Auckland Council moves forward on Monday with approval for public consultation of the mayor’s budget & long-term plan proposals, as altered in a committee meeting then signed off by the council’s governing body on Monday afternoon. The most startling event in all of this comes under the low-key title of “finance growth infrastructure”.
Governance
Pt England reserve law passed, but still rankles with mayor & board chair
The Point England Development Enabling Bill became law on Wednesday after a 7-month jaunt through the parliamentary process, enabling the Government to complete a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with Ngati Paoa.
Last-ditch attempt to derail Pt England bill questions super-city rationale
As the Point England Development Enabling Bill heads to its third reading in Parliament tomorrow – and therefore enactment – Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board chair Josephine Bartley posed a last-minute question about the rationale for governance changes made in 2010.
Bob Dey Property Report diary, week 26 June-2 July 2017
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Take a rest after reading this one – but not on a memorial bench
The family of a woman who made crossing the street to & from Opaheke School, Papakura, a safer exercise for 27 years decided to offer a seat outside the school in her memory. It turns out you could dig a rail tunnel through the middle of the city centre more easily.
Council value for money review gets tick tomorrow
Auckland Council goes to the basics of the super-city tomorrow when its finance & performance committee will formally institute a “value for money” programme review.
