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Public Consultation – Council Long Term Plan, Water Quality Events

Auckland Council is calling for public consultation of their Long Term Plan, their 10-year budget decision making process. 

We encourage you to get involved and have your say.  Decisions based on this consultation will directly affect the quality of our local streams, waterways and our neighbourhood as a whole.

If you want to be a little better informed before making your submission then the following local events will be of interest.

  • The Waitematā Local Board is partnering with the Ōrākei Local Board to hold a Water Quality Issues online meeting this Sunday 7th March, 2 – 3.30pm. Find out more on the Facebook event page.
  • The Waitematā Local Board is holding a Skype Hearing on Tuesday 9th March from 4.30pm. If you’d like you to register to present at this event please email waitematalocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Everyone is welcome to attend to hear the presentations and discussions.  Auckland Council’s Recovery Budget, the Water Quality Targeted Rate and Local Board Priorities will be discussed.  The Skype link can be found on the Facebook event page. 
  • A Water Quality Targeted Rate webinar will be held on Thursday 11th March from 7-8.30pm.  Register here to attend.
  • There will be an in-person meeting to discuss The State of Hobson Bay on Friday 12th March, at St Mark’s Church.  Morning tea will be provided at 10 am with speakers starting at 10.30 am.  The event is hosted by David Seymour and other speakers include Local Councilor, Desley Simpson, Tom Irvine from Ngati Whatua Orakei, Anin Nama from Watercare, Nick Vigar from Healthy Waters and Margot Nicholson from Hapua Thrive.  RSVP by going to David Seymour’s Facebook page. [NOTE: at the time of this email, no event is listed.  Please try next week, closer to the event date.  Failing that, just turn up!]

A number of other events are being held both online and in person, should the COVID-19 alert level allow it. To view the full list of events across the Auckland region please click here.

Lastly, if you’re not aware of Auckland Council’s 10-year Budget and its impact, then this summary from Auckland Council might be helpful:

  • COVID-19 has caused a huge fiscal hole in council’s budgets. Council is working on a range of measures to address this shortfall; including making savings within the organisation, selling surplus property and temporarily increasing borrowing. A focus on recovery is vital to meet the many challenges Auckland is facing. We need to respond to the climate emergency, address our aging infrastructure issues and cope with phenomenal growth.
  • To help, Council is proposing to retain the 3.5% general rates increase over the 10-year budget, with a one-off increase of 5% in the next financial year. This will enable urgent work to begin sooner, including $900 million of capital investment over the next three years that we would not be able to afford otherwise.

Ngā mihi,
The Hapua Thrive team