Auckland Heritage Festival 2014

Auckland Heritage Festival 2014

The annual Auckland Heritage Festival 2014 was launched last night by Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse at Shed 10.  One of the themes of this year’s festival is First World War. Cr Mike Lee spoke at the launch about the heritage of the Great War – “in the...
Khartoum Place – the new Kate Sheppard Place

Khartoum Place – the new Kate Sheppard Place

Upper Khartoum Place re-opened on 10 September  with new stairs connecting Lorne Street with the Auckland Art Gallery. Deputy Chair of the Waitematā Local Board, Pippa Coom spoke at the opening to acknowledge those who fought to successfully retain the Suffrage...
Opening of Grafton Gully cycleway

Opening of Grafton Gully cycleway

It was an uncomplicated pleasure to attend the opening of the Grafton Cycleway on the morning of 6 September. I have been watching the construction of the cycleway along the edge of the Grafton Gully with great anticipation. The word ‘transformational’ is somewhat...
Voting starts today

Voting starts today

 Advance voting begins today (3 September) ahead of election day on Saturday 20 September. Voting places are available around Auckland to cast early votes. Times and opening hours are available on the Elections website.  Unlike previous elections it is not necessary...
Town Hall Citizenship Ceremony

Town Hall Citizenship Ceremony

Waitematā Local Board member Vernon Tava has launched his own website .   It is the place to find Vernon’s monthly board reports, his blogs and media appearances. In one of his first blogs he writes about attending a local board hosted citizenship ceremony: On...
Creative spark ignited in Ponsonby

Creative spark ignited in Ponsonby

Media Release: Waitemata Local Board 27 June 2014 Auckland’s creative community has received a major boost with the opening of a creative precinct which its backers say is the ‘right space in the right place at the right time’. The unveiling of Studio One Toi Tū,...
Janette Sadik-Khan at Auckland Conversations

Janette Sadik-Khan at Auckland Conversations

On the evening of 26 May, I attended a long awaited talk by Janette Sadik-Khan, former Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation from 2007-2013 under the Bloomberg administration. Her most celebrated project was a conversion of a segment of Broadway...