An age-friendly city?
Do you think Auckland is friendly and accessible to people of all ages and abilities? What would you change to make it so? Auckland Council wants to know. The Age Friendly City consultation is open now. On June 13, the topic of the Auckland Conversations series is Making Auckland an Age-friendly City , led by […]
A plethora of planting days
Feeling the cold? Got a bit of those climate change blues? There is a plethora of planting days coming up in the next couple of weeks that will warm you up and cool the planet. The very next edition of Our Auckland to hit your mailbox has a calendar of events, or you can check […]
GRA’s 2019 AGM
The Grafton Residents Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 5 May 4-6 pm at the Community Hall in the Liberal Catholic Church, located at the corner of Carlton Gore Road and Claremont Street. We will host special guest speaker Cr Desley Simpson from the Ōrākei Ward, which Grafton will join as of […]
Grafton moved to Ōrākei Ward
The Local Government Commission has upheld Auckland Council’s proposed changes to electoral ward boundaries affecting which ward Grafton voters will belong to for voting in the October local government elections.
Park West update – Easter
This update is from Pete Maher, Senior Project Manager at the University of Auckland. Dear Neighbours, Overall progress on our Park West project has been good, especially with the long summer weather. The Park Rd wing is now enclosed. There are some louvres to be fitted to level 3 on Park Rd for the upper […]
Half Day Trapping Workshops
Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation ave joined up to offer trapping workshops between April and June.
Late night roadworks, Park Road
Auckland Transport is in the middle of two different sets of roadworks on Park Road, both of which are taking place after hours. Both require concrete cutting into all hours of the night.
The Art of Remembrance
Join celebrated opera singer, mezzo soprano Kristin Darragh and the Off Broadway Big Band for The Art of Remembrance 2019. This special evening of remembrance has become an Auckland tradition. Set in the grounds of the historic St David’s Memorial Church in Grafton, the programme includes WWI-period music and song led by Kristin Darragh and […]
Grafton Rd parking restrictions – Have your say!
I’ll cut to the chase by cutting and pasting Auckland Transport’s consultation letter. Please leave comments below to add to GRA’s submission, and of course, make your own submission! We (AT) are proposing to introduce a clearway operating between 4-6pm on weekdays on Grafton Road in Grafton. This is expected to improve access to, and […]
Waitangi Day – Hobson Commemeration
Cr Mike Lee invites you to join in an informal gathering at Governor Hobson’s grave this year at 10am on Waitangi Day. Captain William Hobson (26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi. […]