My vision for community
I want to live in an Auckland where localism is at the core of how council functions, empowering and listening to our communities.
Council works alongside our communities in true partnership to support and empower them, providing specialist resource and skills to help deliver what our people want. Despite the massive scale of the city, the local voices are heard and listened to with decisions made that support communities. We’re a multicultural and diverse city, coming together to support each other while celebrating our differences.
Local voices are heard and listened to
Ensure that Flat Bush Library and Community Centre is delivered as promised, with no further delays to this critical community cornerstone. Re-priortise funding to ensure this happens sooner than the planned 2030.
Continue to be available in our community to listen and hear your concerns and ideas in formal and informal engagements. Provide feedback and information on decisions made by council and their impact on our community, even the bad news.
Prevent issues like those surrounding Stockade Hill from happening again by improving communication between council and community. Localism should be a strength, not a weakness.
Ensuring that East Auckland’s voice is heard at council and listened to by building strong professional relationships with other councillors and staff.
Providing better transparency on resource consent applications and projects, providing more opportunities for locals to engage constructively before decisions are made.
Devolve more decision making and funding to local boards to enable them to respond to local needs.
Ensure that council communication and consultations are done in ways that are relevant and accessible to all people. Not just multilingual, but also multi-format recognising that people consume information in different ways.
Advocate on behalf of all communities, especially those whose voices are not being heard such as our young people and new immigrants.
True partnerships to support and empower
Encourage and support community-led planting and pest free initiatives and ensure these are coordinated alongside council led programmes.
True partnership with mana whenua, living up to the promise of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too often engagement is just box ticking and lacks genuine meaning with unrealistic timeframes.
Protect our native wildlife by boosting support for biodiversity and pest control and actively engage with community groups and volunteers to build a wide network.
Reduce the bureaucracy community organisations are forced to navigate through for funding and other council support, shifting the focus to enabling the community.
Promote and enable placemaking as a way for people to be more actively engaged in their communities.
Diversity is celebrated
True partnership with mana whenua, living up to the promise of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Too often engagement is just box ticking and lacks genuine meaning with unrealistic timeframes.
Embrace our multicultural and diverse communities by supporting and engaging with the wide range of people within our city.
Celebrate and support our incredible cultural diversity and the opportunities it provides.
Continue to support the amazing arts and cultural spaces across the city, that bring life to our communities.
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