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6 | MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS ourauckland.nz MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS | 7 Cathy Casey [email protected] Top priorities: To create a city where every citizen feels included, has access to an affordable house to live in, can cycle safely and travel on reliable and affordable public transport. Christine Fletcher [email protected] Top priorities: Accessible and affordable Auckland. Reprioritisation of council expenditure delivering functional infrastructure without rates increases. Protection of regional parks. Adequate provision of sports and recreation facilities. ALBERT-EDEN-ROSKILL WARD MANUKAU WARD Alf Filipaina [email protected] Top priorities: My priorities are public transport, advocating for affordable housing, employment opportunities and opportunities for employment for our youth through Youth Connections, supporting The Southern Initiative. MANUREWA-PAPAKURA WARD Daniel Newman [email protected] Top priorities: Maximise the value of every rate dollar spent. Improve council services and facilities. Champion co-governance with local boards. Support education and employment pathways for young people. FRANKLIN WARD Bill Cashmore (deputy mayor) [email protected] Top priorities: Delivering infrastructure to support growth; working better with government, local boards, and communities; implementing transformative plans, particularly the unitary plan and Stage 2 of ATAP. HOWICK WARD Dick Quax [email protected] Top priorities: Rates, including a fairer Uniform Annual General Charge; and addressing unaffordable housing in Auckland. HOWICK WARD Sharon Stewart [email protected] Top priorities: Keeping rates affordable, honesty, integrity, core business, infrastructure, clean and safe community, listening to and representing the community. Protecting the historical view from Stockade Hill. MANUKAU WARD Fa'anana Efeso Collins [email protected] Top priorities: My priorities this term will be housing, homelessness, public transport and increasing diverse participation. ALBANY WARD John Watson (left) / [email protected] Wayne Walker (right) / [email protected] Top priorities: Advance important transport improvements (Northern Motorway, Penlink, busway, park and ride and ferry services, rail to the Shore); restrict rate increases; improve sports fields and reserves; protect environment and heritage; enhance community facilities and general council responsiveness to all our communities at the local level. MANUREWA-PAPAKURA WARD Sir John Walker [email protected] Top priorities: Helping youth get into sport and giving them something to aim for, improving public transport, my role as ambassador for Auckland. MAUNGAKIEKIE-TĀMAKI WARD Denise Lee [email protected] Top priorities: Auckland is growing and developing like gang-busters and my priority will be to help translate this growth into a high-wage economy with a low rates burden. NORTH SHORE WARD Chris Darby [email protected] Top priorities: I want to see public transport transformed, including building the Skypath and progressing rail to the Shore. Housing needs to be tackled and rates increases need to be capped at 2.5 per cent. Richard Hills [email protected] Top priorities: Thank you, North Shore, for electing me to council. My priorities are public transport, Shore rail, cycling, addressing the housing crisis and youth engagement. ŌRĀKEI WARD Desley Simpson [email protected] Top priorities: Be financially prudent, support local projects, progress transport initiatives, improve housing supply, deliver infrastructure that can cope with growth and involve constituents in decision-making. RODNEY WARD Greg Sayers [email protected] Top priorities: Ensure the council is efficient and transparent with ratepayer money while focusing on core services, have rates spent locally, focus on improved roading infrastructure throughout Auckland. WAITĀKERE WARD Linda Cooper [email protected] Top priorities: My focus this term will be on cost-effective, reliable transport options across the region and local investment in Henderson and Glen Eden redevelopment. Penny Hulse [email protected] Top priorities: Putting people back at the heart of our decision-making, partnering with communities to clean up our environment, growing our economy sustainably. WAITEMATĀ AND GULF WARD Mike Lee [email protected] Top priorities: Trains to Auckland Airport, waterfront trams to Britomart, build the harbour bridge SkyPath, deal with harbour pollution, keep public control over Hauraki Gulf. More democracy – not less. WHAU WARD Ross Clow [email protected] Top priorities: Public transport with a focus on cycleways, and enhancing the value and return of our strategic assets; focus on affordable housing choices and modern public transport options. Get to know your councillors Auckland Council’s governing body consists of the mayor and the 20 councillors who each represent a ward area. Here’s a list of the councillors, how to get in touch with them and their top priorities.
