Next month we are going to the polls to vote. It is compulsory for anyone over the age of 18 to get enrolled.
The team here ran an Auckland Central election candidates debate on Sunday 9 August at Freemans Bay Primary School. The school hall was packed with over 400 people in the room. This is mentioned in John Elliott’s Auckland Central update.
When Auckland jumped back into alert level 3, local businesses and communities were there for each other. If necessity is the mother of invention, then the changes our local businesses have recently made reveals just how truly inventive and resilient they are. We talked to a range of retailers, service providers and cafes to find out how they overcame the challenges of this recent lockdown and what locals have to look forward to as we move down the alert levels.
Some issues make people’s blood boil! Our letters page this month has not one, but four letters to the editor regarding the ‘fun and games’ at Western Springs Lakeside Park.
Local business, Garnet Station, turned 13 last month. To acknowledge this milestone the team has been busy creating Majenta, a new bar for the Westmere neighbourhood.
Fifteen-year-old Ponsonby local, Honour Mitchell’s column ‘Teen Picks’ is included in this issue. For her first contribution she has covered her personal favourite – FOOD!
Our cover star this month is well-known painter, Evan Woodruffe. Evan is excited that we have something to look forward to in celebrating Artweek, (10-18 October) now in its tenth anniversary. We can’t wait to be cheered up! (MARTIN LEACH)
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