Auckland Mayoralty Election 2022

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WB is living up to the adage, Any Port in a storm.

Auckland Airport in this case.

May sell council stake to save $88M a year off rates bill, and knock off the $300M current blowout.

Will it fly?

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Ex Engineer Brown is on the tools, tightening the screws,

Before he washes out, will he call in Shadbolt's nut to help tighten things up?

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Ex Engineer Brown is on the tools, tightening the screws,

Before he washes out, will he call in Shadbolt's nut to help tighten things up?

Tim's nuts (like mine) probably don't work as well as they once did.

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For those who missed the action first time round, there is an action replay of Len Brown and Bevan Chuang on Tuesday 9th, 9pm TV2.

Princess of Chaos.

Oops. 6th, not 9th.

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WB is living up to the adage, Any Port in a storm.

Auckland Airport in this case.

May sell council stake to save $88M a year off rates bill, and knock off the $300M current blowout.

Will it fly?

Will there be a one-off BBQ & Large P****-Up put on by the Council to celebrate ?

How about the year after, or will all the money have dried up and it will then be back to
No Party and more rates increases to fill the widening gap again ?

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Remains to be seen, but a few will test their ventilation systems when they get the final bill for the CRL.

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For those who missed the action first time round, there is an action replay of Len Brown and Bevan Chuang on Tuesday 9th, 9pm TV2.

Princess of Chaos.

Oops. 6th, not 9th.

Mmm, Len Brown got down to work very early in the movie...

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Let that airport fly away Brownie.

It's not part of your core business.

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Anyone considering the future of POA. and relocation proposals, should read The Wharves of Whanganui by Bruce Attwell, available through library service if you don't want to buy a copy.

An interesting read in its own right, but more relevant for Auckland, it is a blueprint of how the success and demise of a port has a major impact on the commercial success of a town/ city.

Doesn't look like cafes and restaurants which suck disposable income out of the economy, can even faintly replicate the loss of a port.

Wanganuis silting has relevance to the Manakau option also.

An irony that could be pointed out is how the Railways cut rates to ruin coastal shipping, and the negative impact on the port of Whangarei.

Yet now rail is seen as a boost for Marsden.

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You tell them, Mayor Brown!

High time someone tells the clowns at Ports of Auckland who's really in charge - the ratepayers, not the bunch of idiots feasting on inefficiencies and incompetence at the port.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...L5NZYD6QS5NKU/

That would include working with central government to plan for consolidating port operations, and the return of waterfront space “to the people of Auckland” in phases from 2024 to 2039, he said.

“Auckland Council, as shareholder, will decide the future of Auckland’s waterfront space, not the port company.”