Improving Ponsonby; Getting on with the Job
Ponsonby News column for Waitemata Local Board Chair June 2016 Local Boards are effectively bulk-funded based on residential population by the Governing Body of Council from your...
Glyphosate – what is it and do we want it in Auckland?
Waitematā Local Board member Deborah Yates, who leads the natural portfolio, has been working to raise awareness about glyphosate spraying and to push for options to reduce its...
Update on Waitemata projects
Chair, Waitemata Local Board, Shale Chambers' April Ponsonby News column Whilst speculation on who may be contesting the upcoming local elections continues, and a declared...
Bring Back the Trams
City Vision Media Release 2 March 2016 City Vision Launches Major Campaign to Bring Back the Trams "City Vision is proud to launch a major new campaign to Bring Back the Trams to...
New shared paths making progress
Shared Path progress in Pt Chevalier, Waterview, Mt Albert and Owairaka Shared paths are progressing across the Central Isthmus with several new paths being built as part of the...
Hidden public spaces in the City Centre
In 2011 Waitemata Local Board Chair, Shale Chambers initiated via a Notice of Motion (item 11.1) an audit of "hidden" public spaces in the City Centre and requested these spaces...
First Local Board to develop a community low carbon plan
In 2011 following community feedback the Waitematā Local Board made a commitment to develop a localised plan for reducing emissions that will focus on reducing energy use,...
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Speech
25 April 2015 I am honoured to stand before this magnificent commemoration mural this year on behalf of your Waitemata Local Board of Auckland Council. Deputy Chair Pippa Coom...
Trams – sound good, but more detail needed
From the Puketapapa (Mt Roskill) end it's a very, very, cautious welcome to Auckland Transport's proposals to extend tramlines (light rail) along key routes on Auckland's...
Investing in Puketapapa’s parks
The Roskill Community Voice team has had a clear mission to turn around years of neglect in Puketapapa/Mt Roskill. Nowhere was this more evident than in our parks and open...
Keeping Victoria Park for the Public: Waitematā Local Board decide a new park events guideline
In a controversial recent decision, the City Vision members of the Waitematā Local Board voted to approve an events protocol - commissioned by the Board following recent events...
Splashpad success at Potters Park
Albert-Eden Local Board's recently opened splashpad has given Potters Park a new lease of life. Already more people are using the playground and grass areas than for many years....
Smokefree Auckland Celebration
The Waitemata Local Board members Jesse Charmers, Tricia Reade and Pippa Coom joined Councillors Sandra Coney and Richard Northey in celebrating Smokefree Auckland recently at an...
Air quality in Queen Street survey
City Vision candidates for the Waitemata Local Board all back the goal of resilient and healthy communities and sustainable environment, with focused care for our environment by...
Painted utility boxes project
The Waitemata Local Board started a project this year of painting utility boxes with a difference. We asked local community and business groups to select one or two utility boxes...