Tag: Bo Burns
Councillors backed Kendall for local board deputy chair role
One of the contenders to become the new Howick Local Board's deputy chairperson says the community's two ward councillors encouraged him to go for...
Light and Burns to lead local board
Members of the new Howick Local Board have been sworn in and they've chosen two fresh faces to lead them for the next three...
COMMENT: New leadership for Auckland
By Simeon Brown
Auckland has a new mayor, Wayne Brown, and a new majority centre-right council following the recent local elections, the first time Auckland...
Councillors look forward to ‘fixing Auckland’
Sharon Stewart and Maurice Williamson say they're looking forward to working with new Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to tackle the city's major challenges.
The two...
Local board’s fresh face keen to serve
Former United Future political party leader Damian Light is the only newcomer joining the membership of the incoming Howick Local Board.
He's been elected to serve...
New Howick Local Board takes shape
Based on progress results released this afternoon it looks like there’s going to be just one new face on the Howick Local Board for...
Stewart and Williamson lead council race
With progress votes publicly released this afternoon, Independent candidates Sharon Stewart and Maurice Williamson are leading the race to represent the Howick ward on...
Howick Santa Parade is coming
Howick Santa Parade is back following multiple pandemic lockdowns and is only a little over nine weeks away.
Event organiser Bo Burns says Santa Parade...
Effort to resolve War Memorial Hall’s management fails
A last-minute attempt to resolve the ongoing saga of management of the Howick War Memorial Hall before this year’s local elections has failed.
The Picton...
Candidate “furious” over booklet error
Candidate profile booklets sent to local voters in this year's Auckland Council elections contain an error that was not corrected prior to them being...