Category Archives: Auckland Council

Against More Elephants at Auckland Zoo

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Vernon Tava

I was very concerned to read in the Herald that, after importing another elephant, Anjalee, to accompany Burma at great expense, the Auckland Zoo is still talking about an elephant breeding programme “to build up to a herd of nine or 10”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council | Tagged Anjalee, Auckland Zoo, breeding, Burma, elephant, Western Springs, Zoo | Leave a comment

July 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during July 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee; Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee; Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio; Heritage, Urban Design and Planning portfolio holder; … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Waitematā Local Board Reports | Tagged 1 Farnham Street, 1/4 Williamson Street, 109 Fanshawe, 12 York Street, 133-135 Ponsonby Road, 142-148 Beaumont Street, 145 Nelson, 15 Surrey Crescent, 15 Windsor Street, 150-154 Karangahape Road, 16 Mount Street, 16 Vinegar Lane, 160 Ponsonby Road, 2 Graham Street, 22 Sackville, 230 Ponsonby, 26 Poynton Terrace, 322-324 Karangahape, 33-35 Ponsonby Road, 36 Schofield Street, 38 Fort, 43 Bright Street, 50 Rose Road, 65 St Stephens Avenue, 67-101 Vincent Street, 70 Sale, 7C Seymour, 99 Brighton, Auckland, auckland council, Built Heritage Acquisitions Fund, Farnham Street, Foreshore trail, Fred Ambler, Fred Ambler Lookout, Gladstone Park, Heritage foreshore project, Heritage toilets, LGNZ, LGNZ conference, Magnolia, New Zealand International Convention Centre, NZICC, Oak, PAUP, Port Future, pre-1944, Seismic Exemplar, Seymour Street, special character, Swimming pool fencing, Tole Reserve, volcanic, volcanic viewshaft, Vos Yard, Waitemata Green, Western Springs High School, YEM, York Street, Young Elected Members | 1 Comment

Under Threat in the Auckland Unitary Plan: Special Character, Pre-1944 Building and Demolition Overlay, and Volcanic Viewshaft Protection

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Vernon Tava

The Panel of Independent Commissioners on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) have issued interim guidance memoranda on matters of significance: special character areas, the pre-1944 building and demolition control overlay, and volcanic viewshaft protection. The purpose of the guidance … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Heritage | Tagged Auckland, auckland council, heritage, historic heritage, planning, pre 1944 demolition control overlay, pre-1944, special character, Unitary Plan, viewshaft, volcanic, volcanic viewshafts | 1 Comment

June 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during June 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee; Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee; Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio; Heritage, Urban Design and Planning portfolio holder; … Continue reading →

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May 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during May 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee, Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio, Heritage, Urban Design and Planning portfolio co-holder … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Waitematā Local Board Reports | Tagged Auckland, auckland council, board, Cox's Bay, Coxs, cricket pitch, Domain Committee, local board, Myers Park Stage 2, Myers Park Stage II, Newmarket Laneway, pre-1944, pre-1944 survey, report, Salisbury Reserve, SHA, Tole Reserve, tranche 7, Victoria Park, Waitemata Local Board | Leave a comment

Mending the holes in the heritage protection blanket: 16-18 Crummer Road, Ponsonby

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Vernon Tava

This story is complex but illuminating as to the state of heritage protection in Auckland. Currently standing at 16-18 Crummer Road are a pair of two-storey Victorian wooden villas built, according to Council Heritage, in the 1880s-1890s. In July 2014, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Heritage | Tagged 16-18 Crummer, Auckland, auckland council, Crummer Road, Grey Lynn, heritage, Ponsonby, pre-1944 | Leave a comment

April 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during April 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee, Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio, Acting Lead of the Heritage, Urban Design … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Waitematā Local Board Reports | Tagged ANZAC, Auckland Conversations, auckland council, BCCG, Body Corporate Chairs Group, Charles Montgomery, civic ceremony, CPTED, Grey Lynn Development Plan, Happy City, local board, New Zealand Planning Institute, NZPI, Point Erin, Point Erin Reserve, Point Erin Reserve Parking, Point Resolution, Seismic Exemplar, Symonds Street Cemetery, Taurarua, Waitemata Local Board, Western Park Development Plan | Leave a comment

February 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during February 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee, Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio, Co-holder of the Heritage, Urban Design and … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Waitematā Local Board Reports | Tagged 820 Great North, Arch Hill Reserve, Auckland, auckland council, Auckland Transport, Great North, Jaggers Bush, K Rd Plan, Karangahape Road Plan, LGNZ, pohutukawa, pohutukawa 6, pohutukawa six, Point Resolution, Seddon Fields, St Luke's Intersection, Taurarua, Western Springs Reserve, YEM, Young Elected Members | Leave a comment

December 2014 – January 2015 Local Board Member Report

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Vernon Tava

Purpose This report covers my Waitematā Local Board Activities during December 2014 and January 2015 as Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, Deputy Chair of the Hearings Committee, Lead of the Parks and Open Spaces portfolio, Co-holder of the Heritage, … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council, Waitematā Local Board Reports | Tagged 3 Brighton, 43 Arthur, auckland council, Christmas lights, Cox's Bay, Cox's Bay Reserve, Franklin, Fukuoka Gardens, Independent commissioner, Making Good Decisions, New Zealand International Convention Centre, NZICC, pre-1944, RMA course, toilets, Waitemata Local Board, Western Park, Wintergardens | Leave a comment

St Luke’s Pohutukawa Consigned to Removal by NoR Hearing Panel

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Vernon Tava

Today the Waitemata Local Board was informed that the hearing panel on the Notice of Requirement (NoR) for the Pohutukawa trees (I’ve written about this in detail at the link) at 820 Great North Road has recommended that Auckland Transport (AT) … Continue reading →

Posted in Auckland Council | Tagged AT, Auckland, Auckland Transport, pohutukawa, St Lukes | 2 Comments