Grey Lynn Residents Association Inc will hold its AGM at 7:00 PM on 4 December 2023 at Grey Lynn RSC. Open invite to all Grey Lynn residents.
[Read more…]Great North Road Improvement Plan: Read our Open Letter to AT Board 🤯
The Great North Road improvement plan was approved in 2021, then AT put it on hold. Here’s our last ditch effort to get it back on track…
[Read more…]New Committee for 2023
The GLRA held a well-attended AGM at the RSC on March 6. We were very pleased to have Local Board members Genevieve Sage, Alex Bonham and Greg Moyle in attendance.
[Read more…]Great North Road Improvements – Open Letter to AT
Yesterday we wrote to the Board of AT confirming our support for the Great North Road Improvements programme, and two other road programmes.
[Read more…]Petition to Ban Private Helicopter Use in Residential Auckland
Sign Quiet Sky Waitematā’s petition to ban private helicopter use in residential Auckland areas to protect fauna & flora, and community amenity values.
A resource consent application for helicopter activity at 38 Rawene Ave, Westmere is requesting four movements per day, which is 1,460 landings and takeoffs per year.
[Read more…]Efeso Collins in conversation with Simon Wilson
Community Notice of event this weekend. Find out more about mayoral candidate Efeso Collins – both his policies and Efeso the person.
[Read more…]GLRA submission on Government’s new housing rules
Last month Auckland Council sought feedback on their preliminary response to Government’s new housing rules. We submitted on your behalf…
[Read more…]Where Have All The Awnings Gone?
The April “Apartment Special” issue of Ponsonby News set us thinking… How do the featured developments compare to the published findings of the Community-led Vision for Great North Road?
[Read more…]Love your local park
Great things happen when Grey Lynn-ers get together. The transformation of Hakanoa and Wellpark Reserves are two recent examples – join us at Grey Lynn Community Centre on Wednesday 28 July to hear how they did it and get your favourite green space next on the list.
[Read more…]Home Street welcomes Matariki
More than 100 children, parents, grandparents and residents braved a chilly but perfectly clear evening to celebrate the start of Matariki at the recently regenerated Home Street Reserve in Arch Hill.
[Read more…]Expert backs bold vision for Grey Lynn’s Great North Road
A senior University of Auckland architecture lecturer has lent his voice to the call for Auckland Transport (AT) to listen to the community before rushing through any changes to Great North Road.
[Read more…]Grey Lynn Primary traffic-calming trial
Auckland Transport is about to begin a trial to reduce speed and improve the safety of students of Grey Lynn Primary School on Surrey Crescent.
[Read more…]Cooper Street reserve on the chopping block?
We were disappointed to see that the Council’s property arm Panuku is proposing to sell the reserve at 36 Cooper Street, Arch Hill.
[Read more…]New GLRA Committee Elected
Grey Lynn Residents Association is set for a big year of activity in 2021 and the new GLRA committee is ready for action.
[Read more…]Committee’s report for AGM: 7 December 2020
It has been another purposeful year for the committee of the Grey Lynn Residents’ Association, complicated by Covid and its impact on our families and businesses, but we have kept busy throughout.
[Read more…]Grey Lynn News – November 2020 – Parking Tickets & More!
Residents ticketed for parking in own driveways; new loo worth a view; rediscovering Bullock Track; and more in Grey Lynn News this month…
[Read more…]Rediscovering Bullock Track Bush
Bullock Track Bush is rich with native specimens. Some may even pre-date human arrival. Find out about Forest & Bird’s restoration project…
[Read more…]Locals transform Hakanoa Reserve
Around Grey Lynn are pockets of green on public land tended by residents. We profile Hakanoa Reserve bee gardens and other green initiatives.
[Read more…]Grey Lynn News – Keeping Up with the Cohaus & More!
Welcome to Grey Lynn News for Oct 2020: Keeping up with the Cohaus. Beating the water shortage. Get biking & get free stuff! And more…
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