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English Dismisses Rail Plans
Finance Minister Bill English today poured cold water on Auckland’s planned rail projects such as the CBD link, airport rail and North Shore rail. He labelled...
13% Staff Axed For New Council
13% of Auckland local body staff have lost their job in the local government re-organisation. In the ‘months to follow” that will increase to 16%. Auckland...
Brown’s Local Vision
Mayoral candidate Len Brown wants the new local boards to be responsible for local decisions on local roads, footpaths, pedestrian zones and bus stops, speed limits...
Banks: How I Will Be Accountable
Mayor John Banks today outlined his plan of how he and his new supercouncil would be accountable and transparent to Auckland. He claims the policies would make the...
Hide: Why Time For Change
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide tonight slammed Auckland’s general leadership, saying there has been “a lack of leadership and no single vision...
Brown May Scrap Transport CCO
SuperCity Mayoral candidate Len Brown promises to review the new Auckland Transport CCO within two years of being Mayor as he’s still not convinced it’s...
Key: Govt Listened To Auckland
Prime Minister John Key says that the government has listened to the concerns of Aucklanders about the new local government governance structure. He told a post-Cabinet...
SuperCity Change Revealed
The new Auckland Council can now require the new Auckland Transport holds its meetings in public and can appoint the Chair and Deputy of each CCO including Auckland...
SuperCity Changes Slammed
Labour has slammed the government changes to the Auckland SuperCity legislation, announced this afternoon after submissions to the parliamentary committee about...
Plan For Mt Albert Station
Today we got a look at future plans for Mt Albert. It includes a transport interchange involving the train station and buses on the busy New North Rd. But don’t...
Poll:1.4% Between Banks & Brown
Auckland Mayor John Banks has only a slight lead of 1.4%, over Manukau’s Len Brown, in the latest poll on the SuperCity Mayoralty. That small lead was when voters...
SuperCity Logo Row
Inevitably, Auckland can’t agree on the new SuperCity logo. In today’s arguments: The Designers Institute says that the chosen Auckland SuperCity logo...
Pity About Bob
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey has confirmed to his local paper that he just missed out on the big new CEO job for Auckland City . A pity. It would have made the transition...
Super Mayor Candidates Differ On New Transport Model
A clear statement this morning from supercity mayoral candidate and Manukau mayor, Len Brown that public transport will be a key part of his campaign - and...
Transition Agency ‘Design a New Logo Contest!
The Auckland Transition Agency is starting a public competition for a corporate logo for the new Auckland Council but Rodney’s Mayor, Penny Webster finds it...
