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Councillors surprised by council seeking advice on airport share sale

The news that Auckland Council is already engaging financial advisors in Australia on the yet-to-be-confirmed airport selldown has left some councillors wondering why they weren’t kept in the loop.

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Council to cough up share of $1b CRL blow-out

Budget 2023 revealed Auckland Council won't be getting a deal on its $500m obligation.

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Why local councils want to sell their assets

Auckland Council could cash out $2 billion worth of shares in the airport – and it's not the only council considering asset sales to balance the budget.

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Wayne Brown softens on social service cuts

The outcry against proposed cuts to social, arts and culture services has seen Auckland mayor Wayne Brown promise to go a little easier with the shears

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The mystery of the imaginary 22.5 percent rates hike

A $50m widening of Auckland Council’s budget shortfall has seen the mayor and political pundits talking about a hypothetical 22.5 percent rates increase - but where did that number come from in the first place?

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City Rail Link construction nears completion - but don't get too excited

While it will soon be time to put away the heavy machinery, there’s still a long road to travel before Aucklanders will be able to use the City Rail Link.

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The time has come for Auckland to get its houses in order

Are we investing in resilient infrastructure that can withstand the escalating challenges posed by climate change? Iresh Jayawardena argues changing our approach to urbanisation in Auckland is a matter of urgency.

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Does Auckland need to sell the airport to get off the ground?

While selling of airport shares would give Auckland Council more financial runway in the present, a range of voices are opposing the move as a short-sighted “sugar hit”

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Govt has allowed councils to block new development

Councils have used heritage designations, special character areas, carbon emissions, and even potatoes as reasons to prevent new developments that would help restore housing affordability, writes Dr Eric Crampton

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Auckland’s austere future: dodging debt by a thousand cuts

Are unkempt city streets a harbinger of things to come as Auckland Council looks to defund a wide-ranging ecosystem of services? Matthew Scott investigates how things will change on the ground.

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Eden Park plans roof, huge redevelopment

An email sent to Auckland residents in error discloses plans to put a retractable roof and build new stands at Eden Park.

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Councillors approve ground-breaking 30-year developer levy

An extensive contribution policy will cost developers upwards of $70,000 per house.

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Akld Council could face court over ground-breaking 30 year levy on developers

Auckland councillors are voting on long-term funding for a controversial $2.9 billion infrastructure plan for Drury.

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Emergency response: Mayor points the finger at the other Wayne Brown

Auckland Council officials and the Mayor are at odds – again – over his insistence that they called the wrong Wayne on the night of the floods. No sirree, they say.

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Auckland wins 12-month housing density reprieve

Auckland's extreme summer of weather has pushed out the plan to allow multi-storey housing metro-wide, and could inspire new approaches to handling stormwater.

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The Mayor, the other Wayne Brown, and the misdirected emails

Ahead of the independent review into Auckland Council's slow response to the January 27 floods, the council expresses confidence that confusion between two different Wayne Browns didn't contribute to delays. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Minister weighs Auckland housing density delay

Environment Minister David Parker is considering an Auckland Council request to delay planning changes for more intense housing in the city - and his ministry is seeking more information on the post-flooding proposal.

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Wayne Brown's conversion on the road to Victoria St

Wayne Brown vowed to stop doing new roading projects until existing ones were finished, and to unclog the city centre's streets - but now finds himself enthusiastically backing a new period of upheaval for the key crossroad of Victoria St.

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Flood-affected Aucklanders breathe a sigh of rates relief

Although Auckland Council’s big cleanup following this year’s extreme weather events continues, “things are getting more difficult at this point”.

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Airport share sales fraught with difficulty – but retaining ownership is costly

The council's proposal to sell Auckland Airport shares is an uncanny throwback to the sale of the government's Wellington Airport shares, writes Andrew Bevin.

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Auckland pulls a Brexit - on the mayor's casting vote

The great southern joke that New Zealand does indeed end at the Bombay Hills, but that it starts at Bluff, takes on a new hue now with Auckland Council breaking away from the sector organisation Local Government NZ

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Council consents 62nd Waiheke helipad

Auckland Council has consented yet another helipad on Waiheke Island. That’s more than 60 on an island less than 20km long. Kim Whitaker of Quiet Sky Waiheke asks how has council got it so wrong?

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Auckland Council row: Top official hits back

In an unusual move, Auckland Council's chief executive pens a long return-of-serve against an elected councillor over criticism that officials have stymied cost reviews and overspent

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Maurice Williamson, back on the Razor Gang

A self-described 'lunatic geek' now in charge of cutting spending at the country's biggest council is ruffling bureaucratic feathers

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Don't sell Auckland airport shares – there is an alternative

Auckland local government luminary Sir Barry Curtis says Wayne Brown and Auckland Council are taking a short-term and unnecessary action in pushing to sell the city's shares.

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