Westhaven history video

[Island Time 1,247]

Everyone, may I remind everyone to abide by the site rules. By all means express your opinions, and the reasons for them. Please keep it calm and reasoned. No personal attacks etc.

Zoe is indeed the one responsible for the existence of this website, although some time ago now. We are fortunate to have her reading and responding as above, on behalf of Westhaven. Most organisations wont respond on forums.

If you have a real issue with Westhaven, Zoe has generously offered to point your inquiry/complaint in the right direction.

[Zozza 295]

Fair call IT.

 

So, Dear Westhaven Team,

 

Two things for Westhaven to sort out, and everything else is cool. I am a fan of the promenade and other changes.

 

The two things: - 1. Stop treating everyone like a crim when it comes to parking - this is berth renters with parking permits I am talking about here.  Do not put those stupid letters on berth holders car windscreens with a Westhaven parking permit because you "suspect" - without any proof -, that berth holders are parking at Westhaven and walking to work.  Hey, yeah, I am sure it happens with a very small minority of berth holders , but by putting those letters on ALL berth holders cars that are there doing marina business, be it out sailing or whatever - you are tarring everyone with the same brush, and it is just TERRIBLE PUBLIC RELATIONS.

General Public in the white zones that over stay their time -- yep, whack 'em. No problem there. But don't treat berth holders with parking permits in the same manner please.

 

2. Last thing is - just review what you are doing on the yearly increases in berth rental fees.  Man alive, we are not all "Rangitoto Yanks" with bulging wallets.  I am on just above average wage, and I shouldn't be priced out of renting a 10 or 12m berth because you hike the rental fees to such an extent , that if you keep doing so, in a few years I and many other average boating joes, will not be able to afford to keep our boat at Westhaven.  

 

Other than that - Westhaven is doing a good job.  

 

**I have not mentioned the selling off of land - because I think the message has well and truly sunk in that what you were planning was not on.

 

Cheers,

 

the Zozz.

[Priscilla II 397]

"Everyone, may I remind everyone to abide by the site rules. By all means express your opinions, and the reasons for them. Please keep it calm and reasoned. No personal attacks etc."

IT personally I think you are tilting with windmills with that as I see no evidence of hysteria nor personal attacks in this thread.

Maybe I should upgrade my glasses.

The cost of marina berth rental in Auckland has settled into a common price band that is now similar amongst all the facilities in the Auckland region.

I thought competition was meant to provide and promote differences in prices but alas no as there appears to be just price collusion in play.

Doing a Irish economics crunch on our marina finger which numbers 64 berths if averaged at say $550 pm to be polite that rocks out at $422k per annum.

Extrapolated out and with the move to shift away from BEU's in favour of cash rental the marina most probably annually incomes well in excess of $14Mil from berths alone which rises annually.

ROI should not be commercially laid over the Westhaven Marina by Panuku which is in my view is a publicly owned facility that differs little from any other local recreational park or sports area including golf clubs.

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Well that was interesting. Lets have a look at what happened here.

 

I questioned why Council's land development arm's branding was on a nice video about Westhaven, branding that video into a nice PR exercise for an organisation that has been actively antagonizing Auckland's boating community recently, to the point that boaties got organised into user groups and lobbied our elected officials (strongly) to rain in Panuku's activities.

 

No criticism of the video or its contents, just Auckland Council's development agency using it for a PR exercise targeting the same community they have been actively alienating.

 

And what should happen?

A PR/Comms specialist employed by Auckland Council's development agency posts to calm the unrest, and highlighting all the great things Panuku does for Westhaven. My issue with that though is there was no statement of affiliation. 

No statement that the poster wasn't just an interested person, involved in the video etc, but is employed by Panuku to manage PR and communications.

 

I think that proves my point.

 

I'd like to add I have no problem with the individual, who is doing the job they've been employed to do. I do question though Panuku's culture, motives and sincerity around this. Panuku is mandated with land development. Westhaven Marina Ltd is mandated with running the marina. Panuku (according to their information) have 10 Directors. That is a hell of a lot of governance oversight, which is all the more surprising when we look at some of the underhanded activity that organisation has been getting up to.