Tunnelled light rail for the long-term
The preferred option sees a solution that would avoid significant disruption on roads across the isthmus during construction and fewer properties being taken.
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...
Wood calls for Three Kings negotiation
Media Release: Michael Wood, current Puketapapa Local Board member and Labour candidate for Roskill 8 August 2016 “Following on from the Three Kings Quarry Environment Court interim judgment, I am joining calls from the community and the Local Board for a negotiated...
For Each Other – ANZAC 2016 Address
Julie Fairey, Chair, Puketapapa Local Board delivered the 2016 ANZAC address at the Mt Roskill Civic service, at Mt Roskill War Memorial Park. Thanks to David Slack’s Sunday Star Times column for the inspiration. ANZAC From the initials of the Australian and...
Report back of the Roskill Community Voice team on the 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...
Campaign to save Liston Village
Press Release: Roskill Community Voice Campaign to Save Liston Village launched – public meeting on 11 October In the middle of a housing crisis, how can it be that Auckland Council is planning to demolish a thriving social housing community for Senior...
Submit for a fair share for Roskill
The Roskill Community Voice team on the Puketapapa Local Board is working hard to ensure that our community receives a fair share, but right now we need your help. The draft Auckland Council Long Term Plan (LTP) sets rates and investment for the next ten years, and...
Investing in Puketapapa’s parks
The Roskill Community Voice team has had a clear mission to turn around years of neglect in Puketapapa/Mt Roskill. Nowhere was this more evident than in our parks and open spaces. Last year ten playgrounds had to be partially closed down due to age and safety...
Puketapapa Greenways Cycling on!
In late 2010 then Puketapapa Local Board Chair Richard Barter came to the newly constituted Board with an idea for a local Greenways network, a system of connected walking and cycling routes that act as environmental corridors through our community. Richard’s vision...From our Facebook page
Some strong advocacy from our Puketāpapa Local Board representative Bobby Shen - Puketāpapa Local Board has paid off. Have a read through about how he managed to get this mahi done - it included busting out the tape measure!
Road Safety Week 2023 has raised awareness of our road safety heroes and the steps that everyone can take to stop needless deaths and injuries year-round. At current rates of road harm, over the next five years one in two Aucklanders is expected to be personally connected to someone seriously injured or killed. ![]()
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City VIsion supports evidence-based, best practice road safety that aims towards “Vision Zero” that was adopted for Auckland in 2019. Vision Zero is an ethics-based approach that puts human life ahead of any other benefits, and has now been adopted around the world. The key principle is that, given that people inevitably make mistakes that result in crashes, we should strive to make those crashes “survivable”. You should be able to walk away, rather than be carried away by first responders. ![]()
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We are working to make our communities safer for everyone especially for kids travelling to school with new pedestrian crossings especially near schools, safer speeds, and improvements to footpaths.