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Auckland Council's So-called Billion Dollar 'Revenue Loss' A Con
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3:25 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance Is Slamming Auckland Council’s Continued Claim That COVID-19 Is Costing It A Billion Dollars - Supposedly Justifying A Proposal To Hike Rates By 5% Next Year And Doubling Of Water Charges Over The Next Decade. ... More >>
Complaint Laid Against Auckland Council For Misleading Financial Markets
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 8:44 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has this morning lodged a complaint with the Financial Markets Authority alleging a breach of the Financial Markets Conduct Act for a deceptive media statements on the size of a proposed rate increase made by ... More >>
2020 Ratepayers’ Report Shows How Auckland Council Needs To Cut Rates
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 8:57 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The 2020 edition of Ratepayers’ Report confirms that Auckland Council is charging the second highest rates in the country, with an average bill of $3,469 per rating unit. The Report was co-published by the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance and the ... More >>
No Phil, It’s Not A “$36 Rates Bump”
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 2:51 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is accusing Mayor Phil Goff of being disingenuous in his presentation of an aggressive 5% rate hike. Alliance spokesperson Monique Poirier says, “Phil Goff is extremely disingenuous in describing his rates hike ... More >>
Congestion Charge Must Not Milk Motorists
Monday, 30 November 2020, 4:02 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is warning Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to take heed of the most important recommendation in the road pricing report released today : The primary objective of congestion pricing is to improve network performance, ... More >>
Former Labour Party Leader Is Right: Heads Should Roll Over Council’s $1400 Million Interest Rate Bungle
Monday, 16 November 2020, 5:13 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Ratepayers’ Alliance is backing former Labour Party leader David Cunliffe’s call for heads to roll at Auckland Council for the $1.4 billion losses on interest-rate derivatives in the past two years after the Council’s strategy of fixing interest ... More >>
Ratepayers Willing To Step Up To Plug Mayor's Budget "Hole"
Thursday, 12 November 2020, 12:28 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Ratepayers’ Alliance is today publicly offering to fund an independent economist to work with the Mayor, Finance Chair, and Council officials to plug the reported $1b hole in the Council’s finances. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokeswoman, Monique ... More >>
Town Hall Richlister's Salary Higher Than First Feared
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 12:29 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Responding to the revelation that outgoing Watercare chief executive Raveen Jaduram’s salary reached $815,000, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Monique Poirier says: “No wonder the Council were slamming our Town Hall Rich List and saying it ... More >>
National Misses The Mark On Auckland Council Review
Monday, 5 October 2020, 3:43 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Responding to Judith Collins’ promise that the National Party will undertake an extensive review of Auckland Council and its CCOs if elected into Government, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says: “This is a step in the right ... More >>
IMSB ‘racism’ Label Pathetic
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:30 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Democracy Action and the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance are hitting back against David Taipari, the Chair of Auckland’s "Independent Māori Statutory Board", who has labelled the groups’ co-published report on the extraordinary spending ... More >>
Auckland Council Spends $129m In Six Years On Duplicated Iwi Consultation, Targeted Māori Spending
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 8:07 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
A new briefing paper co-published by the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance and Democracy Action reveals that in just six years, Auckland Council spent at least $129 million on iwi consultation and targeted Māori spending. In 2018/19 alone, the total spend ... More >>
CEO Resignation Puts Pressure On Margaret Devlin To Do The Same
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:00 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling for Watercare Chair, Margaret Devlin, to front up and justify her continued role with the troubled infrastructure provider. “Ms Devlin’s troubled times as the Chair makes it all the more obvious to those ... More >>
Raveen Jaduram’s Resignation A Huge Loss To The Super City
Monday, 17 August 2020, 12:42 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Ratepayers’ Alliance is saddened to learn of Watercare boss, Raveen Jaduram resignation from Watercare, labelling it a ‘huge loss’ to the Super City. “Last week the Council released an independent review into the performance of its Council-controlled ... More >>
City Bailout: So Much For ‘well-managed’ Council Finances
Friday, 14 August 2020, 12:30 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is alarmed that Auckland Council is in such dire straits the Mayor is now in the media calling on Wellington to bail the Council out . Spokesperson Jo Holmes said: “We’re only three days into lockdown, just ... More >>
Auckland Council Investigated For Being 'Dishonest And Misrepresentative'
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 5:16 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has lodged a formal complaint with the Research Association of New Zealand against Colmar Brunton and its client, Auckland Council. The complaint was laid under the Research Association’s Industry Code of Practice ... More >>
Rates Betrayal Shows Need For Recall Elections
Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 5:50 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling on MPs to introduce a bill to allow recall elections at the local level. Ratepayers' Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, “According to the Council’s own consultation process, 72 percent ... More >>
Goff Must Apologise For “fundamentally Dishonest” Attack On Ratepayer Group
Friday, 17 July 2020, 6:16 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is demanding Auckland Mayor Phil Goff apologise for his accusation of dishonesty, made on prime-time radio this morning. Mayor Phil Goff described the Ratepayers’ Alliance as “fundamentally dishonest” on RNZ’s ... More >>
Alliance Welcomes Collins's Commitment To Abolish Goff Fuel Tax, And Build Rail To Airport
Friday, 17 July 2020, 2:25 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is welcoming National Party Leader Judith Collin’s promise to scrap Phil Goff’s regional fuel tax, and the announcement to replace light rail with heavy rail to the Airport. Reacting to the announcements, Alliance ... More >>
Rates Increase A Betrayal To Aucklanders
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 5:21 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers Alliance is labelling today’s decision by Auckland Councillors to increase rates by 3.5% a ‘betrayal’ and promises to work to remove at the next council election those Councillors who have put up taxes in a recession. Ratepayers ... More >>
Auckland Council Can No Longer Use The Weather As An Excuse To Hike Rates
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 1:55 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
“The Council has been using the water crisis as an excuse to prime Auckland ratepayers for a painful 3.5% increase in rates. Supposedly, the crisis has introduced $239 million in new costs.” “However, the Government has now announced $196 million ... More >>
