18 June, 2013 | News, Puketapapa Local Board
Aucklanders don’t want another casino, and that’s effectively what the Government has agreed to with SkyCity. The new “pokies for convention centre” deal will add 230 pokies, bringing the total number at this one mega casino to almost 1900. Of...
18 February, 2013 | News, Puketapapa Local Board
Let’s work this year on making minimum wage liveable and watch as poverty levels fall, writes Julie Fairey.Low-wage jobs often help create significant value but the attendant pay cheque is barely enough to live off. My wish for 2013 is that we make significant...
30 October, 2012 | News, Puketapapa Local Board
Julie Fairy and Michael Wood – have worked hard to win a fair deal for Roskill, and to deliver on their commitments Local Heritage Successfully advocating to protect local buildings such as the old Mt Roskill fire station and the old Municipal Chambers Secured funding...
10 October, 2012 | Media Releases, News, Puketapapa Local Board
Media Release: Roskill Community Voice 8th October 2011, for immediate release “Community members are calling on The Warehouse to meet with them to discuss their concerns about the new store being constructed on Pah Rd,” says Julie Fairey, Roskill Community Voice ...
11 May, 2011 | Local Issues, Media Releases, News, Puketapapa Local Board, Uncategorized
Roskill Community Voice Media Release, 10 May 2011 “Local residents feel kicked in the guts by the decision of three un-elected planning commissioners to allow the Warehouse Pah Rd development to proceed, and they have decided to take action”, says Roskill...
28 April, 2011 | News, Puketapapa Local Board
Roskill Community Voice Media Release 28th April 2011 “Despite strong opposition from local residents and organisations, and a Council planning report recommending against it, commissioners have granted a resource consent for the Pah Rd Warehouse proposal,” says...
2 April, 2011 | Media Releases, News, Puketapapa Local Board
Media Release: Roskill Community Voice “The Puketapapa/Mt Roskill area has been neglected for too long and it is time that some serious focus and resources are brought to bear on our community”, says Roskill Community Voice member of the Puketapapa Local Board...
