Roskill Community Voice

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Media statement: Disgraceful plan to bulldoze Liston Village one step closer to being overturned

Disgraceful plan to bulldoze Liston Village Seniors Social Housing one step closer to being overturned

“The disgraceful C&R-led plan to bulldoze Seniors social housing at Liston Village in Hillsborough is one step closer to being overturned”, says Julie Fairey after the Roskill Community Voice majority on the  Puketāpapa  Local Board voted last night to confirm its view that housing should remain on the site.

Cr Cathy Casey of City Vision was also at the meeting last night, along with residents from Liston Village and the Chair of the Liston Management Board. “We have a critical housing shortage and a huge waiting list of older people for housing so why on earth would we even consider demolishing 25 good houses at Liston Village,” Casey says.

“After years of work and making this the top advocacy issue for the  Puketāpapa Local Board with the Governing Body of Auckland Council, we received a report last night (here from p97) and endorsed options to use land from Liston Village to improve Monte Cecilia Park, while retaining (and in fact increasing) the total number of Seniors social housing units on the site. This is a practical win-win that we hope and expect will be supported by the Council Committee who will consider the issue in late 2019”, says Julie Fairey.

“We know that the pressure of the Auckland housing market is placing seniors on fixed incomes under huge stress as rents in the private sector are rising steeply.  More Seniors social housing is urgently needed, not bulldozing what we have”, says Anne-Marie Coury, Roskill Community Voice candidate and long time seniors’ advocate.

“The housing situation in Auckland has changed significantly since 2010 when the sale and purchase agreement for Liston was forced through by C&R in the dying days of Auckland City Council. We were saddened but not surprised to once again see C&R speak to support the old plan to remove this much needed housing to add grassed area, and refusing to vote for the win-win options to retain housing while using some Liston Village land to improve the park. It is an obsessive C&R vanity project to make Monte Cecilia park ever-larger. It is a beautiful park, we have supported significant investments in it and it has already grown by 36,600m2 in the last four years, but we also think that housing for Seniors in our community is important”, says Julie Fairey.

“The residents of Liston Village, are a well-connected existing community that deserve our support now and for the future”, says Anne-Marie Coury. “We now urge the Auckland Council Governing body to work with us to ensure the continuation of this much needed Seniors social housing. We will not give up.”

 

(Images below from the 2016 Save Liston Village campaign)

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Fighting for Three Kings

Since receiving a majority on the Puketapapa Local Board in 2016, the Roskill Community Voice team has stood up for Three Kings.

We are the only Local Board team that has consistently stood up to Fletchers and Council, and we now need your support at the Auckland Council Elections.

  • The only Board team who has voted to oppose Fletchers’ plans for the quarry and surrounding areas.
  • The only Board team who has voted to oppose the Council/Fletchers land exchange, giving away Western Park.
  • The only Board team who has backed the community and given evidence in the Environment Court against the Fletchers proposal.
  • The only Board team who funded development of the Richard Reid alternative plan.

We have backed the Three Kings community against the Fletchers/Council/Nick Smith attempt to force through the quarry development, while our opponents have supported Fletchers and called for the Board to be “neutral by-standers”.

We need your vote at the 2016 Auckland Council elections to continue being a voice for Three Kings on the Puketapapa Local Board.

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Media statement: Talented candidates selected for City Vision and Roskill Community Voice

“With candidates including existing Ward Council and Local Board members, a former All Black, a Grey Power Branch President, and a strong young voice from Auckland’s Indian community, the City Vision and Roskill Community Voice candidates selected this weekend, are the strongest teams we have ever fielded in our communities”, says local campaign organiser Michael Wood, speaking after two City Vision candidates were selected to stand for the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward, and six Roskill Community Voice candidates were selected to stand for the Puketapapa Local Board, at the weekend.
“Our talented candidates are as follows:
City Vision candidates for Governing Body in Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward:
  • Dr Cathy Casey, current Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward Councillor
  • Dr Peter Haynes, current Chair of the Albert-Eden Local Board

