Todd Niall05:00, Apr 30 2021
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, flanked by Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Finance Minister Grant Robertson, announces a $12 billion infrastructure package (Video first published January 2020).
Billions of dollars of government-promoted transport projects in Auckland are legally untouchable, despite public submissions currently being sought on the city’s ten-year transport plan. The Auckland Transport-led Regional Transport Committee has been given legal advice that its ability to make changes to the proposed blueprint of spending, stops short of purely government-funded projects. These included the controversial Mill Road highway south of the city, and the Penlink connection onto the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, funded by the government’s New Zealand Upgrade Programme.
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3:22 pm
Labour walking back its commitment to transport projects
across the country is further proof it will say anything to
get elected, but won’t actually deliver it, National’s
Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says.
Labour
announced a number of transport projects as part of the New
Zealand Upgrade Programme, many of these were roading
projects progressed by the previous National Government but
canned by Labour who then recommitted to them last
year.
“First it was, KiwiBuild, then it was Light
Rail, then it was a commitment to reduce Child Poverty,
followed by a point blank refusal to extend the bright-line
Audrey Young: Rating Jacinda Ardern s second-term Cabinet after six months
28 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson at the first meeting of the second-term Cabinet on November 6 last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson at the first meeting of the second-term Cabinet on November 6 last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
One of Jacinda Ardern s newest ministers and two experienced ministers have scored highest in the Herald s latest rating for her second-term Cabinet. Next week will be six months since the Government was sworn in
Friday, 23 April 2021, 1:58 pm
Auckland Council has achieved 99 per cent or $119
million of the $120 million savings target it set in the
Emergency Budget, with a further $12 million in savings
achieved since February 2021.
“We are very close to
delivering on our Emergency Budget commitment to reduce
spending by $120 million and proving to Aucklanders we are
moving towards a leaner and more efficient council. Now we
must continue to focus on improving the essential services
that Aucklanders rely on.”
Mayor Phil Goff says that
the originally forecast $1 billion impact of COVID-19 on
Auckland Council’s finances has made it essential for the
council to increase the intensity of its value-for-money
Press Release – Auckland Council
Auckland Council has achieved 99 per cent or $119 million of the $120 million savings target it set in the Emergency Budget, with a further $12 million in savings achieved since February 2021.
“We are very close to delivering on our Emergency Budget commitment to reduce spending by $120 million and proving to Aucklanders we are moving towards a leaner and more efficient council. Now we must continue to focus on improving the essential services that Aucklanders rely on.”
Mayor Phil Goff says that the originally forecast $1 billion impact of COVID-19 on Auckland Council’s finances has made it essential for the council to increase the intensity of its value-for-money drive to achieve efficiency and effectiveness.