Glyphosate – what is it and do we want it in Auckland?
Waitematā Local Board member Deborah Yates, who leads the natural portfolio, has been working to raise awareness about glyphosate spraying and to push for options to reduce its...
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Speech
25 April 2015 I am honoured to stand before this magnificent commemoration mural this year on behalf of your Waitemata Local Board of Auckland Council. Deputy Chair Pippa Coom...
Trams – sound good, but more detail needed
From the Puketapapa (Mt Roskill) end it's a very, very, cautious welcome to Auckland Transport's proposals to extend tramlines (light rail) along key routes on Auckland's...
Roskill Community Voice hard at work in Puketapapa
Since our last update in early March, your Roskill Community Voice members on the Puketapapa Local Board have certainly continued to be busy! The main work of the Board as a...
Keeping Victoria Park for the Public: Waitematā Local Board decide a new park events guideline
In a controversial recent decision, the City Vision members of the Waitematā Local Board voted to approve an events protocol - commissioned by the Board following recent events...
People’s climate march Saturday 28 November
People’s Climate March – Solutions not pollution On the weekend before the Paris Climate talks in November this year, climate marches will take place in hundreds of major cities,...
Campaign to save Liston Village
Press Release: Roskill Community Voice Campaign to Save Liston Village launched - public meeting on 11 October In the middle of a housing crisis, how can it be that Auckland...
The Future of Transport in Auckland forum
Pop in Waitematā
Many will recall last year’s experience of Walking in Trees; the popular installation walk through Albert Park’s majestic Moreton Bay Fig tree, and the only recently departed...
Waitemata Good Citizen Awards
Call for nominations Council documents are peppered with words like ‘empowered communities’, ‘flourishing communities’, ‘engaged communities’ ‘vibrant communities’ and ‘connected...
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...
Why City Vision supports Māori seats for Auckland Council
Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Council is currently consulting on the future of Māori representation on council. In October 2023 the decision will be made by the...
Holding the vision: A community-led resource recovery centre for central Auckland
In 2009, the “godfather” of zero waste in Aoteaora, the late Warren Snow spoke at a Grey Lynn 2030 public meeting about the concept of a resource recovery centre and the...