Auckland Unlimited is still seeking directors of Marketing and Communications, Change and Transformation, and a Chief Digital Officer. Ford, Te Hira and Macrae have come from roles in the legacy organisations, whil Harris has returned from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The merger of the two previous council organisations ATEED and RFA was the main structural change to emerge from a six-month review of the effectiveness of the council’s agencies.
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Pam Ford has been named director of Investment and Industry at Auckland Unlimited. Auckland Unlimited’s chief executive is Nick Hill, who said the new appointees will start taking up their roles from July 24.
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Letters: Auckland growth, property investors, vaccination pace and light rail
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Is central Auckland already too densely populated? Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
Groan pains After being put up this week in an Auckland CBD accommodation unit, 14 floors up, looking out over similarly small units, with many even higher up, I can see why your editorial (NZ Herald, April 9) makes perfect sense.
Indeed, we have a rather sparsely populated nation, where an absolutely unexpected newcomer, called Covid-19, has forced many of us to reinvent ourselves; work from home part-time; all the time or even have a fully remote-controlled business model.
Source: Auckland Council
A report evaluating a governance pilot running on Waiheke over the last three years has been released this week by Auckland Council’s Research and Evaluation Unit (RIMU).
The pilot was set up in late 2017 after Auckland Council’s 2016 Governance Framework Review revealed that local boards did not feel sufficiently empowered to fulfil their role. Its purpose was to trial the impact of giving greater decision-making authority to Waiheke Local Board and to provide further support to the board.
The report looks at the results of the pilot using interviews with Waiheke Local Board members and staff from Auckland Council and Council-Controlled Organisations (CCOs) like Auckland Transport (AT), alongside surveys of the Waiheke community.