7 December, 2015 | Featured Post, News
Final update of the year from the Chair of the Waitemata Local Board Ponsonby News column December 2015 So it’s game on for the Auckland mayoralty next year. Inaugural Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown has achieved much despite the occasional but noticeable misstep, a too...
23 November, 2015 | Featured Post, News
23 November 2015 City Vision welcomes Phil Goff’s Mayoral Announcement and Prepares for 2016 Campaign “Auckland needs strong, progressive leadership so we welcome Phil Goff’s announcement that he will campaign to be Auckland’s next...
23 November, 2015 | Featured Post, News
An important part of our commitment as City Vision (made up of Labour, Greens and community independents) is that we report back on what we have been doing and communicate the policies and principles that we stand for. The reports covering the Waitematā Local Board,...
22 November, 2015 | News, Puketapapa Local Board
A Voice for Puketapapa At the 2013 local elections we committed to being a strong community voice for Mt Roskill/Puketapapa if elected to the Local Board. We were honoured to receive your trust and win a majority. Since then we have focussed on winning a fair deal for...
19 November, 2015 | Albert Eden Local Board, Featured Post, News, Our Projects
Albert-Eden Local Board Chair, Dr Peter Haynes, is quite clear about the future of Chamberlain Park in response to suggestions by consultants and others that it be sold for housing. The park is needed for the community, he says. At no time has the Local Board...
13 November, 2015 | Featured Post, News, Roskill Community Voice
Media Release: Roskill Community Voice 12 November 2015 Local Board will fight Three Kings Land Exchange Decision “Today’s decision by the Auckland Development Committee (ADC) to support the proposed Three Kings land exchange (for recommendation to the Minister) will...
9 November, 2015 | Featured Post, News
Waitematā Local Board Chair Shale Chambers reflects on the first 5 years of Auckland Council in his November Ponsonby News column The Super City is five years old this month. It also heralds the first five years of your local Waitematā Local Board and the honour I...
9 November, 2015 | News, Our Projects, Waitemata Local Board
In 2011 Waitemata Local Board Chair, Shale Chambers initiated via a Notice of Motion (item 11.1) an audit of “hidden” public spaces in the City Centre and requested these spaces be appropriately publicised. As he noted at the time: “Whilst most...