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Auckland Mayor Unpacks Proposed Arts And Culture Funding Cuts
Monday, 27 March 2023, 9:43 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown said a better integrated and sustainable approach to funding arts and culture is needed for New Zealand’s largest and most diverse region. In recent weeks, the Mayor has heard submissions from community groups and organisations ... More >>
Auckland Mayor Reveals Plan To Reduce Road Cones, Road Closures
Monday, 20 March 2023, 10:19 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is calling for Auckland Transport to work with national transport agency Waka Kotahi, and utility companies Chorus, Vector, and Watercare, to explore how the region’s Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) can be improved ... More >>
Effects Of Cyclone Gabrielle On Kaipātiki Reserve Has Not Dampened Progress
Friday, 3 March 2023, 11:44 am | Auckland Council
The impacts of the floods and then Cyclone Gabrielle has been devastating for many across the Tāmaki Makaurau region. Kaipātiki Reserve was not spared the damage with some of the cherished English Oak trees and an array of other trees being detrimentally ... More >>
Closing The Māngere Civil Defence Centre
Friday, 24 February 2023, 12:26 pm | Auckland Council
As we move from response to recovery, Auckland is reducing its civil Defence Centres and shelters. This includes the community-led Civil Defence Centre based in Māngere’s Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Leisure Centre, which will officially close at 5pm, Friday. Since ... More >>
Auckland Council CEO Steps Down
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 11:28 am | Auckland Council
Mayor Wayne Brown today announced that Auckland Council Chief Executive Jim Stabback has resigned. “This is arguably one of the most challenging and rewarding leadership roles in New Zealand’s public sector, and I respect Jim’s decision to step down ... More >>
Focus Turns To Big Auckland Clean Up
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 10:59 am | Auckland Council
With one eye on the tropical low in the Coral Sea, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says Auckland Council and the region is shifting its focus from the emergency response and immediate recovery to the Big Auckland Clean Up. “Aucklanders began the Big ... More >>
Mayor Announces Review Of Immediate Response To Severe Weather Event
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 7:53 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has announced the membership and terms of reference of the independent review into the response over the first 24 to 48 hours of the major weather event in the Auckland Council region that began on the afternoon of Friday ... More >>
Initial Review Of Response To Auckland’s Devastating Floods
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 7:52 pm | Auckland Council
Mayor Wayne Brown today visited the first streets in West Auckland that flooded during last week’s devastating weather event, and helped clear out water damaged homes with the Student Volunteer Army. Today at 5.30pm, the mayor’s office will ... More >>
Mayor Extends State Of Emergency
Friday, 3 February 2023, 2:10 pm | Auckland Council
Based on advice from civil-defence authorities, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has formally extended the local state of emergency for Auckland for seven days, but expects it will be lifted early. The Mayor thanked Aucklanders for how they have responded to ... More >>
Waitangi Swim Off The Table For Aucklanders
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 3:52 pm | Auckland Council
The sun’s out and summer might finally be on its way, but Auckland Council and Watercare encourages everyone to stay out of the water and to not swim this weekend until conditions have returned to ‘green’ on Safeswim. Please check Safeswim ... More >>
Mayor Welcomes Schools Re-opening, And Signs Of Blue Sky
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 2:46 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has welcomed the decision by the Secretary of Education to allow Auckland’s early childhood centres, schools, universities, and other tertiary institutions to open tomorrow. “It turned out to be the right decision to keep ... More >>
Auckland Council Emergency Relief Fund To Support Aucklanders Affected By Floods
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 3:34 pm | Auckland Council
Mayor Wayne Brown has announced that Auckland Council and central government have allocated $100,000 each to an Auckland Council Emergency Relief Fund to support communities experiencing hardship due to storms which have lashed the region. More money is expected ... More >>
Mayor Comments On PWC Report Into Eke Panuku
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 6:51 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the PwC report into the management of conflicts of interest at Eke Panuku highlights that there is still work to be done to ensure the council-controlled organisation has good processes in place. “This is a matter ... More >>
Auckland Mayor And Social Development Minister Meet To Break The Cycle Of Youth Crime
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 2:01 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown met with Minister for Social Development and Employment, Hon Carmel Sepuloni, in Auckland yesterday. The two discussed how Auckland Council and government can work together to address shared areas of concern focusing on youth ... More >>
Mayor Impressed With City Rail Link
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 9:34 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says he remains concerned about the final cost and timelines for the new City Rail Link (CRL) but says it will transform Auckland’s public transport system and reduce roading congestion when it finally opens. Mayor Brown spent four ... More >>
Mayor Welcomes $2 Million More For Local Crime Prevention In Auckland
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 10:14 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday of $2 million to match Auckland Council’s existing programmes to prevent local crime. The Prime Minister announced Auckland would get $2 million of the $4 million ... More >>
Budget Hole Blows Out To $295 Million
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 11:19 am | Auckland Council
Yesterday’s Reserve Bank forecasts have blown out Auckland Council’s 2023/24 budget hole to $295 million, Mayor Wayne Brown and his Governing Body have been advised today. “Left unaddressed, a $295 million budget hole would require rates rises ... More >>
Aotea Great Barrier Goes Back To The Ballot Box
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 2:46 pm | Auckland Council
Nominations open tomorrow, Thursday 24 November, for a vacant position on the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board. The by-election follows the resignation of local board member elect Dr Valmaine Toki received in late October. Under the Local Electoral ... More >>
Expenditure Control Committee To Start Work On $270 Million Budget Hole
Friday, 18 November 2022, 9:14 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says Auckland Council, Auckland Transport (AT) and Tātaki Auckland Unlimited (TAU) have responded positively to the Auckland Council Governing Body’s demand for savings to help bridge its $270 million budget hole that risks ... More >>
Mayor Comments On $270 Million Budget Hole
Monday, 7 November 2022, 10:07 am | Auckland Council
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says the Auckland Council Governing Body needs to find $270 million quickly to cover its growing budget hole for the 2023/24 financial year. “The $270 million budget hole is a legacy of former mayor Phil Goff papering over ... More >>
