Remuera residents will have been surprised and pleased to read of the proposed development of Bruce McLaren’s original garage at 586-592 Remuera Road, announced in today’s NZ Herald. The building is listed Category 1 – a place of special or outstanding … Read More
Orakei Local Board (OLB) is asking for your feedback about plans for our local community. Every three years, each of Auckland’s 21 local boards develop a local board plan, which guides their decisions on local activities and projects. The plans reflect … Read More
The Orakei Bay Village retail development (OBV) has brought welcome new life and energy to the Orakei Peninsula. However, as reported earlier, OBV has also brought unwelcome traffic challenges – especially at peak hour. Congestion in OBV’s car parks has … Read More
Auckland Transport proposes to upgrade sections of the existing shared paths on both sides of Tāmaki Drive and wants your feedback on their proposal. The upgrade would start just west of The Strand intersection running along to the Ngapipi Road … Read More
Listed below are resource consent applications for Remuera received for the weeks ending 28 April and 5 May 2017. Eleven applications are listed. Details are: Date Lodged || Application Type || Address and Suburb || Description 21 April 2017 || … Read More
The Commission for Financial Capability will be running a free public education seminar on Thinking of Living in a Retirement Village on Thursday 4 May at St Chads Anglican Church, Meadowbank, starting at 6pm. This seminar is targeted at people … Read More
Iain Valentine, Remuera Residents Association (RRA) Chairman and Coralie Van Camp, Remuera Residents Association Committee Member attended a meeting of the Orakei Local Board on 20 April 2017 to highlight the unsatisfactory – and potentially dangerous – condition of aspects … Read More
While Auckland’s Tūpuna Maunga Authority (TMA) might have good intentions for the Volcanic Cones now under its control, the sadly unkempt state of Ōhinerau/Mount Hobson continues to disappoint and dismay Remuera residents who remember its once pleasant walkways and well-kept … Read More
In an earlier post, we noted a proposal to Auckland Council to erect a high-intensity apartment building on the existing Kings Plant Barn retail site at Orakei Point. The structure proposed was an eight-level apartment block, comprising a basement car park, … Read More
Most resource consent applications are not referred to Local Boards for comment. However, our City Planners have established a process whereby certain features in resource consent applications (like breach of maximum height; felling of notable trees; applications for some types … Read More