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Hushed-up waste management plan will be challenged today
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 9:41 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has been overwhelmed with submissions against proposals in Auckland Council’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) to run private waste pickup operators out of the market in favour of an inefficient, ... More >>
Incredible response from Auckland ratepayers
Monday, 26 March 2018, 1:37 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland ratepayers have submitted en masse to reject Phil Goff’s plan to hike rates and continue wasteful spending, says the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The Alliance has gathered 3,851 public submissions to the Council in the 72 hours following ... More >>
Campaign Launched to Make Phil Goff Keep His Rates Promises
Friday, 23 March 2018, 10:45 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has today launched a campaign to make Phil Goff and Auckland Council keep their promises on rates as they pass their 10-year budget . Ratepayers Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, “Eighteen months ago, Aucklanders ... More >>
Heads should roll at Auckland Council for LGOIMA gaming
Monday, 19 March 2018, 3:16 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance says the Mayor must act following today’s reports by Radio NZ’s Todd Niall that Auckland Council officials have been caught out in internal emails deliberately gaming official information laws to withhold information ... More >>
ATEED schmooze media, superyacht owners at tennis
Monday, 12 March 2018, 10:09 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance can reveal that ATEED hosted 76 ‘stakeholders’ at the 2018 ASB Classic. The high-flying guests were given free tickets, and across 10 days were wined and dined by 18 ATEED staff on the taxpayer dollar. Ratepayers’ ... More >>
ATEED don’t need a $3.2 million office fit-out
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 6:48 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers Alliance says that ATEED’s planned $3.2 million fit-out of their new office offers terrible value for money and shows Mayor Phil Goff is failing to curb the Council’s wasteful spending habits. Ratepayers’ Alliance ... More >>
ATEED don’t need a $3.2 million office fit-out
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 5:28 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers Alliance says that ATEED’s planned $3.2 million fit-out of their new office offers terrible value for money and shows Mayor Phil Goff is failing to curb the Council’s wasteful spending habits. Ratepayers’ Alliance ... More >>
Ratepayers paying for promotion of sex parties
Thursday, 1 February 2018, 10:06 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is asking questions about ATEED’s sponsorship of Pride Festival events like KIWIFIST 2018 . More >>
Goff’s budget immoral and a breach of election promise
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 2:14 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Responding to the Auckland Council’s proposed 10-year budget (Long Term Plan) Jo Holmes, spokesperson for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance : More >>
Are Auckland Councillors scared of ratepayers?
Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 9:28 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland Councillors have voted to prevent ratepayers and members of the public giving their views to councillors at public hearings on the Council’s proposed Long-Term Plan and ten-year budget. More >>
Ratepayers applaud cancelling business class entitlement
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 4:07 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
“Auckland Council’s 7,000 bureaucrats don’t need to live the high life in business class when travelling economy will do,” says Jo Holmes from the Ratepayers’ Alliance. More >>
Goff should vow to halve the $46m communications staff bill
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 11:50 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Goff should vow to halve the $46m communications staff bill 28 October 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
ARA launches fuel petition: Hands off our petrol money
Friday, 27 October 2017, 3:17 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance has launched a petition calling on the Government to scrap plans to siphon fuel tax money from roads into other areas of spending such as trams and cycleways. More >>
One year of Mayor Goff - Will he keep his rates promise?
Monday, 16 October 2017, 3:25 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Today marks one year since Phil Goff was elected to the mayoralty of the Auckland Super City. Jo Holmes, Spokesperson for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance reflects on whether Mr Goff has delivered on his promises made to Aucklanders: More >>
Auckland Council’s rates the second highest in New Zealand
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 9:31 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland Council has been caught out providing false information regarding the average rates paid by Auckland households, with revised figures showing that Aucklanders pay the second highest rates in New Zealand. More >>
Council's disgraceful wage bill shows lack of leadership
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 11:16 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Auckland Council’s failure to adhere to its own wage budget has seen the payroll bill blow out to $853 million in the last financial year and Auckland ratepayers now paying 6% more this year for Council salaries. A staggering 52% of rates are ... More >>
Decision on race based seats should be referendum
Friday, 29 September 2017, 11:43 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Any decision to change the makeup of Auckland Council should be put to the people as a referendum, says the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance. More >>
Rates money is for Denise Lee to be a councillor
Sunday, 20 August 2017, 1:00 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Rates money is for Denise Lee to be a councillor, not to stand for Parliament 20 AUGUST 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
Auckland Traffic Stalls as Auckland Transport Buys Tapware
Monday, 7 August 2017, 9:56 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
2 AUGUST 2017 - Phil Goff’s efforts to save money at Auckland Council are clearly coming to nothing, with the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance revealing today that Auckland Transport is sparing no expense in its new office headquarters. More >>
Council's transport spending to fall by 46% in 2018
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 9:01 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Despite the higher rates, Auckland Council is slashing its spend on transport, with a projected fall of 46% in 2018 and other years in the next decade forecast to see the Council spend one-third less than current transport spending. The modelling is ... More >>
