Grey Lynn Archives

Grey Lynn Floods: Jan 2023

Grey Lynn was severely affected by the January 2023 floods. This photo in Dryden St/Hakanoa/Cockburn St – just down from the West Lynn shops, made the news. This was before we all realised the water was unsafe to be in. Opoutukeha, the stream and wetland that would become Grey Lynn Park and the Cox’s…

Covid Lockdown Photography Challenge

During the first Covid 19 lockdown, Grey Lynn 2030 ran the “COVID-19 Lockdown Photography Challenge – Grey Lynn” Lockdown was something new to everyone. We wanted to create an opportunity that would allow people in our area to document this difficult, unusual and unique time. We invited people to take photos of their COVID-19 lockdown…

Grey Lynn 2030 Chair’s report 2015

Chair’s Report 2015 It has been another active year for Grey Lynn 2030. The Car Boot Market, under the expert organization and marketing of Suzanne, is humming along and in fact the November market attracted a record number of applications … too many for the available spaces! The Car Boot Market is held on the last Sunday…

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…