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?...
Roskill Community Voice year in review
Puketāpapa Local Board members Jon Turner and Bobby Shen report back on an eventful year. 2023 started off with record-breaking rainfall in January that took a serious toll on...
Art puts a spring in your step
First published in Ponsonby News November 2023 City Vision celebrates arts and events this Spring in Ponsonby and beyond. Arts and Events make up a tiny fraction of council...
State housing is not a sin, it’s a public good
Opinion piece first published in Stuff's community papers October 2023 Julie Fairey, Councillor for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward For twenty years, I’ve lived in a Kāinga Ora...
Te Manu Rongonui o te Rautau/Bird of the Century
E koekoe te kōkō, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū * City Vision is campaigning for #KoolKererū this year as it is the perfect urban bird that we all want to see in our...
City Vision: Making progress on recovery from floods and landslides
On January 27th the world changed for many Aucklanders, and some are still living in uncertainty. Climate change in our city has become more obvious than ever; homes were...