{"id":589815,"date":"2026-09-04T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/589815\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:08:15","slug":"one-of-aucklands-most-ticketed-streets-sees-big-drop-in-infringements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/589815\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Auckland\u2019s most ticketed streets sees big drop in infringements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longer parking time limits on one of Auckland\u2019s most ticketed streets have helped cut the number of parking infringements by more than half.<\/p>\n

By Torika Tokalau, Local Democracy Reporter<\/p>\n

Last year, Onehunga Mall was the second-highest ticketed street in Auckland, racking up 8782 parking tickets, and the sixth overall for revenue generated, with a whopping $196,308 collected in infringement fees.<\/p>\n

Locals and shoppers complained for years about the restrictive 30-minute parking limits in the area, which forced some of them to avoid the mall altogether.<\/p>\n

However, a year-long pilot initiative launched by the Maungakiekie-T\u0101maki Local Board in May to improve parking in and around Onehunga Mall has seen a decrease in parking breaches.<\/p>\n

According to Auckland Transport, parking infringements have reduced to 87 per week in the 2026 financial year so far.<\/p>\n

In 2024, there were 305 infringements issued per week, and 186 a week last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe initiative does seem to be working,\u201d Maungakiekie-T\u0101maki Local Board chair Debbie Burrows said.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The pilot introduced 60-minute parks along Onehunga Mall between Church Street and Grey Street (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)<\/p>\n

The pilot introduced 60-minute parking along Onehunga Mall<\/a> between Church Street and Grey Street, and 120-minute parking on surrounding streets including Princes Street, Church Street, Waller Street and Arthur Street.<\/p>\n

Burrows said they knew 30-minute parking was restrictive, based on the sheer volume of complaints from the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we had to try something, and those complaints have dropped off significantly, almost non-existent now, which is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burrows said the local board had the flexibility to tweak a few parking limits in some streets<\/a>, after reviewing feedback from the public.<\/p>\n

She encouraged the public to continue giving feedback on the pilot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some areas that we will look at either reducing or increasing, based on the feedback that we\u2019re receiving.\u201d<\/p>\n

AT group manager parking services John Strawbridge said the initial data looked promising, but indicated that not every change made was working.<\/p>\n

\"Locals<\/p>\n

Locals and shoppers complained for years about the restrictive 30-minute parking limits in the area. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe data is only part of the story, and we very much want to hear from stakeholders who use the parking on a day-to-day basis as to how and where we can make further changes,\u201d Strawbridge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are planning a drop-in session in the town centre to give people the chance to speak to the team directly, but we welcome ongoing feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burrows said she doesn\u2019t believe Onehunga Mall will make the list of being one of the most ticketed streets in the region this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe compliance vehicle used to continuously be going up and down Onehunga Mall because it was a hot spot. But now, because there are varying degrees of parking limits, I don\u2019t see that [compliance] car there anywhere near as often now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers are down, but I think we\u2019re also off their radar.\u201d<\/p>\n

LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Longer parking time limits on one of Auckland\u2019s most ticketed streets have helped cut the number of parking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,138,111,139,69,112],"class_list":["post-589815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589815","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=589815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}