City Vision’s latest campaign update
City Vision is sending out a campaign update every week until election day on 12 October. In this week's update we cover the highs and lows of the Unitary plan deliberations that took place over 3 days last week We also provide a round up of the issues from the week...
Lisa’s strength through great sadness an inspiration
Lisa Loveday, candidate for the Maungawhau subdivision of the Albert-Eden Local Board Sadly, Lisa's dear husband, John Druzianic, aged 59 passed away after a short illness on 23 August. We offer our great sympathy to Lisa and her family. John had been critically...
At the coalface of the campaign
Every weekend City Vision and Roskill Community Voice candidates are out door knocking in the Waitemata and Albert-Eden-Roskill wards. This is an important part of the campaign as residents meet the people who wish to represent them and candidates get to hear the...
Candidates in the community: the sports coach
The rugby season winds up this weekend for City Vision candidate Godfrey Rudolph (Albert-Eden Local Board - Maungawhau subdivision) I've enjoyed being engaged with community sports as a rugby coach at school, club and representative level. A highlight has been...
Significant challenges lie ahead for the ‘Super City’
Yesterday at the launch of the Report ‘Super city? State of Auckland' AUT Social Sciences and Public Policy Unit head Dr Judy McGregor gave the Auckland Council a ‘B’ grade and said it had made a good start since the amalgamation almost three years ago. The report...
Update from the Unitary Plan – special schools zones, big box and parking mins
Significant developments from the Unitary Plan deliberations today. Big box retail in the Mixed Use Zone The controversial proposal by Bunnings to build a development on Mixed Use zoned land on Great North Road has brought into the spotlight the undesirability of the...
Sandringham Farmers’ Market – a great success for the community!
Every month, Sandringham’s farmers’ market gets its boards up around the street, and hundreds of locals come along on “second Saturdays” between 9am and 12.30 to the local community centre. The market’s run of perfect sunny Saturdays has only been broken once since...
A win for affordable housing
The first day of three days of Unitary Plan deliberations ended with Cathy Casey successfully moving an amendment to the affordable housing provisions. She got support by 12 votes to 8 for "A requirement for all residential development of 15 or more dwellings to...
Minimum parking requirements
After a day debating urban zoning in the Unitary Plan, the Auckland Plan Committee will vote tomorrow on the minimum parking requirements in the Mixed Housing and THAB zoning. Cr Brewer has foreshadowed that he intends to move an amendment to increase MPRs in the...
Opening up our coast – Weona walkway hearing gets underway
The resource consent hearing for Weona walkway gets underway today (the application is available here). Hearing commissioners will decide if the Waitemata Local Board can build a proposed 1.4km long coastal walkway on Westmere Park Reserve land between Westmere Park,...