Seeking nominations for Local Boards and Portage Licensing Trust
With local government elections in October 2022, nominations are now open for City Vision candidates for: Albert Eden Local Board (Ōwairaka and Maungawhau subdivisions) Puketāpapa Local Board Waitematā Local Board Maungakiekie Tāmaki Local Board (Maungakiekie...
Cathy Casey to retire
Dr Cathy Casey, City Vision Councillor for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa, has decided that she will retire at the end of this electoral term in October 2022. When Cathy retires, she will have had 27 years as an elected local government representative, with 18 of those years...
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.
A Living Wage for Auckland Council: an investment in people
“A living wage is the income necessary to provide workers and their families with the basic necessities of life. A living wage will enable workers to live with dignity and participate as active citizens in society.” – Living Wage Aotearoa “We urge the...
Reining in Ports of Auckland
One of the major controversies of the first three years of the new Auckland Council has been the behaviour of the wholly Council owned company Ports of Auckland (POAL). POAL are one of those entities deliberately put at arms length from democratic control under Rodney...
CCO’s and Accountability
One of the big concerns of people at the time of the Supercity reforms was a loss of democracy. A particular concern was that many important Council functions were being packed away into “Council Controlled Organisations” (CCO’s) with little...
What role for local government?
Peter Haynes, Chair, Albert Eden Local Board Readers can be forgiven for missing the debate about whether local bodies should have their role severely curtailed. Despite the prospect of the most far-reaching reforms to local government in a generation, there has been...From our Facebook page
Our Albert Eden Ōwairaka team joined up with Redelond Tsounga and Julie Fairey, our Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward candidates, to run a playground hop in Pt Chev. Thanks to those who came along for a chat! Margi Watson, Julia Maskill, Christina Robertson, Julie and Red discussed housing, transport, the future of John A Lee corner, tree protection, the Wai-O-Rea community recycling centre project, parks, bikes, and more. Let us know if you want us to come to your local park 🙂
Sunny cup of coffee in West Lynn today by part of the Waitematā team Richard Northey Glenda Fryer and Antony Phillips before venturing out to knock on doors. The rest of our team Anahera Rawiri Rosemary Peppermint and Stephen May are the Sunday contingent.