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A new mayor for Auckland: Having the answers
A new mayor for Auckland: Having the answers
Weekly
Update
Len Brown and Phil
Goff are similar. Both have no large, private sector
experience. Both have never directly run complex
organisations. In addition Phil has no experience of local
government or Auckland Council. Fear not, help is at hand
You can ‘check me out” on our latest video here.
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In the
latest Auckland mayoral debate this week, I challenged
Labour MP Phil Goff on his answer to a question about
housing support for the homeless. He was sympathetic and of
course criticised the government – but had no solutions.
The NZ Herald picked this story up and highlighted that with
all his central government experience, including being a
Minister of Housing, he has no plan to solve Auckland’s
housing…
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TO MOVE THE PORT OR FIX TRANSPORT AND
HOUSING?
The NZ Herald published my fourth
opinion piece this week on how I will respond as Mayor to
the recent “Consensus” Port Future Study report. The
report does provide a view on future options, but it’s
really not a consensus view. The Port of Tauranga, New
Zealand’s largest export port, wasn’t directly involved
for example and they contest some of the information (as
they would you might say). This report…
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RULES REDUCTION RESPONSE A TEMPLATE FOR NEW
MAYOR
The just released Government response to
the Rules Reduction Taskforce I served on confirms our
report will be a terrific template for me if I’m elected
Mayor of Auckland. The Government has agreed with a key
recommendation I wrote that we need to improve customer
service within local and central government. The Fairfax
story is here. The Taskforce was established by the
government to solve people’s frustrations with local
rules…
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NZ HERALD: RAPID TRANSPORT TO AIRPORT TAKES
TOO LONG
The NZ Herald has covered my comments
on Auckland Transport’s recent decision to abandon a heavy
rail option to the airport in response to Councillor Mike
Lee’s advertising his objection. I said that it’s nuts
that we don’t have a modern, fast way of getting to the
airport and it’s taken too long to resolve. AT reports
that light rail would cost $1 billion more than heavy but
actually both…
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ends
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DoC: Canterbury Spotted Skink In Serious Trouble
Te Pāti Māori: Oranga Tamariki Cuts Commit Tamariki To State Abuse
NZCTU: Inflation Data Shows Need For A Plan On Climate And Population
Statistics New Zealand: Annual Inflation At 4.0 Percent
Brendon McMahon - Local Democracy Reporter: West Coast Swim Spot Testing Clear Of E-coli
Green Party: Government Throws Coal On The Climate Crisis Fire
