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...
Bury the Pylons Campaign hits Onehunga
Following on from the very successful launch of the Bury the Pylons campaign by the Roskill Community Voice team several weeks ago, there has been a huge upswell of community...
Does Grey Lynn need another liquor store?
There is a proposal for a new liquor store to be located at 515 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn ( in between Grey Lynn Tavern and the Laundromat ) in the Surrey Cres shopping centre....
The fight to prevent a Bunnings superstore on Great North Road
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...
Parking in Freemans Bay
Waitematā Local Board members receive a high number of complaints about parking in Freemans Bay. The streets are clogged with commuters often leaving residents driving round in...
Auckland Heritage Festival 2014
The annual Auckland Heritage Festival 2014 was launched last night by Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse at Shed 10. One of the themes of this year's festival is First World War. Cr Mike...
Fair Trade Fortnight 3 – 18 May 2014
In 2011 the City Vision led Waitemata Local Board was the first Board to support Fair Trade and the vision of making Auckland a Fair Trade City. A year later with the support of...
Heritage Festival gets underway
The Auckland Heritage Festival 2013 starts today. At the opening in Shed 10 last night Councillor Sandra Coney warmly thanked the 'do it yourself' history heros in our...
Old fashioned campaigning – street corner meetings
Street Corner Meetings in Albert-Eden: ‘accountability and listening' City Vision candidates in Albert Eden will be face to face with voters Saturday and Sunday this weekend and...
On tonight: We want you to vote! An evening of music
Featuring; Jeff Henderson & Friends, Tom Rodwell & Storehouse, Steve Abel, Oscar, Great North, Swamplands, The Bads, Fagen and the People, Shadow Bat AND Surf City. Date:...
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...