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Mayor Goff Welcomes Auckland’s Move To COVID-19 Alert Level 1
Monday, 5 October 2020, 4:37 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the government’s decision to move to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 from 11.59pm on Wednesday 7 October. “Aucklanders have for the second time united to successfully halt community transmission of COVID-19 and I want to thank ... More >>
Mayor Phil Goff Welcomes Auckland’s Move To Level 2
Monday, 21 September 2020, 2:48 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff welcomes the government’s decision to move the city to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 from 11.59pm on Wednesday 23 September and reminds Aucklanders to continue following health guidelines. “The shift to Level 2 is encouraging and ... More >>
Mayor Goff Encourages Aucklanders To Stay The Course To Beat COVID-19
Friday, 4 September 2020, 1:24 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Mayor Phil Goff says the government’s decision to keep Auckland at COVID-19 Alert Level 2, with extra restrictions, is the right one, and asks Aucklanders to continue following the rules to ensure the city can return to Level 1 as soon as possible. ... More >>
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s Response To COVID-19 Alert Level Announcement
Monday, 24 August 2020, 5:58 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says he is disappointed that COVID-19 Alert Level 3 is being extended for four days, but he believes Aucklanders will understand why the decision has been made. “This will be difficult for people whose jobs and businesses ... More >>
Mayor Goff Reminds Businesses To Act Responsibly
Saturday, 15 August 2020, 11:06 am | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is today urging all businesses to act responsibly as Auckland continues with another 12 days of Level 3 COVID-19 lockdown. “I am concerned to hear reports of price gouging, especially for items that Aucklanders consider essential ... More >>
Auckland Can And Will Beat COVID-19 Again, Says Mayor Goff
Friday, 14 August 2020, 5:38 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Mayor Phil Goff said Aucklanders have beaten COVID-19 before and they will beat it again. “After enjoying our almost unique status of being COVID free for over 100 days, it’s devasting for all of us to see its reemergence,” said Mayor Goff. ... More >>
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff Calls For Calm As City Reenters Lockdown
Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 9:38 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is tonight calling for calm and patience as the city goes into another lockdown. “I understand that people are probably feeling a little bit scared, a little angry and a little confused right now. None of us wanted to ... More >>
Auckland Council Welcomes $182 Million ‘Shovel-Ready’ Investment
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:07 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the $182 million investment in ‘shovel-ready’ transport projects announced today by the Government. The new funding will be allocated across four projects: the Puhinui Interchange and Stage One of the Ferry Basin Redevelopment ... More >>
Auckland Council Endorses Mayor Phil Goff’s Emergency Budget Proposal
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 5:40 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance Committee today voted to endorse Mayor Phil Goff’s proposal for the Emergency Budget 2020/2021, which responds to the $750 million fiscal hole caused by the COVID-19 crisis and the urgent need for more ... More >>
Mayoral Statement On “Calling In” Of Auckland’s Water Consent
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 5:29 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff welcomed the announcement by the Environment Minister to fast track Auckland’s resource consent for the water take in the Waikato. “I welcome the fact that the minister recognises that this is an issue of national significance ... More >>
Mayoral Statement On APEC 2021
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 12:28 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff today said he was disappointed but understood why the call had been made to make APEC 2021 a virtual event. “APEC would have been an amazing opportunity for Auckland to showcase what we have to the world. However, given the ... More >>
Auckland To Receive Over $1 Million In New Funding For People-friendly Streets
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 12:52 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the announcement by Waka Kotahi the NZ Transport Agency that four Auckland projects will receive around $1.4 million in new funding from the government’s Innovating Streets for People programme. The Auckland projects ... More >>
Mayor Goff Asks For Water Consent To Be Added To COVID-19 Recovery Bill
Monday, 22 June 2020, 9:17 am | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff will appear at the Environment Select Committee on Monday morning to ask that Watercare’s Waikato River water take consent be included as project number 12 on the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill 2020 (“the ... More >>
Auckland’s Recovery Vital To NZ’s Recovery
Friday, 15 May 2020, 7:52 am | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Support for jobs and a big boost for social housing in this year’s budget are the two most important provisions for Auckland, says Mayor Phil Goff. “We can celebrate with caution the success we have achieved in saving lives and stopping our hospitals ... More >>
Auckland Council Announces Water Restrictions
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 1:18 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
In response to one of the most severe droughts in Auckland’s history, Auckland Council’s Emergency Committee today voted unanimously to introduce mandatory water restrictions, which will come into effect across the region from Saturday 16 May. ... More >>
Mayor Aligns With Government Ministers On Pay Cut
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 4:05 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said today that he will take a voluntary 20 per cent reduction to his mayoral salary for the next six months. The pay reduction is in line with central government ministers and public ... More >>
Phone Lines Run Hot For Welfare Assistance
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 5:34 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Around 3000 requests for food parcels have been received by an Auckland Council call centre in the first week of its operation, says Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Auckland Council has set up a food distribution centre at Spark Arena at the request of the ... More >>
Auckland Council Staff Deployed To Assist Government Food Distribution Programme
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 3:23 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Council is deploying more staff to help Aucklanders experiencing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown. In line with the welfare directive announced by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) today to help people experiencing ... More >>
Council Takes Urgent Action On Government COVID-19 Announcement
Monday, 23 March 2020, 5:08 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Auckland Council will tomorrow hold an emergency meeting to confirm arrangements to enable essential work to be undertaken during the COVID-19 crisis lockdown. Mayor Phil Goff said, “I’ll be putting to councillors at tomorrow’s emergency Governing ... More >>
Auckland Council Escalating Response To COVID-19
Monday, 16 March 2020, 12:59 pm | Office of the Mayor of Auckland
Mayor Phil Goff met this morning with the chairs and deputy chairs of Auckland Council’s four major committees and says that there was unanimous agreement that the holding of large gatherings should be reassessed as a precautionary measure. “To date the ... More >>
