By-election results 😥
Bad news. Unfortunately Bernadette missed out by just 24 votes! What if we'd just door-knocked another street? Or rung those other mates to remind them to vote... It wasn't to be, but it shows how every vote counts. A good reminder for the local body elections next...
3.5 per cent rates increase: Key to Auckland’s COVID-19 recovery says City Vision
Have your say on Auckland Council’s Emergency Budget 2020/2021 (feedback form) Auckland Council has produced an Emergency Budget to address the $525m shortfall in revenue due to COVID-19 and in so doing has to make some tough decisions about where to find...
Transforming How We Deal With Waste
NZ has one of the developed world’s lowest waste minimisation levies – $10 per tonne to landfill. MBIE plan to raise that to $50 but an independent study recommends a levy of $140 per tonne!
A call for more kindness from Councillor Casey
Some things can be revelatory in their simplicity. Take, for example, the little piece of paper laying between my cup of tea and lolly wrapper at the hair salon a mere eight days since I was re-elected as Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward councillor. “Kind is the new cool,”...
Mike Lee’s gerrymandering claim rejected
The serious allegations of electoral irregularities and gerrymandering made by Mike Lee (in Gulf News and Ponsonby News) to explain his defeat cannot go unanswered. His arguments set out to undermine a number of important democratic principles. Under the Local...
Final election results 2019
A positive Local Elections 2019 campaign has resulted in a strong result for City Vision. 37 candidates stood across Waitematā and Gulf ward, Albert- Eden-Puketāpapa ward, Maungakiekie subdivision, Auckland DHB and Portage Licensing Trust (ward 1). The final result,...
No plans to sell Kindergarten
City Vision has been disturbed to hear that a rumour is spreading that it plans to sell the site of the Learning at the Point Kindergarten in Point Chevalier. This is completely false. “City Vision and the current Local Board have absolutely no plans to sell this...
From our Facebook page
Ngāti Tamaoho vision for Manukau Harbour shared
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Ngāti Tamaoho has shared a vision of a renewed Pahurehure Inlet, and for the Manukau Harbour beyond it.
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CityVisionNZ RT @juliefairey : Proud to have co-signed this. Responsible leadership from almost all local boards, supporting our Governing Body colleagu…
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CityVisionNZ RT @CityAklccrg : This a very smart looking & professional online report from WLB member, portfolios Parks, Sport, rec, & Economic Developme…
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CityVisionNZ RT @michaelwoodnz : Our re-balanced NZ Upgrade package: ✅ Gives certainty to communities across NZ 💰 Responsibly manages our finances 🚲 Deli…
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CityVisionNZ This is the future liberals want. https://t.co/Rl4BC6aNVc
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CityVisionNZ RT @bobbythekiwi : Learnt a fantastic Māori word today: moemoeā. Means 'vision' as in a vision to work toward. Great hui at Ngāti Tamaoho, s…
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CityVisionNZ [Slow clap] https://t.co/qON5l5JMuS
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CityVisionNZ Imagine living in a $9m house and talking about applying for rates relief... https://t.co/B4qRDrv3ps
Peter Davis: Lessons from the Auckland Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak
Very unfortunate and troubling though it has been for all concerned, in retrospect the Auckland outbreak has been a salutary experience from which everyone can learn something. Our first wave seemed to involve - for the most part - youngish and healthy middle-aged,...