Local Government Waitemata
Transition Towns have a focus on Local Government. For Grey Lynn 2030, that means working with Auckland Council and Waitemata Local Board on community iniatitives that are important.
Pippa Coom, a founding member of Grey Lynn 2030 was elected to the Waitemata Local Board and then to Auckland Council. This fits with our vision as a Transition Town.
Auckland Council Emergency Management
Waitematā Local Board - Upcoming Meetings and Minutes
Local Government
Unitary Plans, Local Elections, the Supercity, submissions
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…
Read MoreBunnings Arch Hill Residents
Press Release on Bunnings from the Arch Hill Residents: 20 May 2013 We are pleased to advise that at 11.40am on final submission day (20th May 2013), over 45 official submissions were hand delivered to Council into the care of Mr David Oakhill by Sue Lyons and Katie Sutherland on behalf of Arch Hill residents. …
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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…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Residents Association Begins
Media Release from Grey Lynn Residents Association Residents of Auckland suburb Grey Lynn met yesterday to form a Grey Lynn Residents Association in part motivated by the 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…
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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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Auckland Transition Towns Gathering 14th April
Want to get a Transition Town going in your suburb or community? On the 14th of April you are invited to learn about Growing Sustainable Communities, an introduction to Transition Towns. This presentation is the first of two Transition Town events being supported by Auckland Council in conjunction with the Mt Eden Village People (Transition…
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Grey Lynn Plan Submission available
Members of the Grey Lynn Business Association have been hard at work on a submission to Auckland Council’s unitary plan that concerns the fate of the Surrey Crescent/Great North Road precinct. After a suite of public meetings and hours of consultuation with local businesses and residents about what they want to see in the Surrey…
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