A tribute to Robert Gallagher
Robert Roythorne Gallagher 8 July 1949 - 22 January 2025 The City Vision whānau is deeply saddened on the passing of Robert Gallagher. He was a dedicated campaigner, organiser, chair, leader, mentor, and friend to many. Robert had a positive and influential life in...
A year in review for Waitematā
City Vision's Waitematā Local Board members Alex Bonham, Anahera Rawiri and Richard Northey report back on 2023. This year has been hard in many ways – floods, cost of living – and council has pivoted to address them all. However, behind the headlines, there have been...
Roskill Community Voice year in review
Puketāpapa Local Board members Jon Turner and Bobby Shen report back on an eventful year. 2023 started off with record-breaking rainfall in January that took a serious toll on Puketāpapa residents and wider Tāmaki Makaurau. In our area we saw many houses flooded...
Art puts a spring in your step
First published in Ponsonby News November 2023 City Vision celebrates arts and events this Spring in Ponsonby and beyond. Arts and Events make up a tiny fraction of council budgets but they can be the most joyful and memorable. You might even argue they are necessary....
State housing is not a sin, it’s a public good
Opinion piece first published in Stuff's community papers October 2023 Julie Fairey, Councillor for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward For twenty years, I’ve lived in a Kāinga Ora dominated neighbourhood called Waikōwhai, south of Mount Roskill. We bought a 1960s three...
Te Manu Rongonui o te Rautau/Bird of the Century
E koekoe te kōkō, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū * City Vision is campaigning for #KoolKererū this year as it is the perfect urban bird that we all want to see in our gardens and street trees. The ideal combo of chonky and beautiful, Kererū is a bird we are...
City Vision: Making progress on recovery from floods and landslides
On January 27th the world changed for many Aucklanders, and some are still living in uncertainty. Climate change in our city has become more obvious than ever; homes were inundated around stream catchments while the land slid on hillsides and around the coast. Some...