Submissions
Submitting feedback is a vital way to ensure your voice is heard. The quickest and easiest method is through the Council's online submission form. Over the years, we've developed guides to streamline this process and make it as simple as possible for you.
As a group, Grey Lynn 2030 makes submissions collectively. We submitted on the 2025 Unitary Plan.
Also we will submit on the Western Springs Stadium
We submitted on the Emergency Legislation for New Zealand.
Submission drop off at Auckland Council Library
Have your Say - Long Term Plan 2025
Previous Submission Campaigns
A New Era for Western Springs Stadium?
Update: July 2025 Auckland Football Club’s rich-lister owners have pulled their proposal to take over Western Springs Stadium. The privately funded venue focused on football, Auckland Arena, was backed by entrepreneur Anna Mowbray, her husband, former All Black Ali Williams, American businessman Bill Foley, and New Zealander and NBA player Steven Adams. May 2025 Locals…
Watercare – Help shape our water future- community input
Let’s shape Auckland’s water future together. Watercare is developing a 70-year strategy to secure safe, reliable, and affordable water services for generations to come. This collaborative effort will address the realities of a growing population, aging infrastructure, and the increasing pressures of climate change. Because the decisions we make today will resonate for decades, Watercare…
Grey Lynn 2030: Response to Strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management legislation
From 15 April to 13 May 2025 the government is inviting submissions on options to strengthen New Zealand’s overarching emergency management legislation and inform the design of a new Emergency Management Bill. Our community group, Grey Lynn 2030, appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the discussion document Strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management legislation. We…
Petition to enforce 30 km speed limit around Auckland University and AUT
Sign the petition here. Students are asking Auckland Transport to do more to enforce the 30 km/hr speed limit on Symonds Street and around the UOA and AUT City Campuses Students should be able to come onto their campus to attend lectures, study, and have fun with mates without fear of being run over. That…
Container Deposit Scheme
March 2024 was a bad time for Waitemata Waste Away when the old-school refund scheme for bottles, cans and containers was put on the government “bonfire”. Apparently the government didn’t have time to vote on this bill as there were too many others with priority before the election. Designed to slash the amount of waste…
Container Deposit Scheme: Community Event
On 29 September 2019 Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away ran a POP UP BOTTLE DRIVE at the Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market, where locals brought their cans, glass and plastic containers for a cash refund. The event was held in collaboration with The Kiwi Bottle Drive and followed the announcement of a container deposit scheme by…
Submissions on Product Stewardship 2019
As part of Grey Lynn 2030’s push to get the community to make submissions on the Government’s Priority Product Stewardship Consultation Document, we created a video highlighting the issues which has gained over 5500 views. The video explained the concept of Product Stewardship in easily accessible language and reminded people of the submission deadline of…
Priority Products Submission
Priority Products Submission. Our friends at the Rubbish Trip have produced this helpful guide Want to see waste production and disposal in New Zealand regulated? We have a chance to start the ball rolling and make this a reality. The Ministry for the Environment has released a Priority Product Stewardship Scheme proposal and is looking…
Bike friendly neighbourhoods
Back in July 2009 Grey Lynn 2030 hosted David Engwicht author of “Mental Speed Bumps – the smarter way to tame traffic” . He inspired many in the community to think about what we can all do to make our streets safer, calmer and more civil. What came through strongly from Grey Lynners was a…