by Cimino | 16 Jul 2009 | Regional governance
It’s always a challenge, to make a submission stand out. Particularly when committee members are facing the last batch of submitters for the week, on the Auckland governance legislation. Late of a Friday afternoon, they could be excused if their minds were beginning...
by Mahurangi Action | 26 Jun 2009 | Regional governance
As lodged today General Mahurangi Action embraces this historic opportunity to devise better governance arrangements for the Auckland region. The organisation was formed in 1974, for the enjoyment and protection of the Mahurangi catchment; in 1977 it revived the...
by Cimino | 18 Jun 2009 | Regional governance
Auckland governance legislation select committee submissions closed Friday 26 June By this time next year, there will be a Mahurangi plan. Mahurangi Action founding chairman John Male made the first bid for a Mahurangi plan in 1975, pitched at the old Rodney County...
by Cimino | 10 Apr 2009 | Local board
It was an unimaginable scenario in 2007, when the Labour-led government determined it was time to fix Auckland. That in 2009, a National-led government, and Act Party minister of local government, would be remedying royal commission recommendations deficient in...
by Cimino | 10 Apr 2009 | Regional governance
Worldwide, local government reform is notoriously unpopular. It invariably creates resentments that can linger for decades, and fails to deliver on promised cost savings. Consequently, experts such as Brian Dollery advocate amalgamating service delivery, leaving the...
by Cimino | 28 Mar 2009 | Regional governance
The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance recommendations are essentially excellent news for the Mahurangi. If Thursday’s Rodney Times had been remotely on the money, the Mahurangi could have kissed goodbye to the care that is being lavished on the catchment....
