Monthly Archives: April 2011

  I was blown away when I read Sunday’s article in the NZ Herald “World Cup games plot” http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10721204   Today when I read the Herald article “$500m Rugby World Cup Deficit” I was angry.   When Rugby in New … Continue reading →

Here are some comments I made on Debt & Rates at a Te Atatu Residents & Ratepayers meeting 3 years ago.     Address to TARRA 9/6/08  Gary Osborne   In 2000 debt for WCC was $64.4m which equated to … Continue reading →

Valérie Riley 154 A Upland Road Remuera Auckland    25 February 2011    To Whom It May Concern       We built our house with swimming pool in 2004 and received our pool permit until May 2009, whereupon the … Continue reading →

Six years ago I made the following comments about rates with regards to Waitakere City Council. Not a lot has changed with the advent of the Super City.     There was a time when rates were a charge for … Continue reading →

  The Meeting commenced at 6.30 pm. I did not get to speak in Public Forum until 8.30 pm.   ADDRESS TO Henderson Massey Local Board 7th April 2011   Madam Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen.   One thing we learn … Continue reading →

  On 1st November 2010 ACIL (Auckland Council Investments Limited) inherited Waitakere City Council’s shares in Auckland Film Studios Limited. (AFSL) On 2nd March 2011 the Board meeting of ACIL acknowledged the investment in AFSL had been written down from … Continue reading →