Notice is hereby given for the above meeting to be held in the Den, Massey Community Hall, corner Don Buck Road and Redhills Road, Massey on Thursday 29th October 2015 at 8.00pm to:
1. Approve the 2014/15 Annual Financial Statements
2. elect 2015/2016 Year Officers
3. Attend to General Business
John G Riddell
Secretary
massey birdwood settlers association
Interesting story
Early morning ticket blitz
You may have seen the media coverage yesterday about the 27 people who woke up last week to tickets from Auckland Transport for parking on the kerb after a 2am blitz along Apahai and Tautari streets in Orakei.
I know the area well. My son flats on Tautari Street (he didn’t receive a ticket, though several of his flatmates did). Both streets are very narrow and if residents park on the street, it would be impossible to get any vehicles or emergency services past the parked vehicles. Parking on the curb has happened for years – it’s common sense – not that it matters to the Council.
Auckland Transport has tried to defend its actions. Apparently vehicles obstructing pedestrians using the footpaths are a big problem at 2 in the morning.
Yesterday I joined RadioLIVE’s Ali Mau and Willie Jackson to discuss the Council’s approach (click here for audio on demand).
Do as Council says – not as they do
So you will see that it came as no surprise today to learn that even the Council’s employees are parking on the kerb in the same area – only they don’t get a ticket. This afternoon the Herald published a photograph taken by an eagle-eyed resident of one of the Council’s very own cars parked half-on the footpath during the middle day.
This isn’t the first time photographic evidence of hypocrisy has been ignored. Auckland Transport refused to ticket Len Brown when he was snapped parking over a cycle lane last month. It’s time we had a Council culture that served ratepayers, not lorded over them with this sort of arrogance.
We’re backing those who got the tickets – and have launched a petition calling on the Council to either abandon it’s hard-nosed approach and cancel the 27 tickets.Please take a moment to sign the petition by clicking here.
With your support we’ll continue to hold Council to account.
Community Response Plan
Community Response Plan
The Christchurch earthquakes and more recently Cyclone Pam have reminded all New Zealanders how vulnerable we are in the face of a natural disaster. In recent years Auckland has been affected by a number of civil defence emergencies, including flooding, tornadoes and tsunami threats generated by earthquakes in Chile and Japan.
Auckland Council Civil Defence has the responsibility to help our communities prepare for, manage and recover from a disaster. We are working with people locally across Auckland to develop Neighbourhood and Community Response Plans that identify potential hazards and help you prepare to be self-reliant in the days following an emergency.
Civil Defence is working with the Massey / West Harbour community to develop its Community Response Plan (CRP). The purpose of the plan is to build community resilience to emergencies and disasters. The plan will identify the hazards that may impact the area and outline how the community will respond and remain self-reliant for at least three days without any external assistance in the event of an emergency.
If you live in the Massey or Westgate area and have an interest in helping other people, or you are especially talented in the areas of welfare support, radio communications or you are a well networked member of the community, or if you just want to know more of what the community response plan is about …contact Roslyn Prictor, Civil Defence Emergency Management Advisor [email protected]
Shake out day – Massey get ready
NZ SHAKE OUT – http://www.shakeout.govt.nz (direct people to this web site to register)
Everyone, everywhere should know the right action to take before, during and after an earthquake. All of New Zealand is prone to earthquakes. You could be anywhere when an earthquake strikes – at home, at work, at school, or on holiday.
New Zealand ShakeOut has been created to help people and organisations get better prepared for major earthquakes, and practise ‘Drop, Cover and Hold’ – the right action to take during an earthquake.
New Zealand ShakeOut also provides a fantastic opportunity for businesses, workplaces, and other organisations to examine and review their own emergency preparedness arrangements. Families and households can also create, review and practise their household plans.
Keep Waitakere Beautiful – pioneer environment trust’s final transformation
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The environment trust that pioneered community-Council partnerships in west Auckland 21 years ago, is moving to wind up its activities and join EcoMatters Environment Trust.
Keep Waitakere Beautiful (KWB) Chair John Riddell says the two Trusts have been working closely on delivery for some time, and now the KWB Board has agreed to reduce overheads and simplify their governance and operations with a single organisation that can take advantage of economies of scale.
EcoMatters Chair Tam Alexander said KWB has been delivering successful, popular events, such as the EcoWise Awards, Trees for Babies, Trash to Fashion and War on Weeds, which complement EcoMatters’ successful stable of environmental programmes and services some of which include the EcoMatters Environment Centre, EcoWest festival and EcoDay, the Compost Collective, Love Our Lagoons, Project Twin Streams and Sustaining our Streams.
The two say they see new opportunities in the move, and look forward to working on the details.
The final KWB board meeting is scheduled for the end of July, followed up with a celebration on 31 July.
John Riddell says KWB wants to celebrate what has been achieved over the years. Numerous Trustees and supporters of the organisation – both past and present need to be acknowledged for their huge contribution. “We want to say thank you to those people, farewell the old KWB, and look forward together to the new approach.”
Tam Alexander said EcoMatters would continue to work with Auckland Council and the three Western Local Boards to deliver a more sustainable and beautiful west Auckland.