20-22 December at Ponsonby Community Centre and Freemans Bay Hall.
As I live, work and play in Ponsonby and its environs, I have noticed over the last couple of decades how the place has grown into a truly cosmopolitan society.
Being politically active is in my blood and can be traced back directly to the influences of my dear old Dad, Leonard Issac Prager, who passed away peacefully this October.
Eden Terrace, part of the Uptown precinct, is a hidden gem at the top of Symonds Street and within walking distance to Ponsonby, Kingsland, Mt Eden, Newmarket and the CBD.
Twelve opulent apartments in a popular location, with unobstructed ridge-line views, within a building imagined by internationally recognised architects Fearon Hay.
Watercare’s plan to use the draconian Public Works Act to forcibly take over Herne Bay’s only park for at least two years and use it as a works depot for the Central Interceptor (sewerage) project, is opposed by the majority of Herne Bay residents and has been labelled as “outrageous. ”.
Designs for two major community spaces in the Ponsonby area were given the green light to move ahead at Waitematā Local Board’s October business meeting.
The past 365 days have been a whirlwind to say the least. Rain, rain, more rain, floods, landslips, a shooting, the world’s biggest women’s football event – the FIFA Women’s World Cup, sinkholes, broken sewage pipes and everything in between.
Real Natural Hazards Government insists that councils prepare for natural hazard disasters so, recently, my council considered its submission to Government as proposed by staff on this topic.
2023! It’s been quite a year hasn’t it.
Happy Summer, Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year season!.
It has been a nail-biting few weeks as we first received the outcome of preliminary count, then the official count and finally a judicial recount.