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Hide: What Needs To Happen Next
A call today for better alignment between local and central government decision making. It came from the man who drove Auckland’s local government shakeup,...
New Mayor Firm About Rail Plans
Auckland’s new mayor told his historic inauguration ceremony in the Auckland Town Hall tonight that he and the council will “fix Auckland’s transport...
Hide Attacks ‘Conspiracy Theorists’
ACT leader Rodney Hide has attacked critics of the new supercity CCOs, especially Auckland Transport for spreading “conspiracy theories” that they would...
Hide On Auckland Transport CCO
The new Auckland Transport CCO will mean that the rules for operating in the road corridor will be standardised across the region. ACT’s Rodney Hide said this...
Want a $240,000 Job?
Want a $240,000 job? Well, stand for the Auckland SuperCity. The Remuneration Authority has determined that the new Auckland Council mayor will be paid $240,000,...
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...
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...
Bill Leaves Bitter Taste
Is Auckland’s water going to be privatised? Labour and Greens today pushed such warning lights after the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill, which seeks...
Hide: One Rule For All
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide today rejected Phil Goff’s policy of having the Mayor of Auckland sit in on Cabinet Committees.”There should be...
Why Is The Govt Riding Out The Super-City Uproar?
None of the big media throng at the late afternoon post-Cabinet news conference at the Beehive asked prime minister, John Key, a question about Auckland’s governance. Not...
Could Council Ask For Open Auckland Transport Meetings?
Can the new Auckland super-council ask the new Auckland Transport body to hold meetings in public? Stephen Selwood, CEO of the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure...
Hide in Wonderland: Super-Secret Transport Agency “Increases Transparency!”
Finally, someone is asking Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to explain why Auckland Transport will be cloaked in secrecy, with no public meetings, no public...
Hide: Supercouncil Could Sack Transport Chiefs
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide says the first Auckland supercouncil can sack “one or all” members of the new Auckland Transport body if they wish...
Auckland’s New Secret-City: North Shore City Worries About Asset Sell-Off
North Shore council has joined the chorus of complaints about the Auckland secret-city bill, which includes details (or the lack of them) about the new Transport...
