Covid Related Updates
Below is a selection of activities and updates from this project.
Hakanoa Recovery: 33 Cockburn St
What’s happening to 33 Cockburn Street? To date (fall 2025) HRG had worked alongside the Auckland Council Recovery Office in an effort to have local input into the process of ‘redeveloping’ the affected areas in a way supported by the community. As a result of an HRG led initiative data was collected and assessed to…
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Waitemata: Long Walk Home – Vision 2026
Resilient Grey Lynn Improving emergency preparedness in Waitemata stemming from the experiences of the January 2023 floods. Here’s a breakdown of the key points and some potential considerations: Key Points: Triggering Event: The January 2023 floods highlighted vulnerabilities in transportation and community preparedness. Identified Need: Our community recognises the need for pre-planned strategies for returning…
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The Long Walk Home
Following the January 2023 floods, there’s been considerable discussion within the community regarding our needs and potential actions. On that estraordinary Friday night, many of us experienced difficulties getting home, or accommodated those who were stranded. For instance, individuals unable to return to Waiheke Island, reach the airport, or cross the Harbour Bridge. Students from…
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Waitemata: Emergency Readiness
Waitemata Emergency Readiness and Response Plans These are large documents. We suggest you print them out before you need them. Have a good read before an emergency. The first draft of this document has to contact Grey Lynn 2030 and the Grey Lynn Residents Group in an emergency. In case you have this copy –…
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Resilient Grey Lynn?
Are we ready for another emergency in Grey Lynn? No we are not. 15 other communities have had significant help from Auckland Council. Waitemata has so far received no practical support. If there was another emergency, resident are unable to see any changes that have been made in our area, in more than 2 years…
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Grey Lynn Floods: Jan 2023
Grey Lynn was severely affected by the January 2023 floods. This photo in Dryden St/Hakanoa/Cockburn St – just down from the West Lynn shops, made the news. This was before we all realised the water was unsafe to be in. Opoutukeha, the stream and wetland that would become Grey Lynn Park and the Cox’s…
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Covid 19: Grey Lynn Community Response 2020
We partnered with the Grey Lynn Farmers Market stallholders to deliver fresh food to 50 families the Auckland Women’s Refuge support. Community resilience and partnership in action. We applied for and received an MSD grant for COVID-19 Community Awareness and Preparedness to look after vulnerable people in our community and also support the local market…
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Covid Lockdown Photography Challenge
Lockdown was something new to everyone. We wanted to create an opportunity that would allow people in our area to document this difficult, unusual and unique time. We invited people to take photos of their COVID-19 lockdown lives in their “bubbles” and share them in on Facebook group. Car free streets, home cooking, appreciating nature,…
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Covid: Applaud our Essential Workers
We highly respect the work our essential workers did for our people during the COVID-19 Alert Levels. To celebrate and show our appreciation for these dedicated members of our nation, Grey Lynn 2030 struck up an initiative during lockdown, joining many countries across the globe. Each Saturday at 7pm starting from the 4th of April,…
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