Chamberlain Park not for sale
Albert-Eden Local Board Chair, Dr Peter Haynes, is quite clear about the future of Chamberlain Park in response to suggestions by consultants and others that it be sold for...
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...
Roskill Community Voice hard at work in Puketapapa
Since our last update in early March, your Roskill Community Voice members on the Puketapapa Local Board have certainly continued to be busy! The main work of the Board as a...
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...
Achieving results through team work on the Waitemata Local Board
Three years ago the City Vision team on the Waitemata Local Board pledged to be a strong local board and responsive to the local community. We have worked hard from day one to...
Dominion Road upgrade at last
Dominion Road carries more people in buses than in cars! Making it even more effective as a bus transport route is a major focus of the upgrade that will start early in 2014...
Level crossing safety
Graeme Easte of the Albert-Eden Local Board has been campaigning for almost ten years to have safety issues resolved at the 48 railway level crossings in the Auckland Region,...
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...
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...