Oct 31, 2018

Council warns Dunedin central-city free parking on way out

Dunedin commuters have been warned to expect the h...

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Oct 09, 2018

Build it and they will come - and most will bring their cars

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Oct 06, 2018

Rotorua's parking overhaul will see an hour of free inner city parking

An hour of free inner city parking and a car which...

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Oct 04, 2018

'Discount parking ticket' for Waitemata DHB hospitals after patient and visitor complaints

Patients are being made more aware of guidelines a...

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Oct 03, 2018

Taxi driver stunned at fine after parking in mobility spot without permit to help amputee customer

If there's one truly unforgiveable parking sin, it...

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Aug 28, 2018

Could a high-tech parking app help Christchurch motorists find cheaper central city parks?

Since 2011, city officials in San Francisco have b...

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Aug 23, 2018

Government announces new measures to crack down on 'unscrupulous' wheel clampers

The Government is getting tough on clampers after...

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Aug 13, 2018

Porirua City Council hits misbehaving berm parkers in the pocket

Porirua City Council (PCC) is zoning in on the wal...

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Aug 12, 2018

'I've heard it all': Confessions of a veteran parking warden

"Occasionally it gets to you, but given enough tim...

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Jul 31, 2018

Auckland Transport won't reduce parking fines despite saving on costs

New technology in Auckland is about to make parkin...

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Jul 19, 2018

People best thing about job

Reporter Tyson Young talks to Waitaki District Cou...

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Jul 02, 2018

ABM chooses Inugo for frictionless parking at 18 Downtown San Diego parking lots

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Jun 27, 2018

Auckland Transport wants to raise parking fines to deter repeat offenders

Auckland's transport authority is keen to hike par...

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Jun 18, 2018

Abusers of Wellington park-and-rides face clamping and towing in council crackdown

Users of free council park-and-rides will soon fin...

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May 04, 2018

Wellington Parking Warden speaks out after assault

Anderson, a Wellington parking warden, has spoken...

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Apr 11, 2018

Central city businesses 'overwhelmingly positive' about free parking

City revitalisation is surging as business owners...

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Mar 13, 2018

Future city glimpse: Radical anti-car Auckland apartment block

A 33-unit, $17.5 million apartment block on a tiny...

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Feb 15, 2018

More than 50 council staff buy electric bikes

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Feb 02, 2018

Christchurch's little car park that could

Proceeds from the Good Spot car park go back to th...

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Jan 30, 2018

Christchurch Hospital to get parking building by the end of 2020

Visitors to the South Island's largest health faci...

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Sep 21, 2017

Council approves parking compromise on disputed cycleway plan

Christchurch city councillors have ended a long ru...

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Aug 08, 2017

Cutting-edge technology to block parking freeloaders

LA Metro is using cutting-edge technology to block...

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Jul 20, 2017

All-day free parking in central Auckland suburbs ending

"In Freemans Bay people were arriving at 6 in the...