I trust none of the panel that were charged with selecting the numerous award winners for the Waitematā Local Board's Good Citizens' Awards were nominated themselves, because looking at the results of this year’s selections, they should all, if they have a conscience, decline the nomination and/or any award. What a simply ridiculous process.
Meet the Goodwins is our cover story this issue. What a month it’s been and during February, (17th) Ponsonby Road was packed for the annual Auckland Rainbow Parade.
The planned removal of resident parking space outside 16 Shelly Beach Road by Auckland Transport (AT) to make way for a 10 metre, short-term parking zone for a proposed 47-lot apartment building that doesn’t have carparks, is a bad precedent and should not have been approved.
We were sitting in the Parliamentary debating chamber on the evening of Tuesday 20 February under urgency as the Government rammed through laws without public input or scrutiny.
Kia ora Ponsonby. Wow, Pride was a fabulous time in our wonderful suburb.
Kicking butt at Auckland Transport (AT) was the key promise that got Wayne Brown elected Mayor of Auckland by a majority just over a year ago.
Since the closure of the Pt Chevalier Library, the adjacent park has been popular for undesirable behaviour and there has been a lot of shoplifting.
Commuters and locals were unimpressed with Auckland Transport announcing Meola Road closure until the end of April, on the very day it was meant to open, after their Waitangi Day holiday.
On 20 February, Auckland Council’s Budget Committee, chaired by Mayor Wayne Brown, signed off the council’s draft $102 billion Long Term Plan.
The minute you walk into Coco’s Cantina you feel it. That warmth, that excitement.
Auckland’s water and transport infrastructure won’t fix itself. But the Coalition Government has deliberately washed their hands of problems that will cost our country billions.
Celebrating Lunar New Year 2024 in Auckland: Honouring Tradition and Community.