Posts by John Gillon - Kaipatiki Local Board
2023 days ago

Proposed Animal Shelter Closure - Emergency Budget

John Gillon from

One of the "gotchas" in council's Emergency Budget is the proposal to close one of the three council-run animal shelters (Henderson, Manukau or Silverdale), plus close the animal shelter on Waiheke Island, to save $300,000. I can only imagine what this will mean for the animals usually taken to one of those shelters.
However, my understanding is that the animal shelters are all funded from dog registration fees, impound fees, adoption fees and infringement fees, which according to the Dog Control Act 1996 can only be spent on dog control activities. So the money saved by closing the shelters would need to either be reinvested into dog control, or given back to dog owners. I don't see how it could be used to help plug council's budget gap...
More info:
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Please have your say on the budget here:
akhaveyoursay.nz/emergency-budget

Consultation is open until 19 June.

Download PDFs of the consultation document and supporting information here: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz...

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6 days ago

Neighbourhood Challenge: Who Can Crack This One? ⛓️‍💥❔

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5 hours ago

Auckland Harbour Bridge summer works

NZ Transport Agency (NZTA)

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is carrying out essential maintenance on the Auckland Harbour Bridge this December and January. The southbound clip-on lanes will be closed (24/7) from 26 December to 5 January for road resurfacing. Night-time lane restrictions will be in place throughout the summer for recoating work on the bridge. Traffic will still be able to travel in both directions at all times. Find out more

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4 days ago

Poll: 🗑️ Would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.

We want to hear from you: would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?

Keen for the details? Read up about the scrapped collection trial here.

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🗑️ Would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
  • 82.7% Same!
    82.7% Complete
  • 17.3% Would have liked to try something different
    17.3% Complete
336 votes