What happened in our Local Board business meetings Use up your yellow rubbish bags before March! Browns Bay Beach foreshore remediation...

Advocating for our major transport needs What happened in our Local Board business meeting this month Heads up: East Coast Road, Redvale...

What happened at our Local Board business meetings this month Wairau Zero Waste Hub: Second-Hand Saturdays Update on plans for busway...

Is recycling a fraud? Is the food scraps collection just greenwashing? East Coast Bays wastewater network upgrade Healthy Waters projects...

Vaughans Road - Te Oneroa Way roundabout Local Board makes tough call on Kauri Kids ECE centres Auckland Transport proposal to axe the...

Kerbside food scrap bin replacements The high winds we've had over the last couple of weeks have been unfortunate with the rollout of...

Vaughans Rd Okura-Long Bay connection A lot of you have been asking about what is happening with the connection between Vaughans Road and...

April business meeting - my feedback on speed management approach My feedback on the Land Transport Management (Regulation of Public...

March Board meeting We had a huge number of public deputations this month - everything from Mairangi Arts Centre, to off-leash dog...

storm events, why you need to give feedback on the annual budget, and a range of feedback I wrote on behalf of the Local Board.

Penlink sod turning It was a pleasure to be at the sod turning for O Mahurangi - Penlink this month. O Mahurangi – Penlink is part of the...

Kerbside foodscraps and NZ's first food waste-to-bioenergy facility The 2023 launch of the Auckland-wide food scraps collection has...

Thank you I am very humbled to have been elected back onto the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board with Backing the Bays Julia Parfitt and...

Transport fund slashed and a farewell to two Local Board members.

This is an interlude from my usual monthly reports to bring you a bit about me and my Backing the Bays team standing for the Hibiscus and...

Why I voted against our Local Parks Management Plan At our July Business meeting, the Local Board was presented with the Hibiscus and...

Auckland Transport: Auckland’s draft Parking Strategy (2022) Auckland Transport (AT) has been consulting on its draft Parking Strategy...

Update on my Notice of Motion calling for Auckland Council to improve enforcement of its bylaws and legislative enforcement...

It’s been an extremely busy couple of months. Firstly, an update on some big items that I worked on for our first board meeting back for...

Three Waters Reforms Thanks to those of you who’ve been getting in touch with me to share your concerns about the government’s proposed...