November 07, 2019
Mayor Goff keeps potential critics busy
Auckland mayor Phil Goff has taken a new approach to his councillors for his second term, sharing out tasks to new portfolio heads.
New councillor Angela Dalton has been put in charge of the Māori outcomes portfolio.
Mr Goff says given the high percentage of Māori in her ward, the former Papakura-Manurewa Local Board chair wants more focused oversight of what the council is delivering for Māori.
"It doesn't detract, it actually complements the Independent Māori Statutory Board because she would be a contact person working alongside the board and our team at Te Waka Anga Mua to make sure when we say we're going to invest $60 million over this long term plan in upgrading our maraes, that we're doing that well, that the money is being well spent, that we're delivering the results we want in the investment of that money and so on," he says.
Another South Auckland councillor, Efeso Collins, has been asked to liaise with the Pacific advisory panel as well as working on homelessness, and Alf Filipaina has been promoted to chair the new Community Committee.
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