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...
