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Wayne Brown Rates Shocker – Proposals Include 38% Rates Hike
Monday, 19 February 2024, 3:13 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance will go to war with Wayne Brown unless he backs down on putting an option to councillors to increase rates by 37.94% over three years, as contained in the Mayoral options in the proposed consultation document to the ... More >>
Ratepayers' Alliance Condemns Spiralling Costs Of City Rail Link
Monday, 4 December 2023, 11:55 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Spokesperson for the Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance, Jordan Williams, has expressed scathing criticism regarding the recent developments surrounding the City Rail Link project. Williams says: “The City Rail Link project has become a symbol of financial ... More >>
Cut The Waste, Not The Waste Collection
Friday, 1 December 2023, 11:43 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Commenting on proposals to reduce Auckland’s refuse collection from weekly to fortnightly, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesman, Jordan Williams, said: “Auckland Council’s finances are in dire straits, and clearly serious savings need to be ... More >>
Ratepayer Victory: Auckland Council Resigns From Unaccountable Pressure Group Lgnz
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 3:25 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is welcoming Auckland Council’s decision to resign from Local Government New Zealand. On Thursday, the Governing Body voted 11-10 for Auckland Council to resign its membership of Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). ... More >>
Airport Shares Must Be Sold To Cover Crl Blowout
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 10:45 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance says the billion-dollar cost blowout of the City Rail Link will stretch Auckland Council finances to breaking point. Councillors must now choose between big rate increases or the sale of non-strategic assets. In ... More >>
Light Rail Not Worth $50k Per Auckland Household
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 10:54 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is backing Mayor Wayne Brown’s reported refusal to use ratepayer money to bail out the Government’s light rail boondoggle. Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesman, Jordan Williams, said: “With Treasury now estimating ... More >>
$38k On Junket Slap In The Face To Ratepayers
Monday, 29 March 2021, 12:14 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Ratepayers’ Alliance is labelling the decision to spend $38,000 on a ratepayer-funded junket a slap in the face to Aucklanders whose rates are set to rise 5%. Spokesperson Monique Poirier says “Auckland Council’s decision to send 16 representatives ... More >>
Phil Goff's "bullshit" Claim Is Bullshit
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 3:36 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling out Mayor Phil Goff for his undignified comment that the claim made by Councillor Greg Sayers asking why Auckland Council is funding yoga classes is “bullshit.” Yesterday, Councillor Greg Sayers penned ... More >>
Construction Of Tamaki Drive Cycleway Continues To Delay Motorists One Year On
Friday, 15 January 2021, 1:15 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is slamming the lack of progress on the Tamaki Drive cycleway project, with the road still operating at just a single lane in both directions. This is despite reassurances from Ōrākei councillor, Desley Simpson ... More >>
Aucklanders Need Clarity On Secret Council Plan
Friday, 6 November 2020, 2:46 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is labelling today’s leak to Stuff of a planned rate change that would see more than 15,000 properties face a rates rise of more than 35% as ‘shocking’. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Monique Poirier says: ... More >>
Auckland Council Makes Feeble Progress On Rates Relief
Friday, 17 April 2020, 11:41 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is slamming the decision not to consult on a rates freeze , but instead plow ahead with a 2.5 to 3.5% rates hike. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes says, “Replacing a 3.5% hike to general rates with ... More >>
Phil Goff's giant mirror cracks
Monday, 6 August 2018, 10:26 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Ratepayers will be alarmed that a $260,000 2.4m mirror has cracked less than a week since its installation on O'Connell St, says the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. More >>
On fuel tax, Phil Goff disregards democracy
Monday, 30 April 2018, 10:55 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Mayor Phil Goff disregards democracy by claiming that Ratepayers’ Alliance supporters ‘skewed’ the LTP submission process , says Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesman Jordan Williams. Ratepayers Alliance spokesman Jordan Williams says, “We’re honestly ... More >>
Auckland Transport's Uber is mad
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 12:52 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance says that Auckland Transport’s proposed ridesharing service will be an expensive white elephant. The Uber-style app will be trialled in Devonport before being rolled out across Auckland. Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson ... More >>
Auckland Transport Set to Waste Even More Money
Friday, 10 June 2016, 12:03 pm | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Responding to the news that Auckland Transport is extending its rebranding requirements to ferry operators , Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson, Jo Holmes, says: More >>
Auckland Ratepayers' Money Shouldn't Be Bob Harvey's Secret
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 11:56 am | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
The Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling out Auckland Council for its secretive approach to ratepayer money after it shot down the Alliance’s enquiries regarding the remuneration of Sir Bob Harvey in his new role as ‘Champion for Auckland – ... More >>
