Media release: City Vision opposes helipads in residential area
BEATING HELICOPTER NOISE IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS Media release: 10 July 2025 City Vision does not support private helipads in residential areas – the impacts on direct neighbours and wider neighbourhoods are too great. Julie Fairey, Councillor for...
20 years of Friends of Oakley Creek
We’re celebrating Ngā Ringa o Te Auaunga Friends of Oakley Creek as they mark 20 years of caring for Auckland’s longest urban awa, which runs for over 12km through Puketāpapa, Albert-Eden and Whau Local Boards. Friends of Oakley Creek, led by expert coordinator Wendy...
Government decision to axe housing is short-sighted and destructive
City Vision Media release: Government decision to axe housing is short-sighted and destructive 4 July 2025 Quietly and with little publicity, Kāinga Ora has axed 328 much-needed new homes that were to be built across the Albert-Eden, Puketāpapa and Waitematā Local...
Auckland is a world-class city in the making
First published in the NZ Herald Patrick Reynolds is deputy chair of the city centre advisory panel, a previous director of NZTA, and is running to be Councillor for the Waitematā and Gulf ward in October What is a good model for Auckland’s Queen St? For me it’s the...
Nominations open for Portage Licensing Trust candidates
Nominations open for Portage Licensing Trust Do you have the skills and experience needed to oversee the Portage Licensing Trust and support the position that the Licensing Trust model delivers positive benefits to the community through the responsible sale of alcohol...
Media release: Growing call for a halt to dangerous and undemocratic speed increases
2 June 2025Growing call for a halt to dangerous and undemocratic speed increasesCity Vision elected members and candidates are backing their communities and leading road safety organisations in calling for a halt to the dangerous and undemocratic speed increases...
Media release: Road Safety Week-will Auckland Transport be heroes or villains?
In the same week that Auckland Transport has quietly moved ahead with plans to strip safe speed zones from over 150 schools from 14 May, Auckland Transport is asking Aucklanders to shout out to their road safety heroes for Road Safety Week 2025. ‘In the same week they...
Save our safe streets
Be a road safety hero is the theme of Road Safety Week starting today (12 - 16 May). City Vision recognises and supports everyone who helps make our roads safer and those who provide the essential assistance after a crash. It is alarming that Auckland Transport is...
City Vision fights to keep much-loved dog off-leash area in Monte Cecilia Park
Puketāpapa Local Board members Jon Turner and Bobby Shen share the disappointment of the community that the Monte Cecilia Park off-leash dog area was formally removed by the Communities and Residents team (C&R's Ella Kumar, Fiona Lai, Roseanne Hay, and Mark...
Happy 80th birthday Richard Northey
City Vision's Richard Northey recently celebrated his 80th birthday. After 9 years on the Waitematā Local Board, serving as chair 2019 to 2022, Richard has chosen not to seek reelection, retiring at the close of this term after a 46-year political career since first...