City Rail Link – let’s start on time
The City Rail Link will reconnect Auckland, but the Government is attempting to delay starting for 5 years. Today MP Julie Anne Genter brought together MPs, Councillors Mike Lee and Penny Hulse, Local Board members, candidates and advocates to say "Let's start on...
Time to vote says young candidate
Media release: Roskill Community Voice 20 September 2013 "With critical decisions about Auckland’s future to be made over the next few years, it is essential that Aucklanders of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds come out to vote in the Auckland Council ...
Children’s murals destroyed on Soho site
Murals around Progressive 's Vinegar Lane site ( formally called Soho Square) 18 months ago a Ponsonby group –‘ Colour of our Community’ (COOC) - entered into an agreement with Progressive to paint murals on hoardings surrounding the development site between...
City Vision videos now live
City Vision, Roskill Community Voice and Auckland District Health Board candidates are no online in their first ever election videos to better explain who they are and what they stand for. You can see the videos here on the City Vision you tube channel. Christopher...
Big City – Strong Communities
A big problem for big cities is how to strengthen neighbourhoods. With the new city, Auckland had an opportunity to develop new local projects. I had a vision that would support neighbours and in doing so create connections, improve community resilience and decrease...
Health Boards ‘ignored’ in election promotion
City Vision Media Release Missing in action: Where is the promotion for the Health Board elections? City Vision Health candidates for Auckland District Health Board elections are outraged that the Health Board elections, which take place by postal vote at the same...
Contest is on in Waitemata
At the first super city election former Auckland Regional Council chair Mike Lee swept away the opposition with a clear win. Right-wing candidates Alex Swney and Tenby Powell were left in the dust with a combined total of 8761 votes compared with Mike's 11,436...
ATEED makes bad judgment call in Symonds Street Cemetery
A non-elected Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) ATEED has set back the Symonds Street cemetery’s reputation by giving carte blanch to a private company to film there. While the community and the Waitemata Local Board work to upgrade the cemetery after years of...
Local Election Rally with Len Brown
The Isthmus Labour Hub is holding a special campaign rally this coming Saturday 21 September to hear Mayor Len Brown and others speak as Auckland heads to the polls. On this date Aucklanders will begin receiving their voting papers for local body elections and it is...
Carbon Emissions Reduction Plan
Total parts per million of carbon in our atmosphere is, at time of writing, around 397. This is reaching levels not seen for three million years. Not 300 hundred years, or 3,000 years, but three million years. Back then, the world was a different place; sea levels...