1 September, 2013 | City Vision, Featured Post, Local Government, News
“A living wage is the income necessary to provide workers and their families with the basic necessities of life. A living wage will enable workers to live with dignity and participate as active citizens in society.” – Living Wage Aotearoa “We urge the...
19 August, 2013 | City Vision, Council Controlled Organisations, Featured Post, Local assets, Local Government, News
One of the major controversies of the first three years of the new Auckland Council has been the behaviour of the wholly Council owned company Ports of Auckland (POAL). POAL are one of those entities deliberately put at arms length from democratic control under Rodney...
15 August, 2013 | Council Controlled Organisations, Featured Post, Local Government, News
One of the big concerns of people at the time of the Supercity reforms was a loss of democracy. A particular concern was that many important Council functions were being packed away into “Council Controlled Organisations” (CCO’s) with little...
27 October, 2012 | Local Government, Local Issues, News
Peter Haynes, Chair, Albert Eden Local Board Readers can be forgiven for missing the debate about whether local bodies should have their role severely curtailed. Despite the prospect of the most far-reaching reforms to local government in a generation, there has been...