Media release: a clear choice for Auckland—City Vision
City Vision candidates at the July campaign launch
With voting papers for the 2025 local elections being posted out from today, Aucklanders have a clear choice between candidates who have a positive vision for Auckland and will work to make it reality, and candidates who will hold it back.
Jon Turner, councillor candidate for Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa, says, “City Vision are the team who get things done. We have led the way on supporting better public transport, investing in housing and infrastructure, improving our parks and public spaces, and supporting local community groups. Our C&R opponents are the party of ‘no’. Whether it is improving bus services along Dominion Road, supporting dogs and people to have fun together at Monte Cecilia park, or providing the housing that our communities desperately need, C&R have continued their 70-year tradition of blocking progress for Auckland.”
City Vision candidates across Albert-Eden, Waitematā and Puketāpapa have deep community connections, strong track records of working for the public good, and a well-developed policy programme to restore our natural environment, build an efficient and sustainable transport system, and invest in the services and infrastructure Aucklanders need to thrive. We will fight for safe streets in your neighbourhoods, clean up Auckland’s streams and beaches, and fund parks, libraries and community centres to serve our growing population.
Councillor Julie Fairey, who is running for re-election in Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa, says, “Auckland is still catching up on decades of underinvestment in public transport, storm- and wastewater, and community facilities, due to a lack of future planning and vision from the days when C&R dominated Auckland City Council. If we keep this tired thinking, focused on the past and not the future, we will never overcome this legacy of neglect. We must plan, together, for an Auckland that is affordable to live in, easy to move around, and resilient to climate challenges like flooding and rising temperatures. That’s what City Vision stands for.”
Patrick Reynolds, councillor candidate for Waitematā and Gulf, says, “Auckland deserves better than backwards 20th-century thinking. We’re ambitious for our city. I’ll build the city up rather than running it down, and we’ll get transport, housing and jobs working for all generations.”
Aucklanders also deserve elected leaders who will work hard to represent them. Cr Fairey topped the councillor attendance leaderboard for the 2022–2025 term, despite spending time in hospital with a serious injury. All City Vision candidates pledged when selected to run that they would put in the hours that the role requires: half-time for local board members, and full-time for local board chairs and councillors.
Cr Fairey says, “Local government is there every time you turn the tap, every time you walk to the dairy, every time you swim at the beach. It’s vital that our city, our community and our planet have elected members who understand this and will make wise decisions for the benefit of all. Our candidates are folks who will listen, learn and do the mahi. In giving City Vision your votes, you can be confident that you are getting good people for a great city.”
Mr Reynolds says, “Aucklanders need to urgently get out there and vote. Don’t miss the chance to have your say. If you don’t vote, then others will make major decisions that affect you, your family, and your neighbourhood. To take Auckland forward, vote City Vision.”
