Mahurangi Matters_Issue 437_ 29 August 2022

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Supercity efficiencies never to be proven

Man of steel “By the time you get to the 50th floor you’re ready to throw yourself out of the window!” That was the take on the gruelling Sky Tower Challenge by Warkworth’s new Fire Fighter of Steel champion Simon Manawaiti (pictured). Manawaiti was a member of the Warkworth Volunteer Fire Brigade team that competed in the annual challenge on August 20. Each year around 1000 firefighters from all over the country don their gear and head up the iconic 328-metre tall Auckland landmark to raise money for charity. This year, the event raised $1.3 million for people living with blood cancer. continued on page 2

Mahurangi ratepayers are unlikely to ever know if the pain of joining the Auckland supercity was worth it. The government has confirmed that a promised postimplementation review of Auckland’s amalgamation, to understand the impacts and outcomes of the reforms over the short, medium and longer-term, will never be done. The Department of Internal Affairs told Mahurangi Matters that it undertook some preliminary work on the establishment phase of this work. “However, the second Canterbury earthquake in February 2011, and the subsequent need to support the government and the impacted councils, meant that resources were redirected from the Auckland evaluation work,” a spokesperson said. “No report on the evaluation was completed. “With the scale of other work in the local government sector currently underway, there are no plans at this stage to undertake a specific review into Auckland governance.” Northern Action Group (NAG) chair Bill Foster says he is not surprised that the government has no appetite for a review that might not produce the results it wants. He was also disappointed the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance recommendation that an independent auditor be appointed to see if Auckland was fit for purpose, as highlighted by Cr Greg Sayers earlier this year, had never been taken up. “The current discussion around co-governance and democracy can be likened to what Rodney faced with the amalgamation. It got railroaded by the government.” The news that there will be no scrutiny of what amalgamation has delivered comes on the back of a report released last month by the Infrastructure Commission that found there is little evidence of cost efficiencies from larger local governments. continued on page 2

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