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Pukekohe Plan Bad News for Home Buyers
Monday, 22 July 2013, 11:20 am | Affordable Auckland
“A plan to protect rural land around Pukekohe will have dire consequences for first home buyers,” Affordable Auckland Franklin Ward candidate Niko Kloeten warns. The 26-year-old business journalist says the Pukekohe Area Plan produced by the Franklin ... More >>
Berry Says No to Ethnic Voting
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 9:34 am | Affordable Auckland
Last weekend, an AGM of Auckland ethnic leaders called for more direct input into the policies of Auckland Council. Affordable Auckland Waitemata & Gulf candidate Stephen Berry says that any moves toward greater ethnic based input or representation ... More >>
Affordable Auckland Recruiting Candidates
Friday, 12 July 2013, 12:52 pm | Affordable Auckland
Affordable Auckland Recruiting Candidates Affordable Auckland is seeking candidates to stand in the 2013 local body elections for Auckland Council. Vacancies exist in the following wards for Council: · Albany · Albert-Eden-Roskill · Manukau · Manurewa-Papakura ... More >>
Mike Lee Says You Should Pay!
Friday, 28 June 2013, 9:10 am | Affordable Auckland
“Sky City wants to build an amazing Convention centre within the ward of Waitemata & Gulf in exchange for being allowed to have more gaming machines. It won’t cost ratepayers a dollar and I welcome it one hundred percent!” says Affordable Auckland ... More >>
‘Not Your Usual Hui’ Patronises Homosexuals
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 5:03 pm | Affordable Auckland
“I would be hard pressed to argue that engagement with Auckland ratepayers and residents is not a core function of Auckland Council. Of course it is. However, the ridiculously politically correct manner in which this Council goes about this interaction ... More >>
Affordable Auckland Announces Franklin Candidate For AK
Monday, 27 May 2013, 9:03 am | Affordable Auckland
Business journalist Niko Kloeten announced today that he will be standing as a candidate for Affordable Auckland in the Franklin ward of Auckland Council. More >>
Unliveable Rates from Living Wage
Friday, 24 May 2013, 9:09 am | Affordable Auckland
The news that Auckland Council is actually taking a serious look at paying all employees, and ensuring all contractor employees are paid, a ‘living wage’ should be greatly disturbing to all ratepayers,” says Affordable Auckland Waitemata & Gulf candidate, ... More >>
Candidates Contrast Over Bunnings
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:05 am | Affordable Auckland
Press Release Affordable Auckland Resource Consents Candidates Contrast Over Bunnings As a result of the debate over the building of a Bunnings in Arch Hill, there is now a clear contrast between the two declared candidates in the race for the Waitemata ... More >>
No Council Funds for Holy Trinity Cathedral
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 11:30 am | Affordable Auckland
Press Release Affordable Auckland No Council Funds for Holy Trinity Cathedral Affordable Auckland Waitemata & Gulf Council candidate Stephen Berry says not one cent of ratepayer money should go to Holy Trinity Cathedral for any reason. “It is far ... More >>
Rates Increase Anything But Average
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 8:55 am | Affordable Auckland
Rates Increase Anything But Average “Len Brown’s apparent moderate approach to rates increases should not be allowed to go unchallenged. Especially when he tries to curry favour with voters by boasting of an ‘average’ rates increase of 2.9% ... More >>
Imagination Needed to Fix Auckland Transport
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 8:43 am | Affordable Auckland
According to Affordable Auckland Waitemata & Gulf Council candidate Stephen Berry, there is a “severe lack of imagination” in the current debate over how Auckland’s transport needs should be funded. More >>
Arch Hill Residents Support Unemployment
Friday, 26 April 2013, 2:44 pm | Affordable Auckland
Press Release Affordable Auckland Resource Consents Arch Hill Residents Support Unemployment “It seems the grumpy ‘mind everyone else’s business’ neighbourhood busybodies are loose in Arch Hill with their petition to stop Bunnings getting resource consent ... More >>
World Heritage Waste
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 9:34 am | Affordable Auckland
Press Release Affordable Auckland Heritage World Heritage Waste Affordable Auckland Waitemata & Gulf Council Candidate Stephen Berry has today expressed his disdain for a plan to convince Auckland Council to spend thousands of ratepayer dollars on ... More >>
