2 August, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
My personal campaigning gets underway Last Sunday I ventured out to the Grey Lynn Farmers market, to let people know about the new City Vision team for the upcoming Waitemata local body election. This was my maiden voyage as a member of the team – apart from...
27 July, 2013 | News, Our Projects, Waitemata Local Board
As part of the Auckland Council Annual Plan 2013/14 each Local Board adopts a Local Board Agreement which outlines agreed service levels, capital projects and prioritised advocacy initiatives. The City Vision-led Waitemata Local Board has been able to secure the...
26 July, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
It is really exciting to see the draft Ponsonby Road Masterplan printed and ready for feedback. Pippa Coom introduced the idea to set up a working group to develop a draft to the Waitemata Local Board last year. Since then Tricia Reade and Pippa have championed the...
22 July, 2013 | Local Issues, News, Waitemata Local Board
Bunnings have plans to build a superstore on Great North Road, from the corner of King street to almost Bond Street. Bunnings bought the site at 272-302 Great North Rd, which is on the border of Arch Hill and Grey Lynn. Building a superstore on this site is a...
18 July, 2013 | Albert-Eden Local Board, News, Our Projects, Waitemata Local Board
Local boards have been a big success story of the new Auckland governance structure. City Vision promised at the last election to make local boards work to give our local communities a strong voice and a fair share. The City Vision led Board’s of Waitemata and...
17 July, 2013 | Albert-Eden Local Board, News, Waitemata Local Board
The City Vision led Boards of Waitemata and Albert-Eden were the last standing at an all day workshop to consider proposed zoning changes in the draft Unitary Plan. Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse introduced the joint planning workshop for local board members and...
9 July, 2013 | News, Our Projects, Waitemata Local Board
The City Vision-led Waitemata Local Board ensured that when NZTA handed over the beautifully restored Campbell Free Kindergarten building it would be put to community use. The Kindergarten building was constructed in 1910 but had been vacant since the 1980’s....
8 July, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
It is wonderful that over 22,500 people took the time to provide feedback on the draft Unitary Plan. Thank you to our community groups and individuals who took the time to think and tell us how they envisaged the growth and future of their communities, both for...
5 July, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
The new Waitemata Local Board sponsored artificial playing turfs on Seddon Fields were delivered on time and on budget were opened on 5 July 2013. Within a very tight timeframe the Local Board acted quickly to increase parking capacity at Seddon Fields by funding...
8 June, 2013 | News, Waitemata Local Board
Shale Chambers, Chair, Waitemata Local Board It is only a few months until this first term of the first ‘supercity’ draws to a close. It has been a rollercoaster ride with the car speeding up as all the projects that the Waitemata Local Board has championed...
