Tree protection takes a team
City Vision is pleased protection has been assured for a Mt Eden icon. The mature pōhutukawa at 8 Eglinton Ave has achieved protection in the Auckland Unitary Plan. It had been...
Candidate nominations for Maungakiekie and Maungawhau subdivisions
City Vision nominations for candidates for Maungakiekie Tāmaki Local Board (Maungakiekie subdivision) and Albert Eden Local Board (Maungawhau subdivision) will close on Sunday 19...
Puketāpapa 2019-2022 Accountability Report
In Puketāpapa our achievements include: Upgraded Keith Hay Park playground and signed off an upgrade to the Waikōwhai Park playground, due to begin this summer Worked with...
Light rail crucial to Auckland’s future – Press release
City Vision has praised plans just released for light rail to be built through central Auckland. The new rapid transit system connects Māngere and Onehunga with Mt Roskill and...
Council agrees to restore Ponsonby icon, the Leys Institute
“A start had been made on developing a detailed business case for the restoration and a Project Guidance Steering Group for it appointed.”
For the trees – City Vision’s work to restore and protect Auckland’s urban ngahere
City Vision councillors and local board members work hard to create meaningful improvements to Auckland urban nagahere.
What is a child-friendly city and why do they matter?
Waitematā Local Board deputy chair, Alex Bonham wrote this excellent article about making central Auckland more child-friendly. In it she reviews a new book by Tim Gill, a Design...
No plans to sell Kindergarten
City Vision has been disturbed to hear that a rumour is spreading that it plans to sell the site of the Learning at the Point Kindergarten in Point Chevalier. This is completely...
First Moon Festival highlights vibrant, diverse community
Last weekend’s inaugural Dominion Road Moon Festival was a giant step towards making Albert-Eden a more exciting and vibrant place. “City Vision promised we’d make Albert-Eden an...
Opening up Chamberlain Park for everyone
Imagine a big, new park in your neighbourhood. Open space to play, picnic, stroll, jog and take the kids Restore the stream (currently a concrete-lined drain) improving habitat...
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...
Opening up Chamberlain Park to the community
[Update 12 September 2019: Chamberlain Park Redevelopment FAQs has more information] The vote by the Council’s Environment and Community Committee on 10 July to develop a...
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...