This will record resolutions and similar position statements made by the Puketapapa Local Board in relation to Liston Village, in chronological order from oldest to newest. From the Puketāpapa Local Board Plan 2014Under Key Initiatives for Healthy, Safe People and Places, p44: Investigate options for increasing supply of affordable community and social housing, including advocating to retain existing…
Media release: Stretched Council Budget should not be used to demolish Liston Village
Ahead of this weekend’s public meeting to oppose the demolition of Liston Village, the fiscal costs of the plan are being questioned. “We believe that it is wrong to demolish a successful social housing community for Seniors in the middle of a housing crisis. We also believe it is the wrong priority for Council to…
Save Liston Village media coverage
The Save Liston Village campaign coverage will be listed here, with links: Liston Retirement Village vital to Auckland – Central Leader on 27th August Battle to save retirement site – NZ Herald on 6th October Local Auckland group opposes demolition of pensioner village – Checkpoint (audio) on 7th October What’s happening at Monte Cecilia Park – Our Auckland…
Media release: Campaign to Save Liston Village launched
“In the middle of a housing crisis, how can it be that Auckland Council is planning to demolish a thriving social housing community for Senior Citizens?”, asks Roskill Community Voice member of the Puketapapa Local Board Michael Wood , who is organising a community campaign and public meeting to save Liston Village. “Liston Village is…
Michael’s Feb Board report
In the interests of transparency and accountability, we’ve started putting our monthly reports to the Board up on this website. As time allows I’ll go back and put the past ones up too. These reports are required for each ordinary business meeting (monthly) and should detail what we’ve been working on since our last report….