The draft Waitemata Local Board Plan has now been out for a week for consultation and so far the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Yesterday at a presentation on the priorities, initiatives and projects we are proposing for the next 3 years one attendee gave us a score of 92% (thank you Mr Houtman from [...]
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The First Fairtrade Local Board
11 May Auckland Council Media Release Local Board first to make Fairtrade Swap Auckland moved a step closer to becoming a Fairtrade City yesterday with the Waitemata Local Board voting to become a Fairtrade workplace. Deputy Chair, Pippa Coom, made the announcement as part of the board’s support for ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’, taking place from 7 [...]
Beating the Bounds of the Waitemata
Andy Smith from Walk Auckland originally suggested Beating the Bounds as a Transition Towns event involving Grey Lynn 2030 and Mt Eden Village People. He enthusiastically agreed to the Waitemata Local Board adopting the idea as a way of establishing a sense of place. Andy will be leading us on Saturday 9 April from Meola [...]
Opening up public spaces
Public spaces were on the agenda of the March meeting of the Waitemata Local Board. Chair, Shale Chambers was unanimously supported on his motion to ensure developers who have gained bonus floor space in return for public space are required to provide adequate signage. Too often the public is unaware they have access to buildings [...]
Protecting our Waterfront heritage
At our first meeting of the year we supported the Art Deco Society to protect the character and heritage buildings of the Wynward Quarter. Fittingly, the next day we had our briefing from Waterfront Auckland (the newly branded Waterfront Development Agency) with the opportunity to walk around the current development happening in the Wynyard Quarter. [...]
Waitemata portfolio allocation weighted toward transport issues
This media release came out from Auckland Council following our first business meeting. As a member of the Transport portfolio team I’m really pleased at our shared commitment to focus on transport issues as a priority so we can really get Auckland moving. Auckland Council – Local Board Media Release: Waitemata portfolio allocation weighted toward [...]
Educated at Auckland Girls’ Equipped for the World
Congratulations to all the girls who won prizes and awards at the AGGS Senior Prizegiving today. I was very proud to be there as an AGGS Old Girl and representative of the Waitemata Local Board to award the Western Bays Community Board School Textbook Grant of $400. After a break of 25 years I’ve managed [...]
THANK YOU – Exciting times ahead for Auckland
What an awesome result. Auckland is so lucky to have Len Brown as the first mayor of the Super City. He has a positive vision, he is an inclusive leader and has a real committment to working with local communities. I support his goal 100% to make Auckland the most liveable city in the world. [...]
NZ’s best street spot
The revamped Aotea Square was jumping with activity on Saturday as part of the opening festivities. The sun was shining on a beautiful space full of people enjoying the free entertainment. The City Vision team was also there spreading the word to vote. One visitor, however was very unimpressed with the number of skateboarders checking [...]
Super city election countdown
With voting starting today in Auckland’s first Supercity election, it is hard not to feel positive about the prospects for a progressive Council led by Mayor Len Brown. It all depends on getting people out to vote – this is hard in a postal ballot when most people under 30 have never used snail mail [...]
