Voting starts today

Voting starts today

 Advance voting begins today (3 September) ahead of election day on Saturday 20 September. Voting places are available around Auckland to cast early votes. Times and opening hours are available on the Elections website.  Unlike previous elections it is not necessary...
Town Hall Citizenship Ceremony

Town Hall Citizenship Ceremony

Waitematā Local Board member Vernon Tava has launched his own website .   It is the place to find Vernon’s monthly board reports, his blogs and media appearances. In one of his first blogs he writes about attending a local board hosted citizenship ceremony: On...
Creative spark ignited in Ponsonby

Creative spark ignited in Ponsonby

Media Release: Waitemata Local Board 27 June 2014 Auckland’s creative community has received a major boost with the opening of a creative precinct which its backers say is the ‘right space in the right place at the right time’. The unveiling of Studio One Toi Tū,...
Janette Sadik-Khan at Auckland Conversations

Janette Sadik-Khan at Auckland Conversations

On the evening of 26 May, I attended a long awaited talk by Janette Sadik-Khan, former Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation from 2007-2013 under the Bloomberg administration. Her most celebrated project was a conversion of a segment of Broadway...
Fair Trade Fortnight 3 – 18 May 2014

Fair Trade Fortnight 3 – 18 May 2014

In 2011 the City Vision led Waitemata Local Board was the first Board to support Fair Trade and the vision of making Auckland a Fair Trade City.  A year later with the support of the Mayor  Auckland was declared Fair Trade. At the Fair Trade Auckland Power of You...