Tag: Waiheke Local Board
Call out for ‘crucial’ emergency response volunteers
More volunteers are urgently needed to build a local emergency response team.
A recruitment drive by Auckland Emergency Management at the Waiheke Local Board office...
New plan floated as long dreamed of community pool inches closer
For 12 years, a group of dedicated volunteers have been on the winding, difficult path to building a new community pool for the island...
Trust chair paints grim picture of housing situation on Waiheke
Amid long waitlists for social housing, high numbers of unoccupied homes and young people, families and essential services personnel increasingly priced out of the...
Call for kina to be exempt from proposed closures
A proposal to introduce restrictions to shore-based shellfish harvesting across the Hauraki Gulf has prompted a request from Waiheke Local Board to exempt one...
Work underway on accommodation register ahead of visitor levy
The Waiheke Local Board and Auckland Council are in talks over establishing a short-term accommodation register on the island.
Local board deputy chair Damian Sycamore...
Board concerned at reduced community influence over alcohol licences
The Waiheke Local Board is opposing two major changes to alcohol licensing rules proposed by the government.
The board’s feedback for the Auckland Council submission...
Island’s first ‘fast-track’ development application is a hotel
A long-planned hotel and geothermal retreat at Owhanake and the rural entrance to Oneroa village may be the first development on Waiheke to apply...
Auckland Council’s Annual Plan out for consultation
Auckland Council’s draft annual plan for 2026/2027 lays out the mayor and council’s vision for the region over the next year, including $3.9 billion...
Hot rot: Board investigates local food scrap processing
Finding better solutions to process food scraps locally was raised during a recent Waiheke Local Board workshop.
Board chair Kylee Matthews says the conversation about...
Long-awaited school footpath upgrade inches closer
Footpath upgrades on Sea View Road and the corner of Erua Road – to make the walk to Waiheke Primary School safer – are...
