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Posts from ‘September, 2010’

Day after the super city election-a huge global working bee

It is hard to imagine getting up for a huge working bee the day after the election on 9 October. Hopefully I will have a big hangover from celebrating the election of Mayor Len Brown, Councillor Mike Lee and the whole City Vision team.  But global action has to happen on climate change with communities […]

Creating a liveable city

At CYCOTECTURE: Urban Design for a Super City by Ludo Campbell-Reid, Environmental Strategy & Policy Manager, Auckland Council Panel Discussion with Christina Van Bohemen, Barry Copeland & James Lunday. Thursday 30 September 2010 7:45pm Drinks, 8:00pm Presentation (Immediately after CAA AGM) Venue: Ellen Melville Hall, Pioneer Women’s Hall, 2 Freyberg Place just off High Street.

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 […]

Easy Transport Auckland

ETA: Making space for everyone, to get everyone moving! In March Cycle Action Auckland hosted a think tank weekend to bring together a range of creative thinkers, politicians and journalists to join  cycling advocates in thinking about  how mainstream cycling faster and smarter. One of the ideas to come out the think tank was Barb […]

Mike Lee backs the City Vision team for the Waitemata Local Board

Media Release City Vision – Waitemata Local Board Team Mike Lee, Chairman of the Auckland Regional Council and Candidate for the Waitemata and Gulf Ward has given his strong backing to the City Vision Team standing for the Waitemata Local Board. Waitemata  is one of the most contested Local Boards of the 21 in the […]