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Mike Lee: The airport debate and why selling robs Auckland’s future generations

Edmund Burke once described society as a “contract between three interested parties, the living, the dead and the unborn. ” I.

Erebus Memorial

It's a shame the resisters have finally had their way and cancelled the plans for an Erebus Memorial at Dove Meyer Robinson Park in Parnell.

The Erebus Memorial Working Group

The Erebus Memorial Working Group wants to find a solution for the current proposal that is acceptable to the families and the community.

Rates spent on track only for privileged few

I am so disappointed with the Western Springs Forest Loop Track. It is so steep that it can only be accessed by a privileged few.

Puneet Dhall: Puneet in Bordeaux and inquiries into the grand unifying theory of life

I have just finished a week in Bordeaux. I have visited over 40 châteaux and tasted several hundred wines of the latest vintage – 2022.

Speaker’s Corner - Western Park

William Greig’s suggestion of starting a Speakers’ Corner in Western Park, seconded by Rosco Thorby in the May and June editions is, in principle, a good idea.

Melissa Lee: National List MP based in Auckland

Earlier this month, I held a fantastic public meeting with Mark Mitchell to highlight issues of crime in Mt Albert.

Message from the Chair – Waitematā Local Board

Every three years the Waitematā Local Board, in consultation with the people in our community, aims to deliver a new strategic three-year Local Board Plan that places people at its heart.

New look for Ponsonby Community Centre and Ponsy Kids Preschool

We have been thinking for a while now that our logo needed a refresh… something more representative of the local community and also the history of the building and area.

Cyco: Celebrating 30 years

Three decades is quite some time, so Ponsonby News asked Darren Murray to tell us some of the history of the business?.

Gael Baldock: Wellington, stop trying to Control Auckland. (Part 1)

With a third of the country’s population, government elections are 'won or lost in Auckland'.

Lisa Prager: Stockholm syndrome

Chief sunken stadium proponent Michael Sage of law firm Simpson Grierson is very comfortable with the promise of $1. 8b in private funds.