Articles tagged as Politics
One unitary council, one mayor, 20 councillors representing 13 wards, 149 local board members representing 21 local board areas. If we value and want community to remain strong and present in the new Supercity we need to exercise our right to vote on the basis of informed decisions.
MEET THE CANDIDATES STANDING AS COUNCILLORS FOR YOUR [...]
Auckland’s local government elections in 2010 signal the big pond we’re about to be thrown into. Supercity causes us concern because we fear this smallness, powerlessness, disintegration of community identity, and of what we perceive community to be, which includes nurturing the individual and meeting their need for a sense of belonging. However, as we’ve [...]
Academic and historian Professor John Davidson has been appointed to the board of the Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand, and Alastair Carruthers has been re-appointed as chair of the council, Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson announced today.
The Arts Council is responsible for overall policy development for Creative New Zealand, which [...]
Make sure you can vote in upcoming Auckland elections
Aucklanders are being urged to take the first step to getting ready for the Auckland Council and district health board elections by ensuring they are correctly enrolled to vote.
Almost 100,000 Aucklanders are not enrolled to vote in the upcoming local Auckland Council elections – making up four [...]
As more Super City mayoral candidates emerge, Auckland art practitioners and art lovers need to be considering what questions they want answered during the campaign race to election.
There will be a number of Mayoral Candidate Forums held over the next four months and it is imperative that probing questions on [...]
Phil Twyford’s Private Member’s Bill “Local Government (Protection of Auckland Assets) Amendment Bill” offers an anchor of security, especially for arts, social service, environmental and sports organisations serving their communities.
Below is the submission that the CPC is presenting for the Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill. Please read and use as reference.
Information and resources that will help you to craft a submission.
The implications of Rodney Hide’s statement regarding the role of Local Government are starting to hit home. Removing from Councils the obligation to deliver on anything but core services leaves the community, environmental and cultural sectors extremely vulnerable. Without the necessary support received from Councils the future is precarious for many community organisations, centres and [...]
DANZ is the national organisation for New Zealand Dance. www.danz.org.nz
While some may believe it wise to restrict local government spending on ‘community outcomes’ in times of recession, we believe it is precisely the social and community outcomes that will impact on wellbeing and help to maintain morale during the hard times ahead.
Dance within recreation has [...]