Strong growth From Auckland Council: Results show strong growth in Auckland Auckland Council has today released Group results for the six months ended 31 December 2015. The Group achieved … Continue reading Council Figures Six Months to December 2015 #AKLPols
Entrenchment cost the Council The vote last Wednesday with the Unitary Plan had exposed some fatal flaws in how the Council approached the rezoning of the residential areas. The … Continue reading #UnitaryPlan Vote Fallout: What Went Wrong. Also those Opportunities Presented
First hit out on the winter maps I didn’t get the Snowfall expansion of Cities Skylines for just the trams but also to give a whirl the winter maps … Continue reading Queenstown – A #CitiesSkylines Winter Wonderland
Council attention should turn back to the Metros After listening to the Radio NZ interview below and reading Locking up the isthmus: a catastrophic strategy attention has turned back to both … Continue reading Focus Returns to the Metropolitan Centres And Transport Corridors After #UnitaryPlan Vote
Consequences continue to the Unitary Plan vote on Wednesday Fallout continues to be measured from Wednesday’s anti-democratic vote that removed Council from the rezoning topic of the Unitary Plan … Continue reading English Signals More Intervention of Housing in Auckland #UnitaryPlan
Finance Committee Digests From Auckland Council keeping you in the brief: Finance and Performance Committee discuss business performance and budget updates Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance committee met … Continue reading Finance and Performance Committee – Refunds on Inorganics for Some #AKLPols
Five steps to improve both Manurewa-Papakura and Auckland I asked Nicola Kean this morning what the Finance Minister was covering in regards to Auckland housing. The replies were: @BenRoss_AKL he hopes … Continue reading If I Was Running For Ward Councillor in #Auckland2016 #UnitaryPlan
So who has been showing up and who has not It was raised at the Governing Body yesterday that Councillor attendance to Committees and workshops in regards to the Unitary Plan … Continue reading Time to Check for Councillor Attendance to Committees and Workshops #AKLPols
Government reaction swift and unforgiving The fallout to the 13-8 vote in removing Council’s Primary Evidence from the Rezoning topic of the Unitary Plan Hearings is still being worked … Continue reading Fall Out to Yesterday’s Anti-Democratic #UnitaryPlan Vote
It is with sad news that I report that the Council has voted 13-8 to withdraw its evidence from the Unitary Plan Rezoning Hearings. As a consequence Council is no longer represented at the Hearings and the submitters are now left stuck given we have already written our evidence for or against Councils.
As a result the Governing Body is now deemed impotent and the threat of inaction to get on top of the housing crisis looms large.
It is now a case of WHEN not if the Government will install Commissioners to replace the Governing Body in reaction to protect the economy from the housing shortfall in Auckland. A shortfall that the Reserve Bank has banged on about for a while and the Finance Minister very well knows about.
We await on the next move by the Government.
Talking Southern Auckland 