This is a really exciting time to be at Auckland Council.
Auckland is growing hugely about
820 people are moving to Auckland every week
and there’s just so much going on.
I really love that I get to contribute to a wide variety of projects in Auckland.
We are currently experiencing a massive growth phase in the construction industry
and with this has brought some exciting and challenging projects
which have allowed me to develop my personal and professional growth rapidly.
I am surrounded by people with a lot of experience
and it’s a really good place to be,
but the best part is everyone is really open to sharing their knowledge.
We’ve got carpenters, engineers, surveyors, plumbers,
young and old as well
and it brings about a lot of good discussion and healthy debate
which I think is essential for progress and growth.
New inspectors can learn and gain a lot working in Building Control at Auckland Council.
We have one of the best equipped and experienced training teams
in the whole of New Zealand if not Australasia.
We have a training budget that
far exceeds any council
and we are constantly training and learning new things and,
in this day, and age of the digital technologies,
the cutting-edge design and build techniques that we’ve seen out there,
an inspector cannot only learn a lot from that but also contribute a lot to the development of those.
Having moved to a new country a few times myself it can be overwhelming experience for anyone.
I think having a job at Auckland Council will make that process a lot easier.
You know we have such a modern progressive friendly workplace
where everyone is there to really help you achieve your goals
and what you want to do.
I think inspectors have a really good opportunity to
influence buildings as they are getting built and
make sure that the quality houses
Auckland is growing at the moment it’s a really exciting time
and we need more places for people to live
and more inspectors to make sure that these are good quality homes.
I like to run and running around the Bays,
we’ve got some beautiful bays with cafes
and also the mount you’ve got Mt Eden, Mt Hobson, Mt Wellington and One Tree Hill,
running up there is really awesome and you get to see the whole city when you’re up there.
Living in Auckland for me can be summed up usually in a
you know in a few simple sentences.
We back on to the Waitakere ranges with some of the best
West Coast beaches I think in the world,
its just so beautiful out there.
You know I finish work some nights,
I throw the dog in the car and I head out walk out there in the winter
we’re watching the sunset or walking along sometimes see a seal and that sort of stuff
we are just getting totally connected to nature on my back doorstep.
You know my job at Auckland Council gives me the time to enjoy those small pleasures in life.
Any inspector moving to Auckland
is gonna get a lot of adventure and a lot of learning.
Our tourism industry, our billion-dollar tourism industry
is built on our scenery, our culture and our sense of adventure
so being able to do that for free and bring your family out to
enjoy that with you is a great opportunity.
Well when we saw the booth at the conference,
it was an excellent opportunity we thought to take our kids across to another
safe country beautiful country.
I found moving to Auckland was a great experience,
not only for myself and my husband but for the kids as well.
I started out as an inspector,
I came as part of the first Canadian contingent to come over last year.
It’s a wonderful place to work,
we’ve got lots of support,
the training is a really good programme.
Having 4 daughters here, it’s a very safe place to be,
it has got a great feel of community to it.
I remember when dad and mum told us we were moving,
it was very, I was very excited to come.
It was like moving to a tropical island,
its definitely felt like a vacation.
I found the move to Auckland very easy because it is very similar to Canada in many ways.
Just so nice to be so close to everything and everything is like 2 feet away.
The best thing about living in Auckland
is the culture and how much you get to experience,
there’s constantly music festivals,
there’s always a little market in the square and everything happening, yeah.
It’s an absolutely beautiful country.
You have great weather, you have openly welcoming people,
you have opportunities that
you can continue to do anything that you want.
There’s everything at your fingertips, its just trying to see what you want to do with it.
There’s a lot of construction going on in Auckland right now
and to be a part of that growth is a really good opportunity.
I see this as a really good opportunity
and maybe a unique opportunity for
somebody really skilled to come here for a couple of years and have a look around.