1 September, 2013 | City Vision, Featured Post, Local Government, News
“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...
1 September, 2013 | City Vision, News
City Vision is sending out a campaign update every week until election day on 12 October. In this week’s update we cover the highs and lows of the Unitary plan deliberations that took place over 3 days last week We also provide a round up of the issues from the...
1 September, 2013 | Albert-Eden Local Board, News
Lisa Loveday, candidate for the Maungawhau subdivision of the Albert-Eden Local Board Sadly, Lisa’s dear husband, John Druzianic, aged 59 passed away after a short illness on 23 August. We offer our great sympathy to Lisa and her family. John had been...
31 August, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
Every weekend City Vision and Roskill Community Voice candidates are out door knocking in the Waitemata and Albert-Eden-Roskill wards. This is an important part of the campaign as residents meet the people who wish to represent them and candidates get to hear the...
30 August, 2013 | Albert-Eden Local Board, News
The rugby season winds up this weekend for City Vision candidate Godfrey Rudolph (Albert-Eden Local Board – Maungawhau subdivision) I’ve enjoyed being engaged with community sports as a rugby coach at school, club and representative level. A highlight has...
30 August, 2013 | Auckland Council, News
Yesterday at the launch of the Report ‘Super city? State of Auckland’ AUT Social Sciences and Public Policy Unit head Dr Judy McGregor gave the Auckland Council a ‘B’ grade and said it had made a good start since the amalgamation almost three years ago. The...
30 August, 2013 | Featured Post, News |
Significant developments from the Unitary Plan deliberations today. Big box retail in the Mixed Use Zone The controversial proposal by Bunnings to build a development on Mixed Use zoned land on Great North Road has brought into the spotlight the undesirability of the...
29 August, 2013 | Albert Eden Local Board, Albert-Eden Local Board, News, Our Projects
Every month, Sandringham’s farmers’ market gets its boards up around the street, and hundreds of locals come along on “second Saturdays” between 9am and 12.30 to the local community centre. The market’s run of perfect sunny Saturdays has only been broken once since...
28 August, 2013 | Cathy Casey, Local Issues, News |
The first day of three days of Unitary Plan deliberations ended with Cathy Casey successfully moving an amendment to the affordable housing provisions. She got support by 12 votes to 8 for “A requirement for all residential development of 15 or more dwellings...
28 August, 2013 | Local Issues, News
After a day debating urban zoning in the Unitary Plan, the Auckland Plan Committee will vote tomorrow on the minimum parking requirements in the Mixed Housing and THAB zoning. Cr Brewer has foreshadowed that he intends to move an amendment to increase MPRs in the...
