April 28, 2015
Auckland Maori budget due soon.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown says he is doing what he can to meet the Auckland Maori Statutory Board’s wish list for the city’s budget.
Mr Brown will unveil his thinking on the budget on Thursday and the council will debate it next year.
He says transport is obviously a big ticket item.
There is also pressure coming from Maori for the council to take a lead in economic development and jobs, to help iwi in their development of settlement assets, and to support initiatives aimed at improving education.
"The Independent Maori Statutory board have made it quite clear to us that they are looking for something like $190m of deliverable's over 10 years. We're working towards an outcome for Maori that will be satisfactory and will sit in beside outcomes for everyone in Tamaki Makaurau in terms of how we make this city go forward" says Mayor Len Brown.
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