On election eve, Bernard Hickey and NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson talk through the prospects for the Auckland Council and whether Efeso Collins or Wayne Brown should be voted into the Mayoralty
I see the mayoral candidates as a parallel to the manager/leader debate. Efeso Collins wants to lead Auckland Council while Wayne Brown wants to manage Auckland Council. Given the structure of the council and the limited power of the mayor, leadership makes the most sense to me.
A great discussion between my two favourite journalists. I feel this discussion was too late to share with friends to persuade some to vote the way I would like. I wish the young voters would get involved in hearing these type of discussions and then VOTE. It is there future.
I’ve listened quite hard to both main candidates and the “taking out” and “jockeying” and set of dirty tricks in the lead up too. It is very hard for anyone to catch up worth work and planning not done over multi generations which is the reason why the election probably wont be democratically viable in terms of social license and numbers to give a mandate. There are very basic things to do like preserve and create more green spaces, the transport links and planning you both mention, power and water plus enough council owned quality rental accommodation and emergency responses. Other than this they should present the Governments problems to Government and not blur those boundaries. So a pretty narrow focus. Using volunteers and the unqualified for security instead of Police is a disasterous suggestion and although smooth I think Efeso Collins is far too socially conservative to run a metropolitan modern city without getting all dictatorial on it and using volunteers which is a horror suggestion for a massive business. Sticking to the knitting and putting responsibility back on Governnent for their areas is the best plan I’ve heard so far. Kiwis basically like straight talkers and straight shooters who are not totally PC or concerned and distracted about/by culture wars. It’s going to be a big job which hasn’t been helped by previous councils and Governments or the reporting. If Governments want immigration they need to be asked where the housing and services are going to come from because Aucklands copped the worst of that practise in my opinion with unplanned, unfettered, unregulated activities and growth causing a mess. So they should take a breather on that until up to it if they ever are in terms of infrastructure and services.
I see the mayoral candidates as a parallel to the manager/leader debate. Efeso Collins wants to lead Auckland Council while Wayne Brown wants to manage Auckland Council. Given the structure of the council and the limited power of the mayor, leadership makes the most sense to me.
Good luck for tomorrow Auckland - I really can't believe Wayne Brown could potentially be your mayor tomorrow night!
A great discussion between my two favourite journalists. I feel this discussion was too late to share with friends to persuade some to vote the way I would like. I wish the young voters would get involved in hearing these type of discussions and then VOTE. It is there future.
I’ve listened quite hard to both main candidates and the “taking out” and “jockeying” and set of dirty tricks in the lead up too. It is very hard for anyone to catch up worth work and planning not done over multi generations which is the reason why the election probably wont be democratically viable in terms of social license and numbers to give a mandate. There are very basic things to do like preserve and create more green spaces, the transport links and planning you both mention, power and water plus enough council owned quality rental accommodation and emergency responses. Other than this they should present the Governments problems to Government and not blur those boundaries. So a pretty narrow focus. Using volunteers and the unqualified for security instead of Police is a disasterous suggestion and although smooth I think Efeso Collins is far too socially conservative to run a metropolitan modern city without getting all dictatorial on it and using volunteers which is a horror suggestion for a massive business. Sticking to the knitting and putting responsibility back on Governnent for their areas is the best plan I’ve heard so far. Kiwis basically like straight talkers and straight shooters who are not totally PC or concerned and distracted about/by culture wars. It’s going to be a big job which hasn’t been helped by previous councils and Governments or the reporting. If Governments want immigration they need to be asked where the housing and services are going to come from because Aucklands copped the worst of that practise in my opinion with unplanned, unfettered, unregulated activities and growth causing a mess. So they should take a breather on that until up to it if they ever are in terms of infrastructure and services.