Whats the fuss over freedom camping?
Albert-Eden Local Board member Margi Watson has been following the freedom camping debate closely. Here she takes a detailed look at Auckland's experience of complying with the...
Urgently going nowhere: Life under Climate Emergency
Julie Sandilands, City Vision Candidate for Waitemata Local Board shares her thoughts on what next now Auckland has declared a Climate Emergency We’ve done it: Auckland City...
Aucklanders behind firework ban for private use
Cr Cathy Casey is heading to Wellington on Sunday to Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) annual general meeting seeking support for Auckland Council's remit on banning the...
Call for safety improvements at railway level crossings
For 15 years Graeme Easte has campaigned for a programme to grade separate over 40 railway level crossings on the Auckland network. At last, Council has voted $424 million for...
Accountability Report from the City Vision team on the Albert-Eden Local Board
Your Community Voice In 2016 you voted for a strongly community-focused, City Vision team, on the Albert-Eden Local Board. Here’s a report back on what Graeme Easte, Glenda...
Meet your candidates events
Events organised to meet candidates are an important of the election. They give voters the opportunity to check out candidates up close and to hear what they stand for and why...
Why are the 2016 Local Body elections so critical for Auckland?
NZ Fabian Society Event What are the critical issues? Who will be the new generation of decision makers? We are pleased to bring you Rod Oram on why these elections are so...
Tūpuna Maunga Authority: reflections from City Vision’s Glenda Fryer
It has been a real privilege to serve on the inaugural Tūpuna Maunga Authority which manages Auckland’s 14 volcanic cones like Owairaka, Maungawhau, and Maungakiekie. In 2009 I...
City Vision Campaign Launch 2016: The Future Of Auckland Is At Stake
The City Vision campaign 2016 was launched to a full house of enthusiastic and unified supporters and candidates on Saturday 23 July. Mayoral candidate Phil Goff and MPs Denise...
Pub, train, enrol!
Meet some of City Vision's young candidates this Friday evening Have you ever wondered to yourself, what are local body elections, and who are these people I’m meant to vote for?...
Celebrating the Good Citizen Awards
Since the Good Citizen Awards were first established in 2013 a range of people and community groups have been recognised for the positive contribution they have made to...
A round up of updates to start 2024 from the City Vision team
Looking back Myers Park underpass The pre-dawn ceremony to celebrate the new Graham Tipene light installation under Myers Park underpass and park improvements was an enormous...
Ngā mihi o te Wā Season’s Greetings from City Vision
As we wrap for the summer break we'd like to share with you the year in review from each of our Waitematā, Albert-Eden and Puketāpapa Local Board teams. 2023 has been full of...
Albert-Eden year in review
City Vision’s Albert-Eden Local Board members Liv Roe, Julia Maskill, Margi Watson and Christina Robertson report back on a full 2023. The year has been full of highlights but...
A year in review for Waitematā
City Vision's Waitematā Local Board members Alex Bonham, Anahera Rawiri and Richard Northey report back on 2023. This year has been hard in many ways – floods, cost of living –...