City Vision members instrumental in Council vote to protect Mount Eden pōhutukawa
(from Our Auckland 8 June 2021) A prominent pōhutukawa that could have been at risk after being omitted from the Notable Trees Schedule in error, will now be protected after a proposal to amend the schedule was approved by Auckland Council’s Planning Committee. The...
By-election results 😥
Bad news. Unfortunately Bernadette missed out by just 24 votes! What if we’d just door-knocked another street? Or rung those other mates to remind them to vote… It wasn’t to be, but it shows how every vote counts. A good reminder for the local body...
Another win for City Vision and for the environment.
A big day for City Vision today – a dawn blessing for the new Community Recycling and Education Centre in central Auckland with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. This is a City Vision project, and our members on Albert-Eden and Waitematā Local Boards have made it happen....
Gender balance in local government?
Kate Sheppard would be horrified to learn that women in New Zealand – the country that first gave women the vote – are still grossly underrepresented in the ranks of elected councillors in local government and very few hold leadership roles.
City Vision leadership wins better access to future train station
The City Vision-led Albert-Eden Local Board, Waitematā Local Board and Ward Councillors are pleased that Auckland Transport has relented and agreed to our request to provide for a second (western) entrance to the new Maungawhau rail station. While the new station,...
Peter Davis: Lessons from the Auckland Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak
Very unfortunate and troubling though it has been for all concerned, in retrospect the Auckland outbreak has been a salutary experience from which everyone can learn something. Our first wave seemed to involve – for the most part – youngish and healthy...
Peter Davis: Simpson report presents an opportunity for Auckland
The Health and Disability System Review (known as the Simpson Report after the chair, Heather Simpson) was recently published. It draws substantially on submissions from the sector and has been a couple of the years in the making. It is the most substantial review of...
3.5 per cent rates increase: Key to Auckland’s COVID-19 recovery says City Vision
Have your say on Auckland Council’s Emergency Budget 2020/2021 (feedback form) Auckland Council has produced an Emergency Budget to address the $525m shortfall in revenue due to COVID-19 and in so doing has to make some tough decisions about where to find...
Transforming How We Deal With Waste
NZ has one of the developed world’s lowest waste minimisation levies – $10 per tonne to landfill. MBIE plan to raise that to $50 but an independent study recommends a levy of $140 per tonne!
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Our Waitematā Local Board elected representative Alex Bonham talks on her new book today with Kathryn Ryan.![]()
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Identifying opportunities to play and have fun
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How often have you looked around where you live to identify new ways have fun. Alex Bonham has just written a book Play and the City - How to create places and spaces to help us thrive.
For those of you who listen to podcasts, our very own Pippa Coom
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Pippa Coom is a rare Auckland Councillor who is championing climate change action and a faster shift to active transport. So how does she rate the council’s actions on transport, buildings and clima...
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CityVisionNZ RT @pippacoom : The Waitematā Local Board has voted 6:1 in support of @GraemeGun 's Notice of Motion requesting Waka Kotahi implement a month…
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CityVisionNZ RT @vheeringa : A real privilege to talk to @pippacoom on @ClimateBizNZ . What a champ! https://t.co/t8wbnWdMZX
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CityVisionNZ RT @pippacoom : A new low for an #innovatingstreets protest. Abusing workers and stopping installation of a safe speeds trial around Grey L…
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CityVisionNZ RT @pippacoom : New dawn for Revitalising the Gulf. Govt strategy announcement this morning by Ministers @DavidParkerMP @drayeshaverrall to…
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CityVisionNZ RT @juliefairey : Good job articulating the challenges @jessicarose_LTF Local boards adding value again by spotting these opportunities and…
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CityVisionNZ RT @richardhills777 : Get out & see Tāmaki Makaurau fare free on July 3. All buses, trains & most ferries will be fare free to celebrate al…
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CityVisionNZ RT @pippacoom : Abuse seems to be part of the job but my colleague & friend Cr @jobartleynz gets it so much worse as a Pasifika woman. Good…
