Articles by Andrea

Post your votes today! With little over a week to have your say, it is time to spend 20 minutes reading your candidate profiles and instructions and fill in the easy form! Never before has voting been so important in our ward. There are a huge range of issues and […]

After over 20 years of economic decline in New Brighton and many surrounding suburbs the tide has begun to turn. It’s been a slow start but a deliberate one. I’ve worked hard with other community leaders over the last 3 years to lay the foundations for a Rejuvenated New Brighton. […]

Voting has been open for over a week and there is now only days to go to post your votes. It’s so easy to vote, simply open, read the candidates bio’s and choose who you want to help make decisions in your community for the next 3 years. We need strong, capable […]

Do we need more money or do we need to spend it more wisely? I see so many projects with big budgets on the other side of town and projects that are ‘nice to have”, yet we sit here and wait for our essential services to be restored and watch […]

Despite all we have lost and all we have still to battle there is so much to love about Coastal Ward. Amazing natural assets, diverse and connected communities and a will to better our side of town. It has been an eye-opening and humbling experience watching the community morph and grow […]

We were all kids once upon a time, and many of us still are 😉 It will be our children and grandchildren who will be the users of the facilities we create and impacted most by the decisions we make now, especially Red Zone future use and Sea Level Rise. […]

Each of us living or working in the east have experienced a significant journey through these last few years. Some have had their lives changed for the better, others have lost everything including hope itself. I lost my business, house and marriage yet I have decided that my journey is going […]

So much of about this recovery hasn’t been fair, equal or just, especially for those who were marginalised before the quakes. There has been a lot of inequality in the rebuild of the eastern suburbs and continues to be a massive hindrance to our recovery. Too much of the last […]

The last 6 years have been really tough on our houses, insurance nightmares and earthquake damage has changed our communities forever. I have been involved at the coal face working alongside Glenn Livingstone on his 100-day housing plan and more recently working with Dean Lester assisting the most vulnerable insurance […]

Everyone who I speak to who lives in #coastalward tells me that they live there on purpose, they live there because of the awesome people and incredible natural assets. The ward stretches along the coast from South Shore to the Waimakariri River and has beaches, rivers, forest, the estuary, wetlands, […]