Roskill Community Voice candidates for Puketapapa Local Board:
  • Anne-Marie Coury, President Auckland Branch of Grey Power
  • Harry Doig, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Julie Fairey, current Chair of the Puketapapa Local Board
  • David Holm, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Shail Kaushal, recent graduate and Citizens Advice Bureau volunteer
  • Ofisa ‘Junior’ Tonu’u, former All Black and local youth zone manager

“We are focussed on being a strong community voice for the people of Albert-Eden-Roskill and Puketapapa. Our candidates are grounded in the local community and will stand up for the things that matter to local people – better public transport, affordable housing options, care for our environment, and a Council that starts listening to communities instead of dictating from top-down”
“Representing our communities is a privilege we expect to earn. Our candidates will be working hard from now right through to the local government election in October to listen to our communities and win their support. Our communities deserve a strong community voice”, says Michael Wood.

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Media statement: Talented candidates selected for City Vision and Roskill Community Voice

“With candidates including existing Ward Council and Local Board members, a former All Black, a Grey Power Branch President, and a strong young voice from Auckland’s Indian community, the City Vision and Roskill Community Voice candidates selected this weekend, are the strongest teams we have ever fielded in our communities”, says local campaign organiser Michael Wood, speaking after two City Vision candidates were selected to stand for the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward, and six Roskill Community Voice candidates were selected to stand for the Puketapapa Local Board, at the weekend.
“Our talented candidates are as follows:
City Vision candidates for Governing Body in Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward:
  • Dr Cathy Casey, current Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward Councillor
  • Dr Peter Haynes, current Chair of the Albert-Eden Local Board

Roskill Community Voice candidates for Puketapapa Local Board:
  • Anne-Marie Coury, President Auckland Branch of Grey Power
  • Harry Doig, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Julie Fairey, current Chair of the Puketapapa Local Board
  • David Holm, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Shail Kaushal, recent graduate and Citizens Advice Bureau volunteer
  • Ofisa ‘Junior’ Tonu’u, former All Black and local youth zone manager

“We are focussed on being a strong community voice for the people of Albert-Eden-Roskill and Puketapapa. Our candidates are grounded in the local community and will stand up for the things that matter to local people – better public transport, affordable housing options, care for our environment, and a Council that starts listening to communities instead of dictating from top-down”
“Representing our communities is a privilege we expect to earn. Our candidates will be working hard from now right through to the local government election in October to listen to our communities and win their support. Our communities deserve a strong community voice”, says Michael Wood.

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Media statement: Talented candidates selected for City Vision and Roskill Community Voice

“With candidates including existing Ward Council and Local Board members, a former All Black, a Grey Power Branch President, and a strong young voice from Auckland’s Indian community, the City Vision and Roskill Community Voice candidates selected this weekend, are the strongest teams we have ever fielded in our communities”, says local campaign organiser Michael Wood, speaking after two City Vision candidates were selected to stand for the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward, and six Roskill Community Voice candidates were selected to stand for the Puketapapa Local Board, at the weekend.
“Our talented candidates are as follows:
City Vision candidates for Governing Body in Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward:
  • Dr Cathy Casey, current Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward Councillor
  • Dr Peter Haynes, current Chair of the Albert-Eden Local Board

Roskill Community Voice candidates for Puketapapa Local Board:
  • Anne-Marie Coury, President Auckland Branch of Grey Power
  • Harry Doig, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Julie Fairey, current Chair of the Puketapapa Local Board
  • David Holm, current Puketapapa Local Board member
  • Shail Kaushal, recent graduate and Citizens Advice Bureau volunteer
  • Ofisa ‘Junior’ Tonu’u, former All Black and local youth zone manager

“We are focussed on being a strong community voice for the people of Albert-Eden-Roskill and Puketapapa. Our candidates are grounded in the local community and will stand up for the things that matter to local people – better public transport, affordable housing options, care for our environment, and a Council that starts listening to communities instead of dictating from top-down”
“Representing our communities is a privilege we expect to earn. Our candidates will be working hard from now right through to the local government election in October to listen to our communities and win their support. Our communities deserve a strong community voice”, says Michael Wood.