Introducing the City Vision team for AECT
Auckland Energy Consumer Trust election How we use energy is on the verge of a massive transformation. Electric cars, home solar and wind, smart meters and of course the Tesla batteries are all on their way, and they're going to fundamentally change how we use...
Women’s Suffrage Day 2015
Today is Suffrage Day - a day to celebrate those feisty women who worked so hard for New Zealand to become the first country in the world to give women the vote. As we celebrate today with the suffragists of the Auckland women's suffrage memorial looking down on us, I...
New dog access rules in Albert- Eden
Media Statement Auckland Council 16 September 2015 Dog Access Review in Albert-Eden Dog owners and their pets will have greater access to Point Chevalier Beach, following the Albert-Eden Local Board’s review of dog access rules in its area. “Over the five-month summer...
Ellen Melville Hall and Freyberg Square upgrade
Major upgrades are planned for the city centre’s only community centre and the square in front of it, and Aucklanders are being asked for their thoughts on the draft concept design. The redesign of Freyberg Square and refurbishment of Pioneer Women’s and Ellen...
The great Mt Albert rail over-bridge robbery
City Vision elected representatives in the Owairaka ward are fed up with broken promises by Auckland Transport on the funding of the Mt Albert rail station over-bridge, and have started a petition to gain public support against the Great Mt Albert Rail Over-bridge...
Unitary Plan: Pre-1944 heritage protection under threat
The Independent Hearings Panel hearing submissions on the council's Unitary Plan last month released interim guidance on Special Character and Pre-1944 Building Demolition Control Overlay. The independent panel rejected a council proposal to protect all pre-1944...
New flying fox for Mt Albert
Members of the Albert- Eden Local Board including Glenda Fryer, Graeme Easte, Margi Watson and Peter Haynes opened the new double flying fox in Mt Albert Recreational Reserve on the corner of New North Rd and Wairere Ave. Says Chair Peter Haynes "We are opening up...
Another motorway mitigation project complete
Opening of the Howlett Reserve Walkway The Howlett-Waterview Esplanade upgrade is part of the consent conditions for the SH20 Waterview Connection project. 3½ years after the consent was granted, the walkway reopened in July 2015. Albert-Eden Local Board Member, Margi...
Urban Forest Masterclass
Report back from the Melbourne Urban Forest Masterclass The Masterclass on 25 June 2015 was offered free by Melbourne City Council to Councils across Australia and extended to the Waitemata Local Board when they heard, through Penny Cliffin of Unitec, about the...
Key Waitematā Local Board projects funded
Auckland Council Media Release 29 June 2015 Auckland Council Long Term Plan – Waitemata funding decisions Completion of the Weona-Westmere Coastal Walkway, continuing the Waipapa Stream restoration and delivering the Western Springs Native Bush Restoration Plan are...