Auckland Mayoralty Election 2022

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Hold the phone.

WB is getting the telcos on the job to fix the black spots in Aucklands mobile phone network.

Who expected him to do that?

Versatile bloke that Brownie.

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Detective John Hughes was known as the fixer, but not in the same league as WB.

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Mayoress in waiting, Lisa Lewis kept John Palino honest, just 22 votes behind.

WB will be reassured to know she is there to take his baton should the need arise.

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Beware Aucklanders, especially if you have a Pohutukawa on your section or nearby.

Zane Wedding wants them all preserved, just because he says in the old days Maori used to put dead humans amongst the branches,and let them rot down into the roots.
Eco active sort of a chap that Zane.

Tree council say that Auckland has 18% tree cover, but should be 30%.

Think about what that means to your property if you have trees.

Cut them down quick if they are a shade or view nuisance, or you may be stuck with them.

[Bjauck]

Beware Aucklanders, especially if you have a Pohutukawa on your section or nearby.

Zane Wedding wants them all preserved, just because he says in the old days Maori used to put dead humans amongst the branches,and let them rot down into the roots.
Eco active sort of a chap that Zane.

Tree council say that Auckland has 18% tree cover, but should be 30%.

Think about what that means to your property if you have trees.

Cut them down quick if they are a shade or view nuisance, or you may be stuck with them.

Even Auckland’s tree cover goals are unambitious compared to Sydney’s.

London has 21% tree cover and the aim is to increase that. Things seem to happen without long-term planning in Auckland. You’ll have to hope the felled pohutukawa are not helping to secure a cliff or bank or helping with drainage…or that you end with new infill building as the new view. Auckland and the developers there have been very short sighted with respect to preserving green spaces and mature trees.

https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do...nopy-cover-map

London urban tree canopy
https://urbantreecover.org/location/london/

New York City has 24% tree cover.
https://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html...st_facts.shtml

Sydney had 19% tree cover in 2011 with aims to increase it to 40%
https://greatercities.au/central-cit...nopy-cover-and

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[QUOTE=Bjauck;980713]Even Auckland’s tree cover goals are unambitious compared to Sydney’s.

London has 21% tree cover and the aim is to increase that. Things seem to happen without long-term planning in Auckland. You’ll have to hope the felled pohutukawa are not helping to secure a cliff or bank or helping with drainage…or that you end with new infill building as the new view. Auckland and the developers there have been very short sighted with respect to preserving green spaces and mature trees.

https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do...nopy-cover-map

London urban tree canopy
https://urbantreecover.org/location/london/

New York City has 24% tree cover.
https://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html...st_facts.shtml

Sydney had 19% tree cover in 2011 with aims to increase it to 40%
[URL]https://greatercities.au/central-city-district-plan/sustainability/city-its-.]
End of Bjauck quote.

I accept your post in good faith, but like most stats, if you drill down, can come up with a different impression.

London 5701 people per sq km.
New York 11239
Sydney 8040
Auckland 1210

Conclusion.
If you want to hug a tree without competition, Auckland is the undisputed world champion!

That's at current levels, never mind 30%.

Time to branch out and do something else Zane, cos you're barking up the wrong tree!

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No wonder van Goff jumped in his van and took off.

Left a $270M budget hole for WB to patch up.

That's on top of the yet to be disclosed CRL cost blowout.

Who's ready for a double digit rate rise?

On ya bikes Aucklanders.

No more room for ya Remuera tractors!

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How much longer before WB tries to put a bulldozer through Port of Auckland's red fence?

Hey Wayne, just cos POA is the gateway to Auckland, there's no need to take offence!

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Poor Aucklanders must be getting a heck of fright with all the activity .. doors being kicked in
and high level desks and tables being sent out the top floor windows

Just goes to show that both Lenny and Goff must have just been in it for the free junket a nap and not to
create too many waves / changes along the way

What were their final farewell handshakes worth courtesy of the generous Auckland Ratepayers at large ?

Everyone should take special caution these holidays .. a exodus of shell shocked, overly confused
and about to be excessively rerated (upwards) Aucklanders are about to be released
en masse on the rest of the country .. Please go gentle with them folks - they may be fragile

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Any water under the bridge for a Ports of Auckland float?

Beware if you are part of the orange road cone brigade.
You may have to find a new witches hat to wear.

Brownies on the case, looking to trim a bit of fat.