Your Community Voice for Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward

Currently an Auckland City Councillor, with 18 years of Community Board service, Graeme’s energy has helped drive countless successful local projects, from community facilities to stream and beach restoration.

“As a Mount Albert resident, I look forward to engaging in issues affecting all the communities from Point Chevalier through to Owairaka”

I am a member of the City Vision team contesting the 2010 Local Body Elections in Auckland.

I support and will work for the implementation of the City Vision Policies and Principles - see our website: www.cityvision.org.nz

 

 

Top 5 Issues

1. Enhance local identity within the Supercity
   
   I will work to build and support local character within each of our neighbourhoods while ensuring equity of access to resources and facilities.
   
   
2. Calm traffic in our residential streets
   
   I will support measures to minimize and slow through traffic (rat runners) in quiet residential streets to make our neighbourhoods safer and quieter.
3. Rejuvenate our run-down town centres
   
   I will champion efforts to enliven our local town centres through improvements to the environment and by supporting initiatives to increase business and community activities.
4. Protect and enhance our urban streams
   
   I will continue my work through schools and stream care groups to improve water quality in our local streams (Oakley and Meola Creeks, etc.) and work with private property owners to extend and improve vegetation along stream banks.
   
   
5. Protecting the environment around the SH20 motorway.
   
   I am committed to continuing the fight on behalf of the community to get the best deal we can for the affected communities, their parks and neighbourhoods.
   

Personal Profile

Graeme Easte

71a Martin Avenue, Mount Albert 1025

Phones: 815-9000 and 027-209-7565

email: pastfinders @ clear.net.nz

Links

City Vision website:www.cityvision.co.nz

City Vision's policies: here

City Vision on facebook: Community Voice

City Vision on Twitter: @CityVisionNZ

Background:

• The Paice family on my mother’s side farmed in the Sandringham area from 1851 [Elizabeth Street, Kenneth Avenue, Leslie Avenue, Ethel Street are named for family members]
• I was born in Hamilton but have lived in Auckland since 1965 – in Mt. Albert since 2002. 
• Worked nights as a computer operator, while studying at Auckland University (1971-79)
• Graduated BA in Philosophy and Asian History with COPs in a wide range of subjects.
• Studied computer programming at night class and became analyst-programmer, initially for Waitemata Electric Power Board and then for N. Z. Dairy Board in Dominion Road.

 

Political Involvement:

• Founding President of School Council, Pakuranga College (1970-71)
• Member of Auckland Youth Council (Mark 1, 1970-1972)
• Labour Party member (1972-1990 – various branches – Princes Street, Mount Eden Youth, Grey Lynn Youth – chaired Grey Lynn Branch during the ‘Battle for Auckland Central’)
• New Labour/Alliance Party member  – Auckland Central Branch (1990-2003)
• Now an independent - I have not belonged to any political party since 2003
• ‘Craccum’ Advertising Manager (1972-76)
• AUSA (University Students Association) Executive – Publications Officer (1973-74)
• Member of several inner city Community Committees (City, Parnell, Grafton, 1973-76)
• Grey Lynn-Westmere Community Committee Member (1985-1998), several terms as chair
• Pont Chevalier Community Committee (1992-2010), also attended Freemans Bay and Ponsonby-Herne Bay Community Committee meetings but never a formal member.
• Western Bays Community Board 1992-2010, 2 terms as deputy chair, 1 term as chair
• Currently an Auckland City Councilor, Western Bays Ward  (2007-2010)

 

Community involvement:

Active in many community and environmental groups and campaigns over the years, including:

• Management Committee of Grey Lynn Community Centre 1985-2010

            ~ including leadership of campaign and lobbying for new centre (1985-1998)

• Founder of Campaign for Better Transport in 2002

            ~ based on former Campaign for Public Transport, (member 1992-2002)

            ~ Executive Committee Member & alternate media representative (2002-2010)

• Founder of Walk Auckland in 2002 and Committee Member (2002-2010)

            ~ based on long-term advocacy for walking dating back to 1993

            ~ replacing former Walkable Auckland Forum dis-established by ACC in 2002

• Founding member of Auckland Regional Walking & Cycling Forum (2000-2010)
• FAST (Forum for Auckland Sustainable Transport, 2006-2010)
• WAGES (Western Area Green Dollar Exchange, 1990-2001)
• Living Streets Aotoeoroa (Executive member 2005-2008)
• founding member of Friends of Coxs Bay (1989-2010)
• member of Friends of Oakley Creek (Mark 1, 1993-95 and Mark 2, 2004-2010)
• founded Stream Power (2004-2010, currently steering re-establishment)
• founding member of FOW (Friends of the Whau, 2000-2010)
• founding Committee member of MARA (Mount Albert Residents Association, 2003-2010)
• founding member of City Fringe Inc (2008-2010)
• Grey Lynn 2030 since initial steering group (2008-2010)
• etc,