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Greater Auckland could become a "super-city" governed by one council and a single mayor next year.
A commission comprising retired High Court judge Peter Salmon QC, former public servant Dame Margaret Bazley and David Shand is expected to recommend such a move after considering the city's local government structure.
The shake-up was expected to get the go-ahead when the commission reports back to government before the March 31 deadline, The New Zealand Herald reported today.
It would see Auckland headed by a single mayor with executive powers to make independent decisions, turning it into the biggest city under one council in Australasia.
Greater Auckland has four city councils, three district councils, one regional council and community boards, and details of what role they would play under a new proposal were unclear.
The commission has spent the past year going over public submissions on the issue, the majority of which opposed the one-city proposal.
However, the Herald reported that such opposition was unlikely to lead to the proposal being scrapped.
A decision would be made based on what was best for the city considering all the information available.
An Auckland super-city would stretch 140km from Pukekohe in the south to Wellsford in the north, taking in a population of 1.4 million.
If you go there quick you might still see a nice comment by "Eyes Wide Open" before they remove it! In case they have I copy-&-paste for you here...
This is not common sense or a "fantastic" idea at all! This is simply those in control furthering consolidation of power. Consolidation of local "governence", as the "globalists" call it, is a step to global domination of the masses, nothing less! WAKE UP!
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:23 pm Post Subject:
Check the knobs involved - a Queen's Council, a Dame and David Shand. If this alone doesn't make it very clear what's going on then you're nodding off!
For those that don't know of David Shand here's some info...
David Shand has recently returned to New Zealand after a number of years living overseas. He has worked for three international organisations, most recently for over eight years as apublic financial management specialist at both the World Bank and the IMF in Washington DC. This followed four years working with theOECD*in Paris on public sector reform issues.
After joining the Treasury in the mid 1960's David taught accounting and public finance at Victoria University before moving to Australia in 1977. David left the Australian National University in 1981 to start a career in the Australian public sector and held a number of senior positions in state and federal government, including Deputy Secretary of the Victorian Treasury and Queensland Public Service Commissioner.
In the 1970's David spent six successful years in local politics as a Wellington City Councillor. His association with the electricity industry includes six years as a member of the Wellington City Council's Electricity Committee, which oversaw the then Municipal Electricity Department.
* Again for those that don't know, the OECD is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Do a quick google and it comes up with this description - "International organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy." 'Nuff said...
Simon Smith above said"
"The real question should be: Why does NZ Herald produce a speculative main feature. As you mentioned, the Commission is still yet to produce its report. You all look like a complete bunch of morons by admitting this. "
My thoughts exactly! What is the NZ Herald's hidden agenda? Who is pulling their strings? Any backhanders involved I wonder? Will they even print this post of mine?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:40 pm Post Subject:
I've made comments about the herald before. Something to the effect of it being a worthless rag not fit to wipe my a*se with. It's been very obvious to me for a long, long time that this piece of trash is nothing more than masquerading propaganda. I haven't picked one up for anything other than a tide chart and the occasional chuckle at sheeple letters to the eggitor for ages :D
Re this Shand fellow, he is also now the Chair for the Tertiary Education Commission too and he is not a "kiwi" - he's Australian.
And when asked what he wants to do in the future he replies, "I want to spend time in my house in the Marlborough Sounds, do some more travel and work with the World Bank."
And get this: (!!!)
The person they appointed to lead the inquiry was David Shand who had recently returned to New Zealand after many years overseas, including eight years working in Washington for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The World Bank and the IMF make up two-thirds of what is known as the "Washington consensus" (the other third being the United States government). This so-called consensus is the view that economic progress requires countries to privatise their resources, sell their assets and deliver policies such as health, education and water supply through the private sector as "user pays" services.
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4187900a16155.html
This guy does indeed smack off Illuminati/ One World Government/ New World Order material!! :evil:
Royal Commissions are politically neutral and independent of Government,
yet the terms of reference for Royal Commissions of Inquiry are set by the Government.
Therefore, excuse me if i am missing something here but the Govt is not neutral nor independent if they are the ones setting the "terms of reference" in the first place.
