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Chair’s report – Asset sales and Glen Eden intensification
My September Chair’s report where I talk about intensification of Glen Eden and the need to preserve open space to make intensification work.
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Chair’s report – June 2020 – International media goes wild about Titirangi’s chickens
It has been quite a week. My last chair’s report referred to the re-emergence of Titirangi’s chickens and it appears that the media picked up on this. Seven Sharp ran a light hearted piece on the re-emergence of chickens in Titirangi post Covid. Then the Guardian ran with the issue and I was interviewed and…
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Auckland Council Emergency Budget – Time to have your say
Dear Citizen of the West Future West is a group of progressive Westies – Labour, Greens and independent – serving on the Waitakere Ranges Local Board. We want to talk to you about the Council’s Emergency Budget and what we think is needs changing. We hope you will join us in making your voice heard.…
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Auckland Council’s emergency budget
The Emergency Budget consultation is now under way. Auckland Council’s budget consultation documents suggest there is no business as usual option for Auckland Council. And they are correct. But I am worried that the draft focusses entirely on financial matters and ignores the community and environmental repercussions of what is clearly an austerity budget. The…
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Chair’s report May 2020 – Vision West’s food bank, Council’s emergency budget and Titirangi chickens redux
Vision West and food parcels It has been good to get out of lockdown. While I enjoyed the slower pace of life, the quietness of our streets and the cleanliness of our skies it could not last forever. Although I hope that we do not lose what we have learned during that time, including that…
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