The 2009 City Vision Special General Meeting was held on Wednesday 11 November at 7.30pm at the Auckland Horticultural Society Hall, 990 Gt North Rd, Western Springs (opposite Motion Rd). 

Supporters enjoyed reports on current issues, including the all-important regional re-organisation, and our progress in developing an organisation to fight the supercity elections in October 2010, from office holders and elected members from the Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City Council, Community Boards in Avondale, Eden-Albert and Western Bays and the Auckland District Health Board.

To facilitate the development of a campaigning organisation for the new Auckland Council in 2010, the meeting supported City Vision continuing our practice of establishing a Campaign Committee to structure ways of working with other like minded political and community groups across the region.  The Campaign Committee for 2010 was elected and Robert Gallagher and Gwen Shaw were re-elected as Chair and Deputy Chair of City Vision.

Submissions on Auckland Governance Legislation

City Vision's submissions to the Auckland Governance Legislation Select Committee and the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance can be found as a pdf documents from the links in this sentence.  Alternatively you can go to our Auckland Regional Governance page here and view the documents on a web page or as two separate pdf documents.

City Vision events!

City Vision's most recent events were two film evening fundraisers.  Battle in Seattle and Departures were enjoyed by City Vision supporters and were both successful fundraisers for us.  Many thanks to the team at the Academy Theatre in Lorne St, downtown Auckland, for hosting us.

City Vision's candidate for the Eden-Albert Community Board by-election is local lawyer Simon Mitchell. 

City Vision is pleased to announce that Simon Mitchell is the successful candidate in the by-election which concluded on 9 April 2009.

View Auckland City Council's results page here.

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City Vision is Auckland City's centre-left local body political group, representing Labour, Greens, Alliance and community independents.

Our objectives are to:

• develop people and community focused policies
• select competent men and women as candidates
• campaign to elect candidates of City Vision (and Labour in Tamaki-Maungakiekie) to Auckland City Council and Community Boards as well as Auckland Regional Council and Auckland District Health Board.

The City Vision organisation thanks all our candidates and supporters for their hard work in the 2007 elections. We appreciate the confidence shown in us by all who voted for City Vision, Labour, Regional People and City Vision Health candidates. Our Councillors are accountable to the community and will work to earn your vote again in 2010.

We congratulate our successful candidates and commiserate with those who were not successful on this occasion.

After the final count of votes for the 2007 elections:

Auckland City Council

Cr Cathy Casey and Cr Glenda Fryer, City Vision, have been re-elected for Eden-Albert Ward

Cr Graeme Easte, City Vision, has been elected for Western Bays Ward

Cr Leila Boyle and Cr Richard Northey, Labour, have been re-elected for Tamaki-Maungakiekie Ward

Auckland City Community Boards and Licensing Trusts

Catherine Farmer was elected for City Vision to Avondale Community Board and Lorraine Wilson to Portage Licensing Trust.

Phil Chase, Virginia Chong, Christopher Dempsey and Elinor Harvey were elected for City Vision to Eden-Albert Community Board

Leigh Kennaway, Bruce Kilmister, Jo Robertson and Kate Stanton were elected for City Vision to Western Bays Community Board

Arna Metcalfe, Mike Murray, Christine O'Brien, Kate Sutton and Jan Welch were elected for Labour to Tamaki Community Board

Leila Boyle, Jessica Gosche, Mike Murray, Alan Verrall and Jan Welch were elected for Labour to Mt Wellington Licensing Trust

Auckland Regional Council

Cr Mike Lee, Regional People, has been re-elected to the Auckland Regional Council

Auckland District Health Board

Jo Agnew, Dr Ian Scott and Bob Tizard have been elected for City Vision Health to the Auckland District Health Board