Representing Massey Residents and Ratepayers
Join Massey Means Business for an informative discussion on the changes in the North West and what this might mean for your business. 8th October 2014 5pm – 7pm at Wings Conference Centre, 327 Hobsonville Rd, Hobsonville. Speakers include… Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse, General Manager of NZRPG Campbell Barbour, Roy Stansfield and Peter Tuck – DNZ Property Fund Ltd and James Copley – City Transformation Auckland Council. We hope to see you there.
In 2013 the Massey Birdwood Settlers Association won the Keep New Zealand wall worthy competition.
Pretty special to win such a prestigious award, putting Massey and our hall on the national map.
If you want to know what Keep NZ Beautiful does and if you want to join one of their branches then visit http://www.knzb.org.nz.
Keep Waitakere Beautiful is a branch of KNZB and is currently seeking nominees for the Eco Wise awards and is also promoting the current program, Operation Spring Clean. You can find a link to their site to the left of this story, under links, or alternatively click on the name, Keep Waitakere Beautiful.
Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust is calling for nominations for the annual EcoWise Awards. The awards celebrate hard working Westies who get stuck in and do their bit for the environment.
Any West Auckland individual or group is eligible to nominate either themselves or others.
“The West is lucky to have so many people who actively care for the environment. The evening is the highlight of our year and a chance to come together and celebrate” says KWBT Chair, John Riddell.
To nominate yourself or someone you know visit www.kwb.org.nz
Nominations close: Friday 17th October 2014
Karaka Award – For the West Auckland community garden making a difference
Brent Peters Award –For the West Auckland graffiti contractor who goes over and beyond the call of duty
Rata Award – For the West Auckland school caretaker who makes a difference
Kahikatea Award – For the West Auckland teacher who empowers students to care for the environment
Nikau Award – For the West Auckland business taking action to care for the environment
Puriri Award- For the West Auckland school or pre-school that educates students to care for the environment
Kowhai Award–For the West Auckland student leader who cares for the environment
Totara Award– For the West Auckland group who cares for the environment
Kauri Award – For the West Auckland individual who cares for the environment
Awards ceremony: Friday 14th November 2014
Operation Spring Clean
Love the West? Take action and clean up our streets, parks, beaches and reserves. Every Spring Keep Waitakere Beautiful raises the call to action and encourages schools, service organisations, sports clubs, churches, community groups, businesses and individuals to take an active role in cleaning up our environment.
Last year West Auckland residents removed over 40 tonnes of litter, inorganic rubbish and invasive weeds – a mammoth effort!
Operation Spring Clean is delivered in partnership with Auckland Council – equipping individuals, groups, schools and businesses with rubber gloves, bags and jumbo bins to clean up the West.
Want to join us in 2014? Registrations are open now:
Dear North West Community Liaison Group member, please find message from Brian below:
It is now nearly three years since the North West Community Liaison Group had its first meeting and as you are aware I, in conjunction with Fiona Cunningham at Auckland Council, have been reviewing the group’s structure and terms of reference.
Made up of representatives from key project stakeholders in the transformation of Auckland’s north west, the group was set up by Auckland Council as a strategic communications tool.
The purpose of the group and its meetings was to ensure all stakeholders were fully informed about the project development and aware of any potential issues.
It also enabled stakeholders to hear about the various parties’ communication initiatives as part of a ‘no surprises’ strategy.
Over the past three years we have literally seen buildings come out of the ground – first at Hobsonville Point and now at Westgate. The landscape at Westgate is changing daily and some retail outlets will be open by the end of this year. Earthworks have started at Hobsonville Corridor signalling the beginning of development there.
Given that significant progress, the establishment of various other reporting/information channels for the project since the group’s inception and a change in communications’ focus I have decided to disband the group. Its purpose and objectives have been met.
The group has been a valuable forum for information sharing and that information will continue to be shared as part of an updated communications programme in a variety of different ways including the HLC Hobsonville Point newsletter, Massey Matters and Massey Means Business, the Upper Harbour and Henderson-Massey local boards, the governing body and other networks.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for your time and dedication in terms of the liaison group and I am sure I will see you ‘around the traps’ of the north west transformation project.
Brian Neeson
North West Community Liaison Group Chairman
nb – and we hope you will use this forum as well Brian – after all the Massey Birdwood Settlers Association is the resident and ratepayers group that covers Massey