Category: Henderson-Massey
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Auckland’s ethnic diversity
One of the more pleasurable jobs I have as a Local Board member is to attend citizenship ceremonies. The Waitakere ceremonies are very well put together. They are held in the old Waitakere City Council chamber. Candidates and their families are invited to attend. The ceremony starts off with a traditional Karakia and Waiata. Kaumatua…
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Andrew Judd – a principled politician
Photo (c) Glenn Jeffrey New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd’s reign has strangely attracted a lot of controversy. Not because of evidence of incompetence or corruption or inappropriate behaviour. But because he favours Māori representation at the Local Government level. He has served his first and only term as Mayor. He previously served two terms as…
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Save Waitakere One
By Greg Presland The formation of the super city is supposedly motivated by achieving efficiencies and saving money. For westies this does not appear likely. C&R appear to be determined to push through bulk wastewater charges, despite the opposition of some of its more outlying candidates. This will mean a significant increase for most Westie…
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Westgate and Cars
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held I wonder how often your average West Harbour resident walks across the motorway to Westgate? I have to say, considering I live less than a kilometre from the shopping centre, I can count the number of times I’ve walked there on one hand. And with good reason – like many of Auckland’s shopping…
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The Case for the Northwestern Busway
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held I was interested to read Josh Arbury’s update on the Northwestern Busway. ARTA have up until recently been reluctant to entertain the idea of a second public transport spine in West Auckland, claiming that it will take patronage away from the Western Rail Line, but seem to be warming to the idea. A…