What you can do to help

If you would like to help us to Keep The Course, you can donate to the campaign, volunteer your time and skills, lobby our elected representatives or sign our petition.

Lobby our candidates

We need you to tell Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, our local councillors and members of the Kaipatiki and Devonport-Takapuna Local Boards why they should support the Shoal Bay Solution.

There is a list of contact emails and phone numbers below.

When you write or talk to these people who are elected to represent your interests, tell them:

  • To check out this website so they have all the information on the best options to prevent flooding in the Wairau catchment and maintain important community recreation assets.

  • That there is significant support from the local community for an engineering solution that works and is cheaper, smarter and quicker to build than the wetlands proposal originally put forward by Auckland Council staff.

  • That you want them to support a plan that will save hundreds of trees and preserve and protect irreplaceable natural habitats at AF Thomas Park.

  • They need to think about ongoing maintenance and costs to ratepayers when making a decision about the best option for flood mitigation.

Contact details for your elected representatives:

Auckland
City Council

Wayne Brown Auckland Mayor
Email Mayor Brown

Albany

John Watson
Email John Watson
Phone: 021 287 5999

Wayne Walker
Email Wayne Walker
Phone: 021 882 861

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa

Christine Fletcher
Email: christine.fletcher
Phone: 027 276 0013

Julie Fairey
Email: Julie.Fairey
Phone: 021 287 9900

Franklin

Andy Baker
Email: andrew.baker
Phone: 021 283 2222

Howick

Sharon Stewart
Email: sharon.stewart
Phone: 021 282 1144

Maurice Williamson
Email: Maurice.williamson
Phone: 020 4103 4293

Manukau

Lotu Fuli
Email: lotu.fuli
Phone: 021 242 3713

Alf Filipaina
Email: alf.filipaina
Phone: 021 280 0999

Manurewa-Papakura

Angela Dalton
Email: angela.dalton
Phone: 021 283 3311

Daniel Newman
Email: daniel.newman
Phone: 021 518 796

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Josephine Bartley
Email: josephine.bartley
Phone: 021 287 5599

North Shore

Chris Darby
Email: chris.darby
Phone: 021 284 2888

Richard Hills
Email: richard.hills
Phone: 021 286 4411

Ōrākei

Desley Simpson
Email: desley.simpson
Phone: 021 971 786

Rodney

Greg Sayers
Email: greg.sayers
Phone: 021 285 9900

Waitākere

Shane Henderson
Email: shane.henderson
Phone: 021 044 0088

Ken Turner
Email: ken.turner
Phone: 021 1934 569

Waitematā and Gulf

Mike Lee
Email: mike.lee
Phone: 027 494 3198

Whau

Kerrin Leoni
Email: kerrin.leoni
Phone: 021 196 5616

Kaipatiki
Local Board

John Gillon (Chair)
Email John Gillon
Phone: 021 286 2288

Danielle Grant
Email Danielle Grant
Phone: 021 835 724

Paula Gillon
Email Paula Gillon
Phone: 021 529 723

Melanie Kenrick
Email Melanie Kenrick
Phone: 021 198 1079

Janet Tupou
Email Janet Tupou
Phone: 027 247 1408

Erica Hannam
Email Erica Hannam
Phone: 027 203 7602

Tim Spring
Email Tim Spring
Phone: 027 207 5645

Dr Raymond Tan
Email Dr Raymond Tan
Phone: 027 3168 625

Devonport-Takapuna
Local Board

Melissa Powell (Chair)
Email Melissa Powell
Phone: 027 325 2822

Terence Harpur
Email Terence Harpur
Phone: 027 334 1511

George Wood, CNZM
Email George Wood
Phone: 021 0822 0925

Gavin Busch
Email Gavin Busch
Phone: 027 292 8033

Peter Allen
Email Peter Allen
Phone: 027 334 9478

Independent
Maori Statutory Board
(IMSB) Member

Billy Brown
Email: Billy Brown

Pongarauhine Renata
Email:pongarauhine.renata

Member of Parliament

North Shore

Simon Watts
Email: simon.watts

Northcote

Dan Bidois
Email: dan.bidois

Whangaparāoa

Mark Mitchell
Email: mark.mitchell

East Coast Bays

Erica Stanford
Email: erica.stanford

Volunteer your time

We are are always looking for volunteers to join our campaign. Do you have engineering, earthmoving or landscaping experience? Are you an arborist or an economist? Can you help us make a video or take photographs? Do you have experience in public campaigns? Can you offer admin support? If you are willing to help, fill in our volunteering form.

Sign the petition

Under an Auckland Council proposal, over half of Takapuna Golf Course will be converted to wetlands, with the balance considered for other uses.

We propose an alternative approach: integrating additional stormwater diversion into the existing design so that the 18-hole course is retained, while still addressing local flooding concerns.

If you support retaining the golf course with a smart stormwater solution, please sign the petition.