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Moves to stop Council flying sovereignty flag
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 12:29 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Proposals to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag outside the Manukau City Council are being challenged by a group of councillors opposed to the move. More >>
Graffiti Announcement a Start - Long Way To Go
Friday, 15 February 2008, 12:10 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Howick Councillor Jami-Lee Ross has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister today regarding the proposed graffiti legislation. However Mr Ross says the law has serious flaws that need to be worked on before being passed. More >>
Howick Councillor first to sign pledge
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 11:23 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Howick Councillor Jami-Lee Ross is the first Manukau Councillor to sign the Federated Farmers six point pledge card for better local government. Mr Ross says the six pledges are all issues that he has been pushing for in the last three years and that signing ... More >>
Council To Debate Wastewater Referendum
Friday, 22 June 2007, 8:50 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Manukau City Councillor Jami-Lee Ross is pushing for a referendum to be held on Manukau Water's contentious fixed wastewater charges. More >>
Councillor Supports Manukau Referendum Call
Monday, 30 April 2007, 10:35 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Howick Councillor Jami-Lee Ross has welcomed the call from mayoral candidate Dick Quax to hold an annual referendum on important issues in Manukau City. More >>
Council Rejects Fairer Wastewater Charges
Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:08 pm | Jami-Lee Ross
Manukau City Council last night rejected volumetric wastewater charging at the Council meeting held to adopt the Council's draft Annual Plan. The Council instead indicated that it is considering increasing the residential fixed wastewater charge of $320 ... More >>
Debate to be held on Tonga decision
Monday, 22 January 2007, 10:09 am | Jami-Lee Ross
An emergency council meeting will soon be held to discuss the decision by Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis to commit ratepayer resources to rebuilding efforts in Tonga. More >>
Manukau Mayor Out of Line on Tonga Decision
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 3:37 pm | Jami-Lee Ross
The decision by Manukau Mayor Sir Barry Curtis to send council staff to Tonga is out line and not in the best interests of Manukau residents or ratepayers. More >>
Councillor Calls for Rates Referendum
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 10:20 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Manukau City Councillor Jami-Lee Ross is calling for a referendum on the Manukau City Council’s proposed change to an annual value based rating system before any new changes come into effect. More >>
Manukau City Council Gambles on the Share Market
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 9:16 am | Jami-Lee Ross
On Friday 20 January, Manukau City Investments Limited (MCIL) purchased 5 million Auckland International Airport shares on behalf of the Manukau City Council. The Council, through MCIL, already holds over 116 million shares in the company. More >>
Democracy Re-engineered in Manukau City
Friday, 28 October 2005, 8:24 am | Jami-Lee Ross
The Manukau City Council last night decided to reject a controversial proposal to create Maori Wards in Manukau City, but has instead chosen to establish a race-based Maori standing committee. More >>
Council Made Unauthorised Payment
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 10:46 am | Jami-Lee Ross
An Auditor-General’s report has found that Manukau City Council officers made an unauthorised payment of $27,495 to Twig Publishing Ltd for its controversial new citywide publication. More >>
Community Board Honours Pioneer’s Wishes
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 8:38 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Howick Community Board has made a wise decision and done the right thing by honouring the will of an early pioneer, says Howick Councillor Jami-Lee Ross. More >>
Manukau City: The Ross Report
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 9:43 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Last Wednesday, 20 July, a packed public meeting was held in the All Saints Church hall in Howick to discuss the future of Howick’s town centre and the implications of the dreaded high rise proposals. A group of concerned local community leaders ... More >>
The Ross Report – June 2005
Friday, 24 June 2005, 9:19 am | Jami-Lee Ross
For several months now the Manukau City Council has been looking at publishing a new citywide newsletter called Manukau – The Experience. This issue has received a lot of coverage recently in the local media and dozens upon dozens of letters to ... More >>
The Ross Report - June 2005
Friday, 24 June 2005, 12:28 am | Jami-Lee Ross
For several months now the Manukau City Council has been looking at publishing a new citywide newsletter called Manukau - The Experience. This issue has received a lot of coverage recently in the local media and dozens upon dozens of letters to ... More >>
The Ross Report – May 2005
Monday, 23 May 2005, 10:19 am | Jami-Lee Ross
In April 2000 an unusual step was taken in sacking the Rodney District Council when the Minister of Local Government had to step in to resolve deep disruptive conflicts between competing factions on the council. The internal disparity in Rodney was so ... More >>
The Ross Report – April 2005
Monday, 18 April 2005, 9:32 am | Jami-Lee Ross
At the end of last month, the Manukau City Council adopted its Draft Annual Plan for the 2005-2008 period. As the Plan was going through its initial stages, there was much controversy over the projected rates increase which, at one point, was going ... More >>
Manukau: Lower Rates Petition Successful
Monday, 4 April 2005, 8:49 am | Jami-Lee Ross
Howick Councillor Jami-Lee Ross is welcoming the move by the Manukau City Council which will see it adopt the lowest local body rates increase of 2.5 percent for the 2005/06 year. As the Council adopted its draft Annual Plan last month, it voted to ... More >>
The Ross Report – March 2005
Monday, 14 March 2005, 9:47 am | Jami-Lee Ross
The Manukau City Council is currently going through its annual planning process and has just spent the past 2 days discussing a range of options to be included in the draft Annual Plan. Last month it was reported in this newsletter that rates increases ... More >>
