Celebrating the Good Citizen Awards

Celebrating the Good Citizen Awards

Since the Good Citizen Awards were first established in 2013 a range of people and community groups have been recognised  for the positive contribution they have made to Waitematā  and beyond. The awards were the brainchild of Local Board Chair Shale Chambers with...
Albert-Eden year in review

Albert-Eden year in review

City Vision’s Albert-Eden Local Board members Liv Roe, Julia Maskill, Margi Watson and Christina Robertson report back on a full 2023. The year has been full of highlights but also some significant challenges. The Anniversary Weekend floods resulted in Albert-Eden...
A year in review for Waitematā

A year in review for Waitematā

City Vision’s Waitematā Local Board members Alex Bonham, Anahera Rawiri and Richard Northey report back on 2023. This year has been hard in many ways – floods, cost of living – and council has pivoted to address them all. However, behind the headlines, there...
Art puts a spring in your step

Art puts a spring in your step

First published in Ponsonby News November 2023 City Vision celebrates arts and events this Spring in Ponsonby and beyond. Arts and Events make up a tiny fraction of council budgets but they can be the most joyful and memorable. You might even argue they are necessary....
State housing is not a sin, it’s a public good

State housing is not a sin, it’s a public good

Opinion piece first published in Stuff’s community papers October 2023 Julie Fairey, Councillor for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward For twenty years, I’ve lived in a Kāinga Ora dominated neighbourhood called Waikōwhai, south of Mount Roskill.  We bought a 1960s...
Te Manu Rongonui o te Rautau/Bird of the Century

Te Manu Rongonui o te Rautau/Bird of the Century

E koekoe te kōkō, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū * City Vision is campaigning for #KoolKererū this year as it is the perfect urban bird that we all want to see in our gardens and street trees. The ideal combo of chonky and beautiful, Kererū  is a bird we are...