Moving the city forward

Moving the city forward

Ponsonby News column for Waitemata Local Board Chair February 2016 This year is local body election year, and the issues for you, the voter to decide to see our city move forward under the right stewardship remain many and complex. The main challenges remain...
Game on!

Game on!

Final update of the year from the Chair of the Waitemata Local Board Ponsonby News column December 2015 So it’s game on for the Auckland mayoralty next year. Inaugural Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown has achieved much despite the occasional but noticeable misstep, a too...
5th anniversary of Auckland Council

5th anniversary of Auckland Council

Waitematā Local Board Chair Shale Chambers reflects on the first 5 years of Auckland Council in his November Ponsonby News column The Super City is five years old this month. It also heralds the first five years of your local Waitematā Local Board and the honour I...
Update on the mammoth task of finalising Auckland’s Unitary Plan

Update on the mammoth task of finalising Auckland’s Unitary Plan

The mammoth task of finalising Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan continues apace, with hearings before an independent Hearings Panel and Council staff preparing responses to huge volumes of submissions. The size and importance for Auckland of this important task...