Please have your say on Maungawhau/Mt Eden’s future

You can read the plans and give the council feedback. Coming from a Whanau who have grown up plying on Mt Eden for at least three generations I would like to see it easily accessible and open to as many people as possible. I would also like to see it kept safe for children and their parents to play and have fun up there.

People can find out more about the proposals by attending one of two information sessions. The sessions will take place at Langton’s tea kiosk on Maungawhau-Mt Eden on the following dates:

*             10 November between 11am and 2pm

 *            24 November between 11am and 2pm

Members of the public can also view a display at the Epsom Library at 195 Manukau Road or find out more and give feedback at www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/mteden

 It’s your say, so you can use it or lose it.

Stop squabbling and get on with the job of governing!

I was very interested to read this atricle and wholeheartedly agree that civic leader should stop squabbling. In fact I would go further and say that all of our government institutions, employees and elected representatives should stop squabbling and get on with the business they are there for. The amount of time and money wasted on government vs government issues in this country boarders on criminal. We should resolve these issues in a spirit of cooperation not confrontation, for the good of our region, country and economy.

An extreme example of this at a national government level was the case where the Housing Corporation was trying to evict tenants who had been involved in violently threatening neighbours. You had the HC, police, and the justice department all involved no doubt with the tenants receiving Winz and legal support.

Our government and local body institutions owe it to us to settle their differences in a cost effective manner, not waste millions of dollars on legal fees. Then this money could be used for the purpose that the rates and taxes was taken for in the first place.