What Are You Losing?
44
Community Gardens Lose Support
-$3M
Community Grants
+900%
Increase in Community Leases
~50%
Cut in Local Board Community Funding
Water Quality
Cuts to funding for Water Quality improvement.Reduced prevention of wastewater, sediment, pollutants in our beaches, harbours, and streams.
Funding of Homelessness Initiatives
Less support for homelessness programmes, including cuts to programmes which help people into homes.
The Zoo
More expensive ticketsLess council support for zoo operations
CAB
Full closure of CAB
ANZAC Day
Cuts to funding for ANZAC Day events.Smaller events, and in some neighbourhoods, cancelled.
Youth Support
Cuts to funding for youth centres.Less support for at-risk youth in the community.
Less places for young people to spend their free time.
Movies In Parks
All funding cut.
The Airport
Permanent sale of Airport shares.Aