Glenda Fryer appointed to Waitematā Local Board
“It will be good to be back representing my community.”
Glenda Fryer: Waitemata Local Board
Seven years ago I embraced city fringe apartment living in St Marys Bay, and like you love all that vibrant central Auckland has to offer. We need to keep making it even better. I’ve served our community as a Community Board Chair, Auckland City Councillor, and more...
Keeping our communities safe: Why the undergrounding of power lines is an important issue
While some newer suburbs in Auckland are not visually blighted by strings of black power lines on their grass berms, suburbs built in the 1920s to 1960s throughout Auckland have the familiar wooden poles and strung overhead lines. Any greenfield subdivision built...
Glenda Fryer: City Vision candidate for Entrust
Glenda has many years proven governance leadership experience; 18 years as an elected representative including as an Auckland City Councillor and is a current Albert -Eden Local Board member leading the Local Economic Development Portfolio. She was Chair of the...From our Facebook page
Great work by City Vision’s Jon Turner - Puketāpapa Local Board! A great reminder that you too can nominate trees for protection (follow the link in Jon’s post!) ![]()
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Go be a tree hero 🌳🦸🏻♀️🦸🦸🏻♂️🌳
Two attempts were made to remove the Auckland Suffrage Memorial from what is now known as Te Hā o Hine Place by the "Grand Poobahs of Auckland's art world" (as Brian Rudman called them). It took the campaigning by many to ensure the Memorial not only was given a new lease of life with the upgrade of Upper Khartoum Place but has now been designated as a Category 1 Historic Place. Former Councillor Cathy Casey led the political side of the campaign supported by many of her City Vision colleagues over the years. ![]()
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The story of the memorial, designed and built by artists Jan Morrison and Claudia Pond Eyley for the 1993 suffrage centennial, and the campaigns to save it are all told in "Women Triumphant" by Cathy and Megan Hutchings. The book was launched last night at the Ellen Meville Centre with both artists as guest speaker. ![]()
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The book can be purchased at the Women's bookshop on Ponsonby Road.