By David Tilson Auckland MP Nikki Kaye assured the audience at a local Takapuna meeting on Auckland Governance, held yesterday, that the Super City will work. “Local boards will be powerful and responsive to local needs”  Ms Kaye said. “We will not get it completely right by October 2011, legislation must be phased in.” Today [...]

Mayor Andrew Williams says that during Rodney Hide’s recent 12 day overseas Super City fact finding trip to the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States - Mr Hide spent less than 10 hours in  meetings on Auckland governance. “Aucklanders will be fascinated to learn that, according to the official trip diary, Rodney Hide spent around [...]

On 20 November a groundbreaking conference on social policy and community development will be held in the North Shore including a debate amongst some of the mayors The conference, “Passing Go” will look at social issues in Auckland and how the ‘Super City’ changes in local government will affect the delivery of services to the community. [...]

By David Tilson In a frank interview with North Shore Community Radio, Mayor of North Shore City, Andrew Williams, says the ‘smoke and mirrors’ approach of Rodney Hide will be disastrous for Aucklanders and is merely a precursor to the privatisation agenda of the Act party. “Most of the decisions are being made behind ‘smoke [...]

Press Release: North Shore City Council The Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide, has plans to spend $1 million on a Super City Show in Auckland Domain to trumpet the arrival of his new super city.” says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams. “I was appalled when I heard last week that this amount of money [...]