Light rail crucial to Auckland’s future – Press release
City Vision has praised plans just released for light rail to be built through central Auckland. The new rapid transit system connects Māngere and Onehunga with Mt Roskill and the City Centre. It will shape our city and our lives, bringing opportunities for a better...
Council agrees to restore Ponsonby icon, the Leys Institute
“A start had been made on developing a detailed business case for the restoration and a Project Guidance Steering Group for it appointed.”
Stop the Chop! Sign the Tree Council’s petition and submission form
www.stopthechop.co.nz City Vision supports the Tree Council’s campaign asking the government to re-introduce blanket tree protection. Please sign their petition and fill out their submission form – it’s easy to do and the deadline is Wednesday Aug...
For the trees – City Vision’s work to restore and protect Auckland’s urban ngahere
City Vision councillors and local board members work hard to create meaningful improvements to Auckland urban nagahere.
What is a child-friendly city and why do they matter?
Waitematā Local Board deputy chair, Alex Bonham wrote this excellent article about making central Auckland more child-friendly. In it she reviews a new book by Tim Gill, a Design Council Ambassador in the UK, and advisor to local and central government on urban...
No plans to sell Kindergarten
City Vision has been disturbed to hear that a rumour is spreading that it plans to sell the site of the Learning at the Point Kindergarten in Point Chevalier. This is completely false. “City Vision and the current Local Board have absolutely no plans to sell this...
First Moon Festival highlights vibrant, diverse community
Last weekend’s inaugural Dominion Road Moon Festival was a giant step towards making Albert-Eden a more exciting and vibrant place. “City Vision promised we’d make Albert-Eden an attractive place to do business and to live, work and play, and we’ve delivered,” says...
Opening up Chamberlain Park for everyone
Imagine a big, new park in your neighbourhood. Open space to play, picnic, stroll, jog and take the kids Restore the stream (currently a concrete-lined drain) improving habitat and water quality to the harbour Plant thousands of native trees to bring birds back to the...
Introducing the Roskill Community Voice team standing for the Puketāpapa Local Board
City Vision’s candidates for the Puketāpapa Local Board stand as Roskill Community Voice. Our 2019 Roskill Community Voice candidates were selected in April and our incumbents Julie Fairey, Harry Doig, Anne Marie Coury and Shail Kaushal are joined by Jon Turner...From our Facebook page
If you're voting in Maungawhau, make sure you tick Chrystal Thompson and the rest of our City Vision ticket for local board.
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We know a major reason people put off voting in local elections is the worry they will make the wrong choice.![]()
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Luckily, there’s lot’s of ways this election to find out more about the names on your ballot paper, and this long weekend is the perfect time to do you research.![]()
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First off- Us! City Vision is an alliance of Labour, Greens, and community independents aligned around core values. We are upfront about who we are and what we stand for, you can read all about us here cityvision.org.nz/what-we-stand-for/![]()
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But don’t just trust us:![]()
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If you want to see and hear from everyone in one place, Auckland Council have put together a really thorough and easy to use tool. Just remember- these are what candidates say about themselves, so it’s sometimes best to take with a grain of salt! www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections/information-for-voters/Pages/who-you-can-vote-for.aspx![]()
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Policy is an incredibly slick site covering the whole country (a mammoth effort) where you can compare candidates statements on, well, policy. It’s independent and unbiased, but also features self submitted answers like the council site above. Just good to keep in mind for anyone promising world peace. policy.nz/2022![]()
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Advocates and activists have also given there more opinionated thoughts on where candidates stand on the issues they care about:![]()
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Generation Zero have been score carding local government hopefuls for nearly a decade. They grade candidates on climate justice localelections.nz![]()
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A broad coalition of unions, climate action, public transport, walking groups and cycling groups have come together as Vote Climate to grade candidates on public transport, walking and cycling. www.voteclimate.org.nz![]()
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Women in Urbanism are highlighting candidates who back their issues www.instagram.com/womeninurbanism/![]()
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And to check you aren’t accidentally supporting candidates whoa re anti truth, Fact Aotearoa are collating media stories about candidates with misinformation or conspiracy theory links. factaotearoa.nz/misinformation-linked-candidate-media-roundup/![]()
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The important thing is that you make sure you do vote, and share this with your friends and whānau who might need some encouragement!