21 October, 2014 | Cathy Casey, News
This opinion piece by Dr Cathy Casey, Albert-Eden- Roskill Ward Councillor was first published in the NZ Herald ‘It is not the dog’s fault” was the message I delivered in my speech when opening the Kennel Club’s national dog show at the...
17 October, 2014 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Events, Featured Post, News
After decades of requests to Auckland Council’s predecessors with no success, the Albert Eden Local Board listened and delivered what the community had pleaded for…to open the rocket in Rocket Park. It’s a clear example of why Local Boards work and decision...
17 October, 2014 | Albert-Eden Local Board, News
Update on Waterview NZ’s most expensive roading project is driving ahead. With $2.1billion being spent connecting motorways in Auckland, the environment and communities in its path are easy to overlook. While the cutely named Alice (the Tunnel Boring Machine) broke...
3 October, 2014 | Featured Post, News, Puketapapa Local Board
In late 2010 then Puketapapa Local Board Chair Richard Barter came to the newly constituted Board with an idea for a local Greenways network, a system of connected walking and cycling routes that act as environmental corridors through our community. Richard’s vision...
27 September, 2014 | Events, Featured Post, News
The annual Auckland Heritage Festival 2014 was launched last night by Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse at Shed 10. One of the themes of this year’s festival is First World War. Cr Mike Lee spoke at the launch about the heritage of the Great War – “in the...
11 September, 2014 | News, Waitemata Local Board
Upper Khartoum Place re-opened on 10 September with new stairs connecting Lorne Street with the Auckland Art Gallery. Deputy Chair of the Waitematā Local Board, Pippa Coom spoke at the opening to acknowledge those who fought to successfully retain the Suffrage...