Relaunching the rocket
After decades of requests to Auckland Council’s predecessors with no success, the Albert Eden Local Board listened and delivered what the community had pleaded for...to open the rocket in Rocket Park. It’s a clear example of why Local Boards work and decision making...
Getting the best out of roading projects – update on Waterview
Update on Waterview NZ’s most expensive roading project is driving ahead. With $2.1billion being spent connecting motorways in Auckland, the environment and communities in its path are easy to overlook. While the cutely named Alice (the Tunnel Boring Machine) broke...
Waitematā Local Board Achievements Report
The Waitematā Local Board has published its achievements report for the year 1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014 As Board Chair Shale Chambers says "We have been privileged to have one of Auckland’s most engaged and active communities. Our achievements would not have been...
Puketapapa Greenways Cycling on!
In late 2010 then Puketapapa Local Board Chair Richard Barter came to the newly constituted Board with an idea for a local Greenways network, a system of connected walking and cycling routes that act as environmental corridors through our community. Richard’s vision...
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 Lee spoke at the launch about the heritage of the Great War - "in the end a heritage of...
Khartoum Place – the new Kate Sheppard Place
Upper Khartoum Place re-opened on 10 September with new stairs connecting Lorne Street with the Auckland Art Gallery. Deputy Chair of the Waitematā Local Board, Pippa Coom spoke at the opening to acknowledge those who fought to successfully retain the Suffrage...
Opening of Grafton Gully cycleway
It was an uncomplicated pleasure to attend the opening of the Grafton Cycleway on the morning of 6 September. I have been watching the construction of the cycleway along the edge of the Grafton Gully with great anticipation. The word ‘transformational’ is somewhat...
Voting starts today
Advance voting begins today (3 September) ahead of election day on Saturday 20 September. Voting places are available around Auckland to cast early votes. Times and opening hours are available on the Elections website. Unlike previous elections it is not necessary...
Town Hall Citizenship Ceremony
Waitematā Local Board member Vernon Tava has launched his own website . It is the place to find Vernon's monthly board reports, his blogs and media appearances. In one of his first blogs he writes about attending a local board hosted citizenship ceremony: On the...
Waitematā leading the way in carbon reduction
Waitematā Local Board Media Release 1 August 2014 Waitematā is the first local board area to draft a localised carbon reduction plan to support the region’s 10 year Energy Resilience and Low Carbon Action Plan. Residents are able to make submission on Becoming a Low...