Introducing City Vision’s team for Ōwairaka
City Vision presents a great lineup of candidates for the 2022 elections for the Ōwairaka subdivision of the Albert-Eden Local Board. Liv Roe stands with current members, Christina Robertson, Julia Maskill and Margi Watson (Chair). Julia Maskill Kia ora. I’m keen for...
Introducing City Vision’s team for the Portage Licensing Trust
City Vision has selected a great team of locals for the Portage Licensing Trust in this year’s elections. Returning member Margi Watson is joined by community advocate Marcus Amosa and IT professional Mark Beavis. They believe that the Licensing Trust model delivers...
Candidate nominations for Maungakiekie and Maungawhau subdivisions
City Vision nominations for candidates for Maungakiekie Tāmaki Local Board (Maungakiekie subdivision) and Albert Eden Local Board (Maungawhau subdivision) will close on Sunday 19 June. City Vison seeks competent citizens to represent our local communities and to work...
Introducing City Vision’s team for the Waitematā Local Board
City Vision presents a great line up of candidates for the 2022 elections for the Waitematā Local Board. We have some really interesting newcomers – Stephen May, Rosemary Peppermint, Antony Phillips and Anahera Rawiri – who will stand with current members Alex Bonham,...
Delivering for our communities since the 2019 election
A commitment City Vision and Roskill Community Voice make to our communities is to be transparent and accountable. We aim to report back regularly on our activities and to share our achievements. We were elected in 2019 on the following vision: To advocate for...
City Vision selects exciting new councillor candidates for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward
City Vision selects exciting new councillor candidates for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward City Vision is delighted to announce our exciting Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward councillor candidates, Julie Fairey and Redelond “Red” Tsounga. They will both bring fresh vision...
Report – Jon Turner, Puketāpapa Local Board Member for January 2022
I am writing this introduction in January 2022, on a sweltering day after enjoying a swim and time in the park. It is great to be out and about with people again, enjoying everything our city has to offer. There is a sense of relief among all Aucklanders, having gone...
Report – Julia Maskill, Albert Eden Local Board Member (Ōwairaka Subdivision) for February 2022
This is my update after two years as a first-term City Vision member of Auckland Council’s Albert Eden Local Board (Ōwairaka subdivision).
NZ deserves more respect for keeping Covid deaths so low
With the arrival of Omicron on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage particularly on MIQ, that the Government has got anything right in its pandemic response.
From our Facebook page
Some strong advocacy from our Puketāpapa Local Board representative Bobby Shen - Puketāpapa Local Board has paid off. Have a read through about how he managed to get this mahi done - it included busting out the tape measure!
Road Safety Week 2023 has raised awareness of our road safety heroes and the steps that everyone can take to stop needless deaths and injuries year-round. At current rates of road harm, over the next five years one in two Aucklanders is expected to be personally connected to someone seriously injured or killed. ![]()
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City VIsion supports evidence-based, best practice road safety that aims towards “Vision Zero” that was adopted for Auckland in 2019. Vision Zero is an ethics-based approach that puts human life ahead of any other benefits, and has now been adopted around the world. The key principle is that, given that people inevitably make mistakes that result in crashes, we should strive to make those crashes “survivable”. You should be able to walk away, rather than be carried away by first responders. ![]()
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We are working to make our communities safer for everyone especially for kids travelling to school with new pedestrian crossings especially near schools, safer speeds, and improvements to footpaths.