Henderson-Massey Local Board

Improve street cleaning and maintenance to keep public spaces clean and safe.

Maintain and improve waste and recycling services to reduce landfill use.

Upgrade stormwater systems to prevent flooding in high-risk Henderson-Massey areas.

Promote blue-green corridors to mitigate floods and provide green recreational spaces.

Promote Tidy Kiwi initiative to enhance social responsibility to look after neighbourhood streets and public spaces.

Support neighbourhood initiatives to maintain local playgrounds, green spaces and streams that facilitate social cohesion.

Enhance local services such as street cleaning, shared gardens and public spaces to keep neighbourhoods safe, healthy and welcoming.

Expand waste minimisation initiatives by supporting recycling, composting and community-led zero waste solutions.

Strengthen water quality and infrastructure to ensure safe, reliable and sustainable supply for all households.

Make sure council services are equitable and affordable for all. Charge pollution and waste at source and make it easy for people to do right.

Minimise waste across the city, improve composting, recycling and re-using systems and empower communities to do so.

Prioritise wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to reduce overflows and leaks and improve water quality as a top priority.

Enforce stricter animal control laws for ferocious dogs, especially those used for illegal blood sports.

Implement a more robust recycling process because currently most recyclable items go to landfill.

Maintain weekly, rates-funded rubbish collection and do not support fortnightly rubbish collection.

Advocate for blue-green network to manage stormwater and upgrade our wastewater and stormwater infrastructure due to intensification.

Ensure drains, waterways and streets are cleaned frequently to prevent flooding and maintain public spaces.

Support local groups like Rivercare Group Te Wai O Pariera that report stormwater issues and waste minimisation groups like Eco Matters.

Advocate for continued investment in local water infrastructure to ensure a secure and high-quality drinking water supply.

Advocate for regular and thorough street cleaning in town centres and commercial areas to maintain a clean and attractive environment.

Support a simplified and consistent rubbish and recycling collection service across the local board area to reduce waste sent to landfills.

Introduce stronger pet control measures to reduce dog roaming, attacks and support desexing initiatives. Support pet rescues with trapping and rehoming.

Retain regular street cleaning services, increasing regularity in flood zone areas to reduce pollution into waterways.

Retain the weekly rubbish service and reinstate all of the rubbish bins that were removed to keep streets free from litter.

Implement a local dog safety campaign with animal management to publicise local dog walking rules and good dog owner etiquette.

Implement regular town centre street cleaning and litter sweeps in Henderson and Te Atatu and work with local BIDs.

Support local community groups working on water quality projects and advocate to Healthy Waters on managing wastewater overflows.

Grow green infrastructure like rain gardens and bioswales to prevent problems with stormwater overloading water infrastructure.

Organise and direct public composting as a natural, green form of recycling because household food waste can fuel regrowth of tree canopy.

Support the current rates-funded rubbish collection model to make it as easy as possible to keep places clean, which keeps places cleaner.