Heart of the City: We've only just got Wynyard Quarter, lets not lose it

You may have recently seen our We Only Get One Chance campaign. Over the past couple of days the campaign has been receiving great feedback and getting some great coverage.

We feel it is important for the public to know more about the Draft Auckland Plans and what is proposed for Auckland.

Plans for the Wynyard Quarter. The pink buildings are the current park spaces

Take for example Wynyard Quarter - did you know that under the Draft Auckland Plan this whole area is zoned to have four-storey buildings? Some of the public spaces and the playground are, in fact, the footprints for buildings filled with shops, offices and apartments. Here at Heart of the City, we think that would be a crying shame.

It’s hard to get people excited about Draft Auckland Plans – but as you can see, the future of our public spaces and waterfront is at stake. What’s more, we only have a short time to have our say – submissions to the plan close on October 25.

So we have developed a website, weonlygetonechance.co.nz where we are asking for your response to a quick four-question poll on this and other important issues, including the expansion of the Ports and the Central City Rail Loop.

We want to show the Auckland Council that the people of this city value their waterfront and don’t want it closed off. We also want to show that we do care about the other issues we have highlighted as being critical to the future of Auckland.

On the website you can find information about proposed changes and our thoughts, as well as where to find the plan online and how to make a formal submission – and we encourage you to do so. We only have one chance to get this right.