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.
Talented candidates selected
Media release: City Vision 14 March 2016 Talented candidates selected for City Vision and Roskill Community Voice “With candidates including existing Ward Council and Local Board members, a former All Black, a Grey Power Branch President, and a strong young voice from...
Local Board will fight Three Kings Land Exchange Decision
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...
Bury the pylons petition cracks 1000!
Media Release Roskill Community Voice 9 September 2013 “We have been overwhelmed by the supportive response of the community to our Bury The Pylons campaign and petition,” says Garth Houltham, Roskill Community Voice candidate for the Puketapapa Local Board. “We...
Puketapapa Garden Web
By Roskill Community Voice candidate Julie Fairey. One of the projects I’ve set up in my time on the Puketapapa Local Board has been the Puketapapa Garden Web. I have very much enjoyed working on this very low-level community development initiative aimed at...
A Vision for Three Kings
The Roskill Community Voice team, who are standing for the Puketapapa Local Board had a successful launch of their Vision for Three Kings policy package over the weekend. The RCV team, who have been represented by Julie Fairey and Michael Wood on the Board over the...
Bury the Pylons Media Release
Roskill Community Voice’s public meeting to launch the Bury the Pylons campaign was overwhelmed and had to be moved to a larger room…
Campaign & Petition to ‘Bury the Pylons’ Launched
“Ugly”, “Intimidating”, and “Over bearing” are just some of the ways that Mt Roskill residents describe Transpower’s huge high voltage transmission lines that despoil local neighbourhoods and the ecologically sensitive Manukau...
Public Transport in Roskill public meeting
When: Wednesday 7 August Where: Dreamers Building, 766 Sandringham Rd Extension, Wesley Time: Organised by the Roskill Puketapapa Residents’ Association. Hear Cameron Pitches from the Campaign for Better Transport speaking on public transport in the Mt...
Locals & Planner Agree: Decline Pah Rd Warehouse Application
Media Statement from: Roskill Community Voice “The proposal to build a “The Warehouse” on Pah Rd is ill-considered, and locals are rightly voicing their strong concern. It is heartening to see the official Council report also recommends it be declined,” says...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.