Below is a comparison of 6 small councils around New Zealand with similar population size of Waiheke and what their costs are. In all cases Waiheke has the most income and the least infrastructure. We have included the Our Waiheke possible budget figures and have included the Morrison Low council forecast figures to show how…
Having a Council that represents local democracy, value for money and does a great job is what everyone wants in a Council. Our Waiheke was formed around 3 years ago because Auckland Council has had the lowest satisfaction ratings, is increasing rates continuously and has dis-empowered it locally elected representatives so they are glorified figure…
Dear supporters. You may have seen the story in the Marketplace of 5 July re ‘New action on breakaway bid’. It follows a significant concession by the Local Government Commission [LGC]. For the past few months a consultancy firm, Morrison Low, has been conducting an analysis for the LGC of the financial implications of new…
Chief Executive, Local Government Commission. Dear Suzanne, I am writing on behalf of ‘Our Waiheke’ because Morrison Low should now be at or near the end of its analysis of financials as they relate to the applications to the LGC for North Rodney and Waiheke Unitary Councils. If this is correct – or when…
Two very distinguished Local Government Commissioners will be spending all of Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th of September on Waiheke to hear from what they hope will be a wide range of locals about whether or not the Commission should propose a separate local council for Waiheke. The two Commissioners are the Chair, Sir Wira…
Having governance that is fiscally sensible, accountable, efficient, and responsive to the unique needs of Waiheke is what all Waihekeans want. Well over a year ago, the Our Waiheke team asked our fellow Waihekeans whether they would support a separate Waiheke Council. Our survey showed 64.8% of respondents in favour, and over 1800 people signed…
Dear Our Waiheke supporters. We have been contacted by the Local Government Commission and been told to expect Commissioners to come to Waiheke to consult the community on our application to secede. they expect to start around the middle of September [but don’t be surprised if it later]. The Commissioners expect to hold public…
Below is John Meeuwsen’s open letter to the Local Government Commission The decision by Commissioners to treat the Our Waiheke’s application as an ‘alternative’ application for the affected area determined for the North Rodney reorganisation application process’ is potentiaĺly very disadvantageous to both North Rodney’s and Waiheke’s applications. It also begs legal questions which may…
18 March 2016 John Meeuwsen Tena koe, Thank you for your letter of 7 December 2015, submitting a reorganisation application on behalf of Our Waiheke seeking the establishment of a unitary authority for Waiheke Island and its immediate surrounds. Further to your phone conversation with Rewi Henderson, Lead Advisor, Reorganisation, on 10…