And this also from the Royal Commission website:
"While the Royal Commission is conducting its inquiry this year, the Government will continue to support the new Auckland governance arrangements and the One Plan for Auckland." - that doesn't sound like the government itself is independent and netutral on this issue, oh no, far from it, they know exactly where result they are wanting and so does the NZ Herald too apparently and they should be hauled over the coals for their misleading publishing/reporting propaganda on the issue in today's post!
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:44 pm Post Subject:
Hmmm, we could spend all day piecing this together rather more well than the average Herald reader I suspect lol (my luchtime has already extended way longer than it should have today!).
Picking up on your privatisation theme and in particular with regard to local bodies - I have seen firsthand from the inside (although not now) during the last 20+ years how privatisation of council's operations has been implemented. No amount of examples of negative experiences overseas was going to deter this agenda and it steamrolled ahead until we have what we have today with all coalface operations being done by private contractors. That's just a stage in the agenda though - it continues. I also saw many managers at various levels paid decent redundancies to "get them off the books" so they could then return as private consultants being paid much more than they were on salaries! So the privatisation has been happening at many levels of local body administration & operation. Thing is when you privatise - you choose who you want not who you "have" to take. Management in councils are now full of "yes" men getting paid very well to carry out the Visions & Goals of the City :wink:
No wonder then they made Mr. Righter-Than-Right, Rodney Hide Minister of Local Government when National took over the reigns. Get the rhetoric in his statements made 8 December 2007 -
"As Local Government Minister, I have primary responsibility for local government and for its overall effectiveness - the Minister is not responsible for specific decisions or actions of local Councils," Mr Hide said.
"As well as the formal legal role, I will have a leadership role - and that's the key role as I see it. I want the 85 local authorities to account for their spending and effectiveness in a way which gets the full confidence of their citizens."
Sounds like a bosses words to me :wink: Independent and neutral my a*se!
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:42 am Post Subject:
Crakka wrote:
"Giving NZers Confidence In Their Local Council"
It's always important to understand why comments by politicians & headlines in the media are worded a certain way. To me this is a good simple example. When you know how language is used along with every other mind control tool it's easy to spot :wink:
For those with too much fluoride in their systems and don't see where I'm coming from, try and think of an alternative headline that would would not be telling you what to think or do or make you feel like you are being given something. In other words something that you are able to decide for and get for yourselves.
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:52 am Post Subject:
Just listened to Phil Goff on his usual Monday morning phone-in with Mike Havoc on bFM. The whole talk this morning, and it was quite a long one for a mobile phone-in, was about the steamrolling super city deal. Now I certainly don't take sides politically in this debate or any other, but Phil said some pretty straightforward things this morning that I already knew and the people of Auckland and indeed this country need to understand!
Firstly about just the way this whole super city thing is being steamrolled in by national with no democratic process whatsoever. The board to oversee & "govern" this super city formation is NOT elected! That will be the first time in NZ that a local government body is simply created by govt and big business with no input from any of the ratepaying public - this in itself should be the biggest sign of what's going on in front of our eyes right now and what's to come. Secondly, and those in inverted commas are Phil's words exactly, the way the super city is being set up only wealthy people will be able to... become councillors meaning we will end up with a city "run by and for an elite". If you want to hear the whole thing I suggest you go to the bFM website to see if there's a podcast or something.
And... if you people in the rest of NZ think it's only us in Auckland affected, think again. Not only will this first exercise in consolidation of power in local government affect you but it will be the model for the rest to follow - kicking & screaming most probably - but it'll happen by hook or by crook (and mostly by crook(s)!!!).
Oh, there was also a short bit on the family that took off with the millions from Westpac and Mikey made a poignant comparison between them and millionaire owners of finance companies who scam their investors out of their life savings, declare bankruptcy but then continue their extravagant lifetstyles eg, Eric Watson's million $ birthday bash (@$#&!!*!).
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:56 am Post Subject:
When I say Mikey made a comparison I mean he said surely they're no worse than. Should've said that cos it was the crux of what he was conveying re the public's opinion being divided on the issue and many people's (growing) feelings towards the banks.
