I have been reading about the successes of citizens’ assemblies around the world, including in the United Kingdom, and in New York. What then are citizens’ assemblies and how do they get set up, and work?.
Watercare, New Zealand’s largest company in the water and wastewater industry and
a Council Controlled Organisation, has been extremely good at supplying drinking water
of a very high standard to people across Auckland.
The Waitematā Local Board met on 20 April. It was a very busy meeting.
While the temperature drops and Auckland’s infamous patchy downpours become all the more frequent, May also brings temptation to keep getting outdoors: it’s NZ International Comedy Festival and New Zealand Music Month.
Back in the 1950s we used to say New Zealand was a very egalitarian country; and it was.
At the 75th Anniversary of the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians evening last month president Alan Watson QSM presented Ponsonby News columnist David Hartnell MNZM with a BAM Presidential Citation.
In March 2016 the Waitematā Local Board embarked on a Community-led design (CLD) process to establish Ponsonby Park, the new civic space at 254 Ponsonby Road.
Let me make a couple of suggestions what Ponsonby Road is all about.
New to the suburb, local label French Freddie has opened their fourth pop-up shop in amongst good company at 218 Jervois Road, Herne Bay.
Discover In Black, a concept store by Seagar Design, tucked away at the rear of The Shelter, and opening onto a leafy urban courtyard, one of Mackelvie Street’s best-kept secrets.
Two words that incite immediate and focused attention in the minds and hearts of any sailor are, “Man Overboard!” alongside that other word almost as powerful at sea - “Fire!”.
It’s been said before and it will most definitely be said again: the past year has been one that we could never have planned for - and the pandemic’s impact on the global hospitality scene has been monumental.