Final Auckland Boundaries
The Local Government Commission (chaired by former Labour Councillor Sue Piper) has announced the final boundaries for the Auckland Council.
Major changes:
- An increase from 12 to 13 wards, with Orakei-Maungakiekie Ward splitting into separate Orakei and Maungakiekie wards.
- An increase in the number of local boards from 19 to 21, with the Hibiscus-Albany-East Coast Bays Local Board now
a Hibiscus and Bays Local Board and Upper Harbour Local Board and the Waitakere Local Board now a Henderson-Massey Local
Board and a Waitakere Ranges Local Board - No change to northern boundary, but some minor changes to the southern boundary
So the overall situation is:
Wards
- Rodney – 1 Councillor
- Albany – 2 Councillors
- North Shore – 2 Councillors
- Waitakere – 2 Councillors
- Whau – 1 Councillor
- Albert-Eden-Roskill 2 Councillors
- Waitemata and Gulf – 1 Councillor
- Orakei – 1 Councillor
- Maungakiekie-Tamaki – 1 Councillor
- Te Irirangi – 2 Councillors
- Manukau – 2 Councillors
- Manurewa-Papkura – 2 Councillors
- Franklin – 1 Councillor
The ward boundaries have been adjusted to be closer in terms of population per Councillor. 11 out of the 13 wards have a deviation of less than 11%. Rodney does “best” getting a Councillor for only 54,100 residents and “worst” is Oraeki who get a Councillor for 81,100 residents.
Local Boards
- Rodney – 9 members from 4 sub-divisions
- Hibiscus and Bays – 8 members from 2 sub-divisions
- Upper Harbour – 6 members
- Kaipatiki – 8 members
- Devonport-Takapuna – 6 members
- Henderson-Massey 8 members
- Waitakere Ranges – 6 members
- Whau – 7 members
- Albert-Eden – 8 members from 2 sub-divisions
- Puketapapa – 6 members
- Waitemata – 7 members
- Waiheke – 5 members
- Great Barrier – 5 members
- Orakei – 7 members
- Maungakiekie-Tamaki 7 members from 2 sub-divisions
- Mangere-Otahuhu – 7 members
- Otara-Papatoetoe – 7 members from 2 sub-divisions
- Te Irirangi – 9 members from 3 -sub-divisions
- Manurewa – 8 members
- Papakura – 6 members
- Franklin – 9 members from 3 -sub-divisions
So in total we have:
- 1 Mayor
- 20 Councillors
- 149 Local Board Members
- 13 Wards
- 21 Local Boards
- 32 electoral divisions for boards
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March 11th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
And a governance shambles that will see rates double Council staff numbers double and services halved within 3 to 5 years.
Bigger aint always best. The Local has been taken out of local Government just as it was in 1989.
And for those us who paid rates under both governance models the past 20 years have seen rates explod well above the rate of inflation and population growth with bugger all change in service.
Prior to 1989 Local government meant being able to communicate with local body pollies and staff on a local level and about local issues.
Since 1989 that concept has vanished. And the new one will be even worse. A bunch of unelected unaccountable individuals will control Billions of dollars of rates and spend according to THEIR agendas. The so called Council and Local Boards will have no control over them Watch what happens.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
And still no democracy because all the significant decisions will be made by the unelected Council (Un)Controlled Organisations.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
The divisons are still way too big. How can a councillor represent Orewa, West Harbour and Campbells Bay all at the same time (which are currently part of Rodney, North shore and Waitakere)?
The commission seems more interested individing according to socio-economic rather than geographical boundaries.
Why do we need two councillor wards anyway?
March 11th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
When you put it that way David it still looks like Auckland is going to be over-governed!
March 11th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
1 Mayor
20 Councillors
149 Local Board Members
13 Wards
21 Local Boards
32 electoral divisions for boards
I’d say all but maybe 12 councillors on a good day and the mayor are entirely redundant to the process.
“And still no democracy because all the significant decisions will be made by the unelected Council (Un)Controlled Organisations.”
None of which should be owned by the council in any event.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
How to obscure things with statistics – “11 out of the 13 wards have a deviation of less than 11%”
BUT
6/13 have a deviation greater than +/- 10%
March 11th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Gotta love the Whaux democracy that’s being foisted on the most deprived communities of Auckland.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
IMHO Local body democracy is all about the ratepayers having a say in how their rates are spent. Sooooooo local body Councillors need to use the 2 ears God gave them to listen to the ratepayers. So there needs to be enough elected Councillors to listen to and reflect back to the governing body ratepayer views. At that aint just every 3 years. It all the time.
The CCOs will make decisions with NO ratepayer input Fact. They will plow on regardless on the basis of THEY KNOW BEST.
Now if the CCOs get it right most of the time then OK But my gut feeling it they wont. They will make decisions that are totally out of step with the majority as they will be highjacked by special interest groups of the usual suspects.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
>>and “worst” is Orakei who get a Councillor for 81,100 residents.
So much for the bullshit and lies that the left was feeding us that we would only be governed by rich white men from Remuera, when it turns out they will have less say than most.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Paris has about 1400 councils and Tokyo has about 500.
Auckland will be about the biggest single city in the world.
I have no idea why anyone thinks this council will get anything done because none of those councilors will have a common interest with the other. And the small boards who may manage to have a group with a common interest sitting around the table will have no power to do anything.
This is why Montreal voted to de-amalgamate only two years after going through a four year amalgamation process.
Read my friend Wendell Cox’s latest essay on this topic:
http://www.newgeography.com/content/001455-what-seneca-falls-can-learn-toronto
WHAT SENECA FALLS CAN LEARN FROM TORONTO
by Wendell Cox 03/09/2010
One of the most enduring myths in public policy is that local government consolidations save money. The idea seems to make sense, and most of the academic studies support the proposition. However, rarely, if ever, does the promised reduction in public expenditures or taxes actually take place.
Residents will vote March 16 on a proposal that would merge the village government of Seneca Falls, New York into the more rural and adjacent town of Seneca Falls. Under state law, this can occur without the consent of the town into which the village would be merged.
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Learning from Toronto: Seneca Falls does not have to look far to see how local government consolidation can lead to more spending and higher taxes. Less than 150 miles away as the crow flies, Toronto residents were glowingly told of the lower taxes and expenditures that would result from consolidating six jurisdictions into a “megacity” in the late 1990s. As we and others predicted at the time, things have not worked out. Toronto’s spending has risen strongly under the consolidated government. Despite its much smaller population, the risks are similar in Seneca Falls.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
will it still be called Auckland .. I’m still convinced that someone will try and slip in a change to Tamaki Makaru (however it is spelt).
March 11th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
The letter in today’s Huruld pretty much reflects how I feel on this bitching and moaning about “democracy.”
Still waiting for National to put a bullet through RNZ’s head. Remember: squeeze, don’t pull.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Owen, it’s exceptionally simple.
The greater Auckland Council will work if the councillors and local board members want it to work. There are some now (think Andrew Williams) who simply do not want it to work so should not be let enywhere near the table. OTOH, there are some who do want it to work. Hunt these people down and tick them in October.