Puketapapa Garden Web
By Roskill Community Voice candidate Julie Fairey. One of the projects I’ve set up in my time on the Puketapapa Local Board has been the Puketapapa Garden Web. I have very much enjoyed working on this very low-level community development initiative aimed at...
Opening up the old Parnell Rail Tunnel
As part of the Waitemata Local Board’s Greenway Plan, I’ve championed for investigation into opening the closed Parnell rail tunnel (an original rail tunnel immediately adjacent to the present day tunnel) so that a Greenway could be created between Newmarket...Domain Masterplan
You probably have, at some point in your life, spent some time in the Domain. Whether you sat under the stars at the symphony, played a game of cricket, or visited the War Memorial Museum, many will have visited or passed through the Domain. A Premier Park, it was...
Waitemata Local Board supports saving the St James Theatre
Protection of our heritage is one of Waitemata Local Board’s priorities. The wonderful St James Theatre is one of the most significant heritage buildings in the CBD. From the time the City Vision team were elected in 2010 we have been advocating to the...
Annual Plan wins for Waitemata
As part of the Auckland Council Annual Plan 2013/14 each Local Board adopts a Local Board Agreement which outlines agreed service levels, capital projects and prioritised advocacy initiatives. The City Vision-led Waitemata Local Board has been able to secure the...
Give way to pedestrians rule change
Every year Local Boards negotiate an annual agreement with the Governing Body (the Councillors and Mayor) that forms part of the Annual Plan and sets out the Board’s budget and service levels. A section of the annual agreement also includes the advocacy projects the...
Bury the Pylons Online Petition Now Available
Roskill Community Voice’s petition to Bury the Pylons now online…
An Accessibility Plan – its creation and next steps
A presentation by the Be.Institute to the Waitemata Local Board indicated “over 800,000 New Zealanders have a disability of some kind, and this does not include older people (of which we will all be one!), parents with young children and people with temporary injuries...