First day Entrust Election numbers well up on 2015
The returning officer for the Entrust election has reported a first day vote count of 3078 way more than the 471 recorded on the first day of voting back in 2015. Entrust (formerly called the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust) holds 75.1% of the shares in Vector...
City Vision for Entrust policy: Undergrounding
What should be done to secure of supply of electricity and accelerate undergrounding City Vision will look at ways we can underground faster. The $10.5 million ring fenced by the Trust for undergrounding of lines in 2005 has not always been spent as intended. In...
Media release: City Vision says elect a united team to protect your dividend and stop further sell down of shares
30 August 2018 City Vision says elect a united team to protect your dividend and stop further sell down of shares City Vision, a coalition of Labour, Green and community independents, has formed a ticket to change the trustees at Entrust and clean up the current mess....
Climate change brings uncertainty to Auckland’s power supply
“Security of electricity supply is of basic importance to the well being and safety of Aucklanders. However we have no security when overhead power lines are down on footpaths, and families have no electricity to their homes,” says City Visions Glenda Fryer. “Storms...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.