Come November 1 we will have a new Auckland…..and that new Auckland will be built on tradition, values and connected communities.
My family has invested over 50 years of their life to this area. My parents bought our family home at 5 Galbraith Street Mt Roskill in 1960 and it’s still ours…….it’s where my brother now lives. Not far away my own family live in Sandringham.
My parents came to Auckland just after the second world war from rural Northland and rural East Coast for a better life for themselves and for us their children.
They instilled in us good, honest, traditional values……..to work hard……to know and respect your neighbours……and they showed us the value of being a part of a community.
My Mother was proud of her job as a machinist at Klipper Ties on Stoddard Road…….while my Father had a prestigious job as a Auckland Clerk of Works.
I am a legacy of their hard work….I own two Companies and am a Multi-Award winning Television Programme maker. My brother and two sisters are academics and business people in their own right.
This community will contribute vibrant business hubs….and promote public private partnerships to the new Auckland……but we will not tolerate…….bureaucratic, PC interference and meddling.
In Galbraith Street….our neighbour’s the Meads, the Heihei’s, the Saindbury’s, the Eaton’s, the Ford’s, the Dagg’s, the Casey’s…..a close knit street, we looked out for eachother……this community will contribute a sense of connectedness to the new Auckland….but we will not tolerate unsustainable urban growth at the expense of people.
On Sunday’s I used to run to the top of Mt Albert and at the lookout would stare down at our home in the distance……and wait for my Dad to open the kitchen window and wave out to me……it was a signal that our Sunday Roast Lunch was almost ready……..a little 10 year old girl could run to the top of the mountain alone…..without fear….that may never happen again….sadly……..this community will contribute safer streets to the new Auckland because there will be a zero tolerance to crime.
Albert-Eden is hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup Rugby. We have an opportunity to show the World that we are champions……a proud Nation ……a conquering All Blacks Rugby Team……a first class Auckland City……and most importantly a unified, diversely rich…..strong vibrant Albert-Eden-Roskill.
My family has invested over 50 years of their life to this area. My parents bought our family home at 5 Galbraith Street Mt Roskill in 1960 and it’s still ours…….it’s where my brother now lives. Not far away my own family live in Sandringham.
My parents came to Auckland just after the second world war from rural Northland and rural East Coast for a better life for themselves and for us their children.
They instilled in us good, honest, traditional values……..to work hard……to know and respect your neighbours……and they showed us the value of being a part of a community.
My Mother was proud of her job as a machinist at Klipper Ties on Stoddard Road…….while my Father had a prestigious job as a Auckland Clerk of Works.
I am a legacy of their hard work….I own two Companies and am a Multi-Award winning Television Programme maker. My brother and two sisters are academics and business people in their own right.
This community will contribute vibrant business hubs….and promote public private partnerships to the new Auckland……but we will not tolerate…….bureaucratic, PC interference and meddling.
In Galbraith Street….our neighbour’s the Meads, the Heihei’s, the Saindbury’s, the Eaton’s, the Ford’s, the Dagg’s, the Casey’s…..a close knit street, we looked out for eachother……this community will contribute a sense of connectedness to the new Auckland….but we will not tolerate unsustainable urban growth at the expense of people.
On Sunday’s I used to run to the top of Mt Albert and at the lookout would stare down at our home in the distance……and wait for my Dad to open the kitchen window and wave out to me……it was a signal that our Sunday Roast Lunch was almost ready……..a little 10 year old girl could run to the top of the mountain alone…..without fear….that may never happen again….sadly……..this community will contribute safer streets to the new Auckland because there will be a zero tolerance to crime.
Albert-Eden is hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup Rugby. We have an opportunity to show the World that we are champions……a proud Nation ……a conquering All Blacks Rugby Team……a first class Auckland City……and most importantly a unified, diversely rich…..strong vibrant Albert-Eden-Roskill.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3953585/Expert-slams-law-change-on-alcohol-for-rugby
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for the link. My concern is the illicit drinking in shop fronts, parks and reserves. Those drinkers who are not on lisenced premises are intimidating honest shoppers and hard working business people. A booze ban is in place in CBD we deserve it in Albert-Eden ward as well.
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