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Your team for the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board

Julia, Alexis and Gregg have teamed up with Mike who is community-minded, highly qualified and brings an important perspective to the table. As a team, we have the experience and skills to deliver the very best for our community.

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Julia Parfitt

Julia has extensive experience in Local Government and is an effective leader for our community. Julia has a proven track record of delivering significant community projects in our area.

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Alexis Poppelbaum

Alexis has served as Board Chair for the last year and a half and has achieved significant wins for our community. She’s experienced in policy and strategy, and is a volunteer for various local organisations.

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Gregg Walden

Gregg has been incredibly busy carving out a niche in safety, resilience and advocacy for our community. He is the Bays lead for resilience setting up emergency hubs across the Bays; he also works with Police, Community Patrol and Neighbourhood Support to curb crime. 

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Mike Bishop

  Mike has served as the CEO of Harbour Sport for the last six and a half years. As part of our team, he is passionate about resolving our transport issues and protecting our wonderful coastline for future generations to enjoy.

What we've achieved

R Successfully lobbied for a community recycling centre for our community (funding is earmarked for Rosedale).

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R Tackled summer camping on beach reserves.

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R Instigated improvements to Council’s ability to enforce its own bylaws. We’ve worked to get Auckland Council to take the matter to the National lobby group Local Government NZ.

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R A dog park is planned for and funding set aside.

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R Successfully lobbied Council to purchase the farm houses in Long Bay Regional Park.

Our action plan

R Fund greater monitoring of sedimentation controls on building sites, to help protect our waterways and marine reserve.

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R Ban set netting at our beaches. 

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R Reinvigorate Neighbourhood Support and other organisations to improve community safety.

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R Provide a beach disability access mat.

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R Fund town centre improvements.

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R Lobby for our buses to be rapid, reliable and connected.

Support us

Please support us to ensure the entire Backing the Bays team is voted in to represent the East Coast Bays on the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.

 

It's essential to have a united, positive team with a strong vision and track-record of delivering projects for our community.

 

Please email us if you can help us spread the message of ‘4 ticks for Backing the Bays’

 

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Julia Parfitt

Alexis Poppelbaum

Gregg Walden

Mike Bishop

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Flyer delivery

Help us deliver flyers in your area or have them at your place of work.

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Billboards

Have one of our signs on your fence and let people know you’re Backing the Bays!

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We can affix signs with small screws, or alternatively we can place the sign in front of your fence/property using waratah posts.

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Vote for all 4 candidates as your Backing the Bays team

© 2025 Backing the Bays

Authorised by A Poppelbaum, alexis.poppelbaum@gmail.com, 021 037 9858

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