Current issues

This page has links to information on our website for the following current issues. Also visit our News page, Newsletter Archive and also our Facebook page for more information. Click on our Successes page to see what we have achieved.

Bus Network

On Sunday 8 July 2018, Auckland Transport launched a new bus network for Auckland's central suburbs. Most services changed, including bus routes, route numbers, timetables and some bus stops.

Sign our petition to extend the bus network to St Johns Park
New Bus Network Live on 8 July 2018
New bus network: Meadowbank Train Station will be connected!
Auckland Transport Announces New Bus Routes from 2017
Give your feedback on bus network
Save our local bus routes

Community Wellbeing

Information on initiatives we are working on to make Meadowbank and St Johns more inclusive communities, better connected, make better use of our under-utilised public spaces and reduce social isolation, among other lofty aims. This would have huge benefits in natural disasters and other emergency situations, as well as improving the mental health of our suburbs residents.

Neighbours Day – Postponed
End of Winter Potluck Dinner Party 31 August
Making Neighbourhoods More Inclusive in Meadowbank and St Johns
Community Education – Retirement Village Seminar in Meadowbank 18 September

Donnelly St Housing Development

An application for an 84-unit development has been submitted for the grassed area of land between Donnelly St, College Rd and Norman Lesser Drive.

79 College Road (Donnelly), St Johns
Earthworks Begin On Donnelly St Development
Make Proposed 81-Unit Development on Donnelly St Notified Consent
Resource Consent Lodged for 81 Unit Development on College Rd/Donnelly St

Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path

Auckland Transport (AT) and the NZ Transport Agency are creating a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians from Merton Road near Glen Innes Station to Tamaki Drive - allowing you to walk, run or cycle from Auckland’s eastern suburbs to the Waitematā Harbour. More information here: https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/glen-innes-to-tamaki-drive-shared-path/

Sod Turning
Little Sod
Orakei Local Board Comments to November 2019 Monthly Meeting
What the heck is going on – further delays on GI to Tamaki Drive Shared Path
Neighbours Meeting for Stage 2 GI to Tamaki Dr Shared Path
More Houses, Less Green Space
Tahapa Reserve Upgrade Begins
Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Path – Links to Articles Written By Others
March 2019 Newsletter for GI to Tamaki Drive Shared Path
Green Light for Tahapa Reserve Playground and Link to Shared Path
Frustration at Further Delays Constructing GI to Tamaki Drive Shared Path
Our ideas for Stage 2 Glen Innes – Tamaki Drive Shared Path
Local MP and Outboard Boating Club want to reroute Eastern Path through major intersection
Community Celebrates Opening of Stage 1 Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive Shared Pathway
Eastern Path Stage 1 Opening Celebration
Eastern Path Stage 1 Official Opening!
Eastern Path Updates – August 2016
Eastern Pathway Consultation
Eastern Path – Section 2 Testing Work Begins
Eastern Path is Go!
Eastern Path Updates – September 2015
Locals get lowdown on Long-term Plan (and Eastern Path)
Calling all walkers and cyclists – your feedback needed by December 19!
Tamaki Drive to Glen Innes Shared Path – Public Meeting

Meadowbank Community Centre

A plan for a new, fit-for-purpose community centre that better meets the needs of communities in Meadowbank, Remuera and surrounding suburbs has been put into action by Ōrākei Local Board.

Orakei Local Board Comments to November 2019 Monthly Meeting
Community Centre Fun and Info Afternoon 1 September
Meadowbank Community Centre Is Still Open – Update
Community Centre Background to Funding the Redevelopment
Community Centre Redevelopment – Notes From User Group Meeting

Proposed Summerset Retirement Village on Parsons Paddock

In July 2015, Summerset announced that they’d secured a 127 year lease on the land adjoining St Johns Theological College, known as Parson’s Paddock. It is to become a retirement village.

Summerset Retirement Village Resource Consent Declined
Resource Consent Application Hearing for Summerset Development on Parsons Paddock
Plans for retirement village at Parsons Paddock
Parson’s Paddock Developer to Present Plans
Prime land for lease on St Johns Rd