John Elliott: Public Transport needs stiffening up in central city
I have long supported the need for as many people as possible to get out of their cars and walk, cycle, or catch a train or bus.
I have long supported the need for as many people as possible to get out of their cars and walk, cycle, or catch a train or bus.
I was recently invited by the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand (UDINZ) to be part of a panel discussion to take a closer look at the government’s new National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) and how it could impact central suburbs like Ponsonby.
It was a chilly Friday morning, but thankfully, OPEN café buzzed alive with locals, regulars, and contributors to Karangahape Road filling up on caffeine before filing into the Studio One Toi Tū carpark.
A sanctuary for multidimensional approaches to wellbeing has opened at 88 Jervois Road in Herne Bay.
More than a decade of thought and local consultation has taken place over how best to achieve the restoration of a native forest on the sloping bushland at the eastern end of Western Springs Lakeside Te Waiōrea Park.
The Waitematā Local Board has six City Vision members and one Citizens and Ratepayers member.
Earlier this year (21 February) Smiths Locksmiths, a 141-year-old Ponsonby business established back in 1880 went into receivership.
There is an excited hum in the greater Ponsonby area these days.
Simon Prast storms back to the stage this July performing in Shane Bosher’s Everything After.
Ponsonby Park is the working title of the new civic space at 254 Ponsonby Road - currently the Liquor King site. The land was purchased by Council in 2006 after the ‘Ponsonby Open Space Study’ completed in 2000 by Boffa-Miskell Ltd, identified a lack of urban open space in the area.
“Long before risking our freedom as Polynesian Panthers, we were simply Polynesian. It was time to be heard.
Diego is an African Grey parrot originating from Equatorial Africa, although he was hatched in exotic Whangarei.