Women’s Suffrage Day 2015

Women’s Suffrage Day 2015

Today is Suffrage Day – a day to celebrate those feisty women who worked so hard for New Zealand to become the first country in the world to give women the vote. As we celebrate today with the suffragists of the Auckland women’s suffrage memorial looking...
New dog access rules in Albert- Eden

New dog access rules in Albert- Eden

Media Statement Auckland Council 16 September 2015 Dog Access Review in Albert-Eden Dog owners and their pets will have greater access to Point Chevalier Beach, following the Albert-Eden Local Board’s review of dog access rules in its area. “Over the five-month summer...
Ellen Melville Hall and Freyberg Square upgrade

Ellen Melville Hall and Freyberg Square upgrade

Major upgrades are planned for the city centre’s only community centre and the square in front of it, and Aucklanders are being asked for their thoughts on the draft concept design. The redesign of Freyberg Square and refurbishment of Pioneer Women’s and Ellen...
The great Mt Albert rail over-bridge robbery

The great Mt Albert rail over-bridge robbery

City Vision elected representatives in the Owairaka ward are fed up with broken promises by Auckland Transport on the funding of the Mt Albert rail station over-bridge, and have started a petition to gain public support against the Great Mt Albert Rail Over-bridge...

Waitemata Plaza upgrade

Waitemata Local Board Chair, Shale Chambers spoke at the opening of Waitemata Plaza on Tuesday 28 July. This new green-space and the Jeppe Hein artwork are wonderful additions to the waterfront environment. Waitemata Plaza in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour has been...
New flying fox for Mt Albert

New flying fox for Mt Albert

Members of the  Albert- Eden Local Board including Glenda Fryer, Graeme Easte, Margi Watson and Peter Haynes opened the new double flying fox in Mt Albert Recreational Reserve on the corner of New North Rd and Wairere Ave. Says Chair Peter Haynes “We are opening...
Another motorway mitigation project complete

Another motorway mitigation project complete

Opening of the Howlett Reserve Walkway The Howlett-Waterview Esplanade upgrade is part of the consent conditions for the SH20 Waterview Connection project. 3½ years after the consent was granted, the walkway reopened in July 2015. Albert-Eden Local Board Member, Margi...