2013 – #3
Who will Be the Next Mayor or Councillor Another blog ran a post on who will be mayor and who will be our councillors that make up the next Auckland Council after we post our ballots next year for the Local Government Elections. I was searching through my posts from this year and … Read more
Meetings for More Meetings
Was at Transport Committee Meeting Today I finally managed to squeeze some time in my hectic work schedule to trundle along to a Auckland Council committee meeting today. And today it was the Transport Committee chaired by Councillor Mike Lee that I was able to rock up to and sit quietly down the back … Read more
All In a Day’s Work
Shining the Light – Together for a Better Papakura A letter from the Papakura Local Board (as I live and vote in Papakura) yesterday while I was busy shovelling garden mix into our new raised vegetable garden beds. You can see the letter here – with me doing a nice free advertisement for Auckland Transport on … Read more
Local Empowerment In Auckland
Auckland – Conflict between Regional and Local (Issues) Since submitting my submissions to The Auckland Plan and Draft Long Term Plan, attending their respective meetings, and following chatter both face-to-face and on social media I have noticed a nagging underlying grizzle about Auckland and its governance. The grizzled and apparent conflict over Regional and … Read more
Auckland Council Chief Planner Has a Moment
Whoops It seems that Auckland Council Chief Planning Officer – Dr Roger Blakeley had a moment or rather lapse of judgement and wrote in his Council Official capacity to the New Zealand Herald. This is what Dr Blakeley wrote: This was the article he referring to: Compact city a blurred vision And this was the … Read more
Hearing Monday
Hearing on my Draft Long Term Plan Submission – This Monday Right, unlike my Local Board and Auckland Transport (who like to lose things in the mail) I have my hearing (well forum) that I can actually attend too on Monday 23rd April for my submission to The Draft Long Term Plan. Although unlike … Read more
Thank You
A Thank You to the Auckland Plan Committee. Just would like to extend a thank you to Councillors and Officers (Mr Campbell-Read and his assistants) for hearing my presentation on the City Centre Master Plan. Short sharp and sweet was the key to this one with focus on the City Rail Link and Wynyard … Read more
Brakes put on Auckland Port expansion pla
And as I continue to read up on Council putting the brakes on Port of Auckland expansion
Councillor Lee has a Moment
A Moment from a Veteran Councillor http://www.franklin-live.net/site/player/887.html. OK there is two parts to this post; the first being Councillor Lee’s tantrum at the end of the clip when Deputy Chair of the Auckland Council Future Vision Committee – Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse “calls” Cllr Lee as the agenda needs to be moved on. The … Read more
