Introducing City Vision’s team for the Portage Licensing Trust
City Vision has selected a great team of locals for the Portage Licensing Trust in this year’s elections. Returning member Margi Watson is joined by community advocate Marcus Amosa and IT professional Mark Beavis. They believe that the Licensing Trust model delivers...
Have your say on the future of the Waitematā Local Board area
Media Release: Waitemata Local Board Local residents are invited to have their say on plans to improve the Waitematā Local Board area. The draft Waitematā Local Board Plan is open for feedback between Monday 7 July and Wednesday 6 August. The plan sets six key...
Creative spark ignited in Ponsonby
Media Release: Waitemata Local Board 27 June 2014 Auckland’s creative community has received a major boost with the opening of a creative precinct which its backers say is the ‘right space in the right place at the right time’. The unveiling of Studio One Toi Tū,...
Janette Sadik-Khan at Auckland Conversations
On the evening of 26 May, I attended a long awaited talk by Janette Sadik-Khan, former Commissioner of New York City Department of Transportation from 2007-2013 under the Bloomberg administration. Her most celebrated project was a conversion of a segment of Broadway...
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 whole is currently finalising our draft Local Board Plan to go out to our community for...
Fair Trade Fortnight 3 – 18 May 2014
In 2011 the City Vision led Waitemata Local Board was the first Board to support Fair Trade and the vision of making Auckland a Fair Trade City. A year later with the support of the Mayor Auckland was declared Fair Trade. At the Fair Trade Auckland Power of You...
Early reflections on life as a member of a local board
Deborah Yates, Waitemata Local Board member reflects on her first 6 months as an elected representative It’s been interesting, and at times overwhelming, to discover just how much there is to learn in this role. One needs: a clear picture of the structure and...