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Submissions and presentations
Update on the campaign to ban single use plastic bags in Auckland
As California moves to ban single use plastic bags and the threat of plastic in our oceans grows greater the campaign in Auckland builds momentum. Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away is supporting Steph Borelle’s petition to ban plastic bags. Last week she presented to the public forum of the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee. In…
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Save the 6 pohutukawas on Great North Rd
Proposals to widen Great North Road on the approach to the St Lukes overbridge and motorway interchange threaten 6 mature pohutukawa trees on the road opposite MOTAT. The resource consent application has been publicly notified and submissions can be made until Thursday 3 July. To make it easy for people to make a submission as The…
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Public meeting: the Bunnings decision
Message from the Arch Hill Residents By now most people will know that the Commissioners have granted Bunnings the right to build the big box that no one (except Bunnings) wanted, and although they said it is with concessions, you have to read many of the 16 pages before you find that the ONLY concession…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Meet the Candidates meeting – 2013
Meet the candidates standing for the Waitemata & Gulf Ward and the Waitemata Local Board Thursday 19th September Grey Lynn RSC, 1 Frances Street Organised by the Grey Lynn Residents Association Candidate profiles available here on the Auckland Council elections website voteauckland.co.nz
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Transition Towns to the Town Hall
One of the characteristics of the transition town movement (of which Grey Lynn 2030 is part) is recognition of the need to develop a positive and productive relationship with local government. This relationship is seen as essential to progressing plans, projects and securing funding for local initiatives. Since being established in 2008 Grey Lynn 2030…
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Guide to providing feedback on the draft Unitary Plan
Auckland Council is currently seeking feedback on the draft Unitary Plan – the key tool to implement the Auckland Plan. It is the planning rule book that will eventually replace the current district plans. Last year Grey Lynn 2030 called a public meeting to discuss how to best protect the special character of Grey Lynn…
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Grey Lynn Residents Association Begins
Residents of Grey Lynn met to form a Grey Lynn Residents Association motivated by Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan “Many local residents were horrified to see the draft Unitary Plan’s re-zoning development proposed for Grey Lynn, but there was no central organisation to turn to for help or a local response,” says Grey Lynn Residents Association spokesperson…
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Establishing and Growing a Transition Town Group with Auckland Council
Would you like to set up a Transition Town in your area or are you already part of an existing Transition community and like to network and share learnings with other groups? Transition Towns is a vibrant, international grassroots movement with a framework that communities can use to create positive solutions to the converging environmental,…
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Unitary Plan in Grey Lynn
Information session hosted by the Grey Lynn Business Association On 15 March, Auckland Council unveiled its draft Unitary Plan – the planning rule book which will shape Auckland’s development over the next 30 years. An extra million people in Auckland is projected by 2040. Population density has to be increased to accommodate this growth without…
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