Auckland Mayoralty Election 2022

[Logen Ninefingers]

AUCKLAND COUNCIL SEES WEATHER HIT OF UP TO $4 BILLION
'Auckland Council says "initial estimates" show it faces costs associated with the flooding and cyclones earlier this year of up to $4 bln. This includes recovery costs plus short-term investment, like the proposed property buy-out scheme, and longer-term investment in infrastructure projects that aim to increase climate change resilience. Funding options include; reducing or deferring other capital spending, further sale of assets, further service reductions, considering the level of future rates increases, and debt finance.'

[Logen Ninefingers]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...ANOUJCBQB5PG4/

Auckland Council spends $190 million on global accountants and big law firms in five years

By Bernard Orsman
26 Jul, 2023 05:00 AM

‘The “Big 4″ global accounting firms and top New Zealand law firms have been pocketing more than $100,000 per day in fees from the Super City over the past five years, a Herald investigation has revealed.’

[Logen Ninefingers]

Lot’s of costs and problems piling up for Mayor Wayne Brown. The entrenched big-spending culture in Auckland Council will be difficult is dismantle it seems.

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...MQVQKGG6AFC7U/

Wayne Brown wants Auckland Council to exit leases: Moving in, anyway

By Anne Gibson
26 Jul, 2023 08:32 AM

‘Around 600 Auckland Council staff will this week start moving into new $147.5 million purpose-built premises at Albany despite the council led by Mayor Wayne Brown wanting to cut office occupation to prune costs.’

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...HNPFAYOFNSPRM/

Auckland councillor Mike Lee dumped from Auckland Transport board on casting vote of Mayor Wayne Brown

Man thrown overboard .. must have Browned someone off immensely

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...D3DQC4MYXT3FU/

Auckland Council rates: Home owners shocked by bill showing $10,000 increase

Might be 1000's of Aucklanders Browned-Off by Auckland Council's latest Rating Bill C*ck-ups

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/war-ha...EUWJ4GKXEU2RQ/

War has broken out between Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and Housing Minister Megan Woods


Labour's clueless Housing Gnome looks to have browned off Auckland Council Now ..

Best move fast Wayne, as there could be a race to kick the Central Govt poor excuses for any sort of talent into the gutter this side of Christmas

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...DQMYQT3TA3KWQ/

Auckland Transport hit by another cyberattack: AT Mobile app and website impacted

Auckland Transport’s website, mobile app and live departure displays have been compromised again after another cyberattack.

An Auckland Transport (AT) spokesperson said they understood the latest attack was related to the most recent one, when a ransomware gang called Medusa demanded a US $1 million ransom, saying if it was not paid the group would release AT’s data online.

“The current issue is a malicious attempt to disrupt the traffic to our website, by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic - a distributed denial-of-service attack,” the spokesperson said.

“Customers are experiencing intermittent issues accessing our website, AT Mobile App, AT Park, Journey Planner and public information displays.

How many times is that ?

Bound to be browning quite a few off

Where's Brown while this AT Nonsense is going on ?

Do AT need another KIngsized Brown wake up call to sort themselves out properly this time ?




https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...K6KE6WLDSOK2I/

Auckland Transport spends $6 million on staff redundancies as part of cost-cutting drive

Auckland Transport has spent $6 million on staff redundancies as part of a drive to cut costs, including paying out some who were offered other jobs within the agency.

The restructure was in response to Auckland Council’s directive that gave AT just a few months to make cuts worth $30m.

Among the 147 staff who left their jobs before July are nine people who had been offered redeployment within AT but who decided to take the money instead.

The head cherangs at AT obviously must have got distracted

Shame about website, systems & financial security of the e-coin collecting part of the job ..

[nztx]

How to Brown everyone off after removal of Robbo's Jaffa Fuel Tax becomes reality:


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...N7D677YI5BTRE/

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown floats $5 per trip highway congestion charge



Good one Wayne -- could always count on the Auck CC Bumpkins to p!ss off them poor long suffering, Local Body BS Tolerant Aucklanders right royally PT 2

Will you be officiating at the opening of special Council Ram Raider's Lane Toll Collection booth ?

The way Auck CC Rates, Water, Recoveries etc are going .. that lane could become very well patronised ..

[nztx]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...D2DKPMQWECUJM/

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown signals discounts for low-income earners under his $5 congestion charging scheme on busy motorways


Wayne decide to UN-BROWN OFF some lucky but unhappy browned off Jaffas

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says people on low incomes and Gold Card holders could get discounts or be exempt from being charged $5 per trip on some of the city’s busiest motorways.

That might be most of Aucklanders soon - Wayne ... barring His Mayorness and a bunch of very well paid Councillors

Mind you, most of the exempted dont know what congestion means, never congest things and
probably don't or can't afford to get out very often ..


How about a $5 levy on the fleet of Auck City Council Tame Cones instead ? .. These things cause more congestion than anyone or thing else and regularly p!ss off Aucklanders big time ..


Al the same So very kind - Wayne, but you could do far better and it only takes a quick look outside your office in carpark to see who the real culprits are doing the offending all across Auckland

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...PF62H7CPTKIM4/

Auckland Transport Hop card refund battle: Man’s long fight over $12.15 credit

Auckland Transport are refunding a man’s $12.15 Hop card balance after he threatened a small claims dispute against its chief executive over long delays to get his money back.

The man, who didn’t want to be identified, told the Herald he’d been fighting Auckland Council’s transport arm for two and a half years over the tiny balance. The card, which allows for cashless payments on Auckland public transport, had expired after six years of not being used.

A bit digusting on part of one of AC's Captive Pets being tardy on coughing up

Sounds like the fellow chasing the refund got rather Browned Off with AT's BS circle

Even a mugshot of the Fishhead on the top of this mini Transport Empire in case others
have similar complaints of nothing happening


Moral of Exercise: Have a problem with any of the Local Body sub-empires and the jumped up performing mice within ? - Promise of Court Action against the top Fishhead will usually see a resolution