Simon speaks to Councillor Shane Henderson about the damage to the communities on the west coast as well as why he described the upcoming Auckland City Budget as the most important in 10 years.
For this week's City Counselling segment Simon spoke with Waitakare Councillor Shane Henderson. Shane has been out in the community discussing the budget and getting feedback on the proposed cuts from residents in Waitakere. Simon started by asking Shane how the feeling is in the Waitakere community towards the budget.
This week on City Counselling News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to councillor for Waitākere Shane Henderson about a recently released 'state of the city' report comparing Auckland to nine cities globally.
She also asked him about the government's plans for 19 new marine protection areas for the Hauraki Gulf, which would nearly triple the area currently covered.
For this week’s City Counselling, Beth caught up with Auckland Counsellor for Waitakere Shane Henderson about Auckland Council’s rolling out of food-scrap bins and why this is important.
She also spoke to him about the July 2023 Annual Progress Report for Auckland’s 30-year Water Strategy.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: the show kicks off with a round of Second Guessing; then the Mayor is on the line talking about what's happening in and around the town in Sounding Off w/ Phil Goff; the amazing Em Walker, aka Theia, popped in for a chat about her waiata reo Māori project TE KAAHU; we've got some good theatre recs on Stage Direction; and we do some learning on Ready, Steady, Learn! Whakarongo mai!
We catch up with Meg Porteous about her Neo-Gracie show "Junture", and her billboard works around the city. Raukura Turei is on the line, speaking to her show, Te Ngau a Hine-Moana, at Corban Estate Art Centre. We catch up with Aaliyah Winter and Laura Duffy whose show at Te Uru - “Thinking About Thinking About the Future” - is due to finish soon. Winter also has a show at Parasite on K Rd!
A joint agreement between the Auckland City Council and the Government has been reached today regarding a Smarter Transport Pricing project for Auckland City. Announced this morning, the two bodies will embark on an ambitious plan to reduce the demand and ease congestion across Auckland’s roading infrastructure. One method the project will explore will be a potential congestion tax applied to road users. 95bFM producer Adam Jacobson speaks with Greater Auckland Editor Matthew Lowrie for his thoughts on what a city-wide congestion might mean for Auckland.