Media Release Archive
Aucklanders to pay for a super city most don't want
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Thursday, 27 May, 2010
Auckland ratepayers will be hit with a bill of $170 each to pay for a super city model most of them ...
Government says 'NO' to Aucklanders
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Monday, 24 May, 2010
Government has said 'no' to the two big things that Aucklanders wanted that would help fix their bro...
Super city poll numbers spell failure for Govt
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 14 May, 2010
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford said independent poll results out today showing s...
Government confirms first part of water con
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 07 May, 2010
The Government has finally admitted its new Local Government Bill will allow private ownership of wa...
Government to allow private ownership of water for 35 years
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 30 April, 2010
Rodney Hide’s Bill allowing private companies to own the water infrastructure of councils for up to ...
Hide's hypocrisy stretches from the north to the south
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
Aucklanders and Cantabrians will be surprised to hear Rodney Hide championing democracy after he has...
Aucklanders are not happy campers
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
“The Government has missed a unique opportunity to develop Auckland’s Queens Wharf into a showcasing...
Hide's push for privatisation
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 09 April, 2010
“Rodney Hide needs to come clean about his push to privatise Auckland assets” says Labour Spokespers...
Corporate appointment will fuel suspicions
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 26 March, 2010
“The Government’s appointment of liquor boss Doug McKay as CEO of the Auckland Transition Agency wil...
Flawed bill will still cost Aucklanders
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Thursday, 25 March, 2010
Labour MP Phil Twyford says Rodney Hides third super city bill states that 6 of the Auckland CCOs wi...
Hide spins in face of mounting opposition
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson, Phil Twyford says “Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide ...
Hide must come clean on Auckland council powers
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Wednesday, 10 March, 2010
"Rodney Hide needs to come clean about what powers the Auckland Council will have regarding the hiri...
Key and Hide determined to corporatise Auckland
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Monday, 08 March, 2010
Prime Minister John Key is being disingenuous in his defence of the so-called Council Controlled Org...
Hide should stop misleading Aucklanders, says Labour
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 05 March, 2010
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is blatantly misleading Aucklanders in an increasingly despera...
Pressure grows to dump commercial model for Auckland transport
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Thursday, 04 March, 2010
The Government should throw out its plan to run Auckland transport like a private company controlled...
Twyford hits back at Hide over Super City criticism
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Wednesday, 03 March, 2010
Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson, Phil Twyford has hit back at criticism from Local Government ...
Calling on Aucklanders to protest Super City process
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Monday, 01 March, 2010
Labour MP Phil Twyford says he is taking the unusual step of asking Aucklanders to join a protest ag...
Local Boards will choose the colour of the carpet, says Labour
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Friday, 26 February, 2010
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New city needs strong democracy to cope with two million Kiwis
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Thursday, 25 February, 2010
The need for the Auckland super city to have a genuine working democracy in place is reinforced by S...
West Aucklanders sound alarm on Waitakeres
Promoter: Labour Party
Media Release: 12:00AM Tuesday, 23 February, 2010
West Aucklanders rang alarm bells about the future of the Waitakere Ranges at today’s Auckland Gover...