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Monday, 31 October 2011
With the Rugby World Cup over now, election campaigning is well underway.
Last Saturday I joined with Sandringham locals for their annual Spring Festival. Cameron Bennett and I were asked to open up the festival with a couple of songs. I also enjoyed sampling the many different… Continue reading
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Sandringham
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
David will be in Kingsland and the Eden Park area this Wednesday (19th October) between 4.30pm and 6pm carrying out a series of street corner meetings.
The schedule for this Wednesday is:
4.30pm Corner of Mountain View Rd and Springfield Rd
4.50pm Corner of Kingsland Ave and… Continue reading
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011
As Auckland grows and the pressure for increased development also rises. More and more communities find themselves squeezed. This week David Shearer speaks to residents of the Pt Chevalier community who has been fighting back to preserve what they value in their neighbourhood.
Shona… Continue reading
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
After retiring in 2009 after a long and successful career with the Auckland Warriors and the New Zealand Kiwi League team, Rugby League icon Stacey Jones returned back to his roots in Point Chevalier and took on the role of coaching the local rugby league team the Point Chevalier Pirates… Continue reading
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
If you are a citizen of Sandringham village or will be passing through on your way to the games in Eden Park, there will be loads of flavours, fun and music here for you in Sandringham Village.
Many thanks to Elesia Ogg at the Sandringham Business Association… Continue reading
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Sandringham
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Monday, 19 September 2011
This week I interviewed Joshura Arbury, a writer at the Auckland Transport Blog (http://transportblog.co.nz).
I discussed with him the RWC opening night fiasco, pedestrianizing Queen Street and some of the major transport challenges facing Auckland City.
Check out the podcast here… Continue reading
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
Do we really need an all night McDonald's in Pt Chevalier?
I don't think so. I don't think we'll disadvantaged that much not being able to get a happy meal at 3am.
A local group of residents have banded together to oppose these changes.
From their website:
We are a group of… Continue reading
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
The Mt Albert shopping centre desperately needs redevelopment and I am excited to be part of the process for change. Many residents have told me how the centre was once a vital and vibrant part of the community.
The railway station is finally being upgraded and I have pushed to extend… Continue reading
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Mt Albert shops
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Monday, 22 August 2011
One of the things I've been working on recently is Ministry of Education's decision to not renew the lease between Pt Chevalier Primary School and the local kindergarten. The reasoning for this is that the primary school's roll is increasing and it needs more space to accomodate this… Continue reading
early childhood education
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Pt Chevalier
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Friday, 19 August 2011
A recent NZ Herald/Digi poll on building an underground city rail link found that 63% of Aucklanders support it compared to just 24% who support the proposed Puhoi to Wellsford motorway. Auckland needs a world class transport network rail service that will link south and west of the city… Continue reading
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