Number of Auckland local body politicians

Stuff reports:

Auckland will be ruled by 146 politicians – more than there currently are in Parliament – under the new Supercity structure, it was revealed today.

Actually it is 147 politicians – they forgot the Mayor.

What I thought would be interesting is how many there are at the moment. The changes are:

1. Mayors – from 7 to 1
2. Councillors – from 109 to 20
3. Community Board Members – from 142 to 126
4. Total – from 258 to 147

So the number of people at community board level is staying much the same, which is to be expected – to keep things local.

But there is a massive reduction in Councillors and Mayors, where there was duplication. I’d say 111 less Councillors etc is a good start!