{"id":294720,"date":"2026-02-21T06:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/294720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:22:08","slug":"auckland-transport-parking-mount-albert-man-fined-70-for-parking-outside-his-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/294720\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Transport parking: Mount Albert man fined $70 for parking outside his own home"},"content":{"rendered":"

An AT spokesperson said the photo \u201cclearly shows\u201d the car parked on a footpath. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople using wheelchairs or strollers often need the full path, and stepping on to the road to get around a car is unsafe,\u201d the AT spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven two wheels up is too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018A lot of money for four minutes\u2019<\/p>\n

Gatley said her husband\u2019s car was about a metre back from the garage but it was still easy for people to walk past. <\/p>\n

She claimed it wasn\u2019t blocking anyone who would want to get around it. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s out on the road quite a bit so popped in to have a quick bite of lunch and he was literally here maybe 10 minutes,\u201d Gatley said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe came outside, and he comes tearing back in and says, \u2018I just got a $70 parking ticket\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gatley said the parking ticket said it was issued from 12.14pm to 12.18pm. <\/p>\n

\u201cFour minutes … it says parked on footpath or cycle path, but it\u2019s literally outside our garage,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\"AucklandAuckland Transport says Paul Cheater’s car was \u201cclearly\u201d parked on a footpath. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

She said her family had never experienced anything like this before in the area. <\/p>\n

\u201cI mean $70 is just ridiculous … It is a lot of money for four minutes,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhere can you park? If you can\u2019t park outside your house, where can you park?\u201d <\/p>\n

AT said its rules clearly stated parking on footpaths or cycle paths can force users out into the flow of traffic to get around vehicles, causing major safety issues. <\/p>\n

\u201cWithout enforcement, some drivers might park or drive wherever they like, with no consideration for others,\u201d AT said. <\/p>\n

The money collected from fines goes to the Auckland Council to help pay for services such as libraries, the zoo, and road and public transport improvements. <\/p>\n

This comes after another hefty parking fine hit not only Aucklanders but supermarket shoppers nationwide. <\/p>\n

Last year, shoppers were hitting out at a controversial parking rule<\/a> that penalises them for visiting multiple nearby stores, with fines reaching up to $85.<\/p>\n

It raised the question: should you be allowed to do your supermarket shopping and pop across the road for a coffee without facing a fine?<\/p>\n

One woman commented on a community Facebook post, saying she shopped at New World \u014crewa and was hit with an $80 fine after walking across the road to grab a coffee.<\/p>\n

Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An AT spokesperson said the photo \u201cclearly shows\u201d the car parked on a footpath. \u201cPeople using wheelchairs or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[162711,6203,10049,51,27126,127,6383,6204,19631,2082,71,293,1345,10053,51705,5158,36660,13233,111,43,139,69,14727,5429,30205,162710,112,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-294720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-10minute","9":"tag-6203","10":"tag-albert","11":"tag-auckland","12":"tag-break","13":"tag-despite","14":"tag-driveway","15":"tag-fine","16":"tag-fined","17":"tag-for","18":"tag-from","19":"tag-his","20":"tag-home","21":"tag-house","22":"tag-lunch","23":"tag-man","24":"tag-metres","25":"tag-mount","26":"tag-new-zealand","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-newzealand","29":"tag-nz","30":"tag-outside","31":"tag-own","32":"tag-parking","33":"tag-popped","34":"tag-transport","35":"tag-with"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}