Helene Ravlich: Hot property
Over the past year the property market has been in the news more than ever with the pandemic buying boom a hot topic in the press and around dinner tables.
Over the past year the property market has been in the news more than ever with the pandemic buying boom a hot topic in the press and around dinner tables.
I had an interesting conversation with New Zealand Herald opinion writer, Simon Wilson, about Auckland Transport's attempt to make Surrey Crescent safer for Grey Lynn Primary School students.
There is a growing frustration and anger in the community about the six members of City Vision repeatedly voting as a block to drive through any initiative they want or suppressing any contrary initiatives.
We’ve done this before and we can do it again.
Kia ora Ponsonby, I hope you are all safe and well in your bubbles (if we are still in them at the time of publication!).
Item K iv of the resource consent to fell the pines. “(We) recommend that all weeding in the park be chemical free.
I recently attended the opening of Helen White’s new electorate office in Ponsonby Road.
At last, after sustained pressure from us all, council staff have sent a memo to the Waitematā Local Board, outlining a path for upgrading of the Leys Library and Gymnasium.
We can all agree that keeping children safe in our community is paramount. However, using child safety as the excuse to justify narrowing Surrey Crescent to a single lane is simply an abuse of power.
Good news! With the significant budget shortfalls caused by the impacts of Covid-19, Council has necessarily delayed the commencement of several planned projects.
I've just been up against the 'machine' of Auckland Council and it's still not done, yet I feel
as though I've been spat out the other end. I've been outnumbered in a 'David and Goliath war of words' in court.
I haven’t written about Covid-19 before. Maybe I’m biased and nervous, because at nearly 83, and it’s old blokes like me who are most vulnerable.