Ponsonby News was contacted recently by a group of Grey Lynn Primary School children’s parents concerned about the safety of their young children walking to school.
Thursday 16 June is a very historical date for Ponsonby if not the whole of Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland).
The old Ponsonby Road fire station has closed down and the team have transferred to a shiny new station on Williamson Avenue in Grey Lynn.
The Policy Observatory of Auckland University of Technology has just released a report on the state of Auckland Council, five years on from its creation. This group, headed by Professor of Public Policy at AUT, Professor Ian Shirley, and including a group of eminent academics with international experience, produced their report for The Committee for Auckland.
How to evacuate and where to, in the event of a tsunami or earthquake hitting Central Auckland.
I’d like to welcome George Shiers to our small team here at Ponsonby News.
Last year Ponsonby News asked Auckland Transport what sprays they used on roadsides and parks in Auckland City.
Young and rising star of the Waitemata Local Board, Rob Thomas has announced his council candidacy for the Waitemata and Gulf Ward.
It’s been a hard time for the businesses around the new Vinegar Lane Development during construction, but the end is in sight.
A letter I wrote to the Minister of Building and Housing, Nick Smith, requesting a revocation of a special housing area (SHA) at Kelmarna Avenue, Herne Bay, provoked a furious response. It has also set off a debate about the merits of urban intensification versus suburban sprawl.
The Mercury Theatre, a very important part of Auckland’s history, has a lively past.
Bill is standing as an independent, but acknowledges his centre-right political stance, and is strongly supported by National Party stalwarts Nikki Kaye and Michelle Boag, both of whom were at his recent launch at Ponsonby Central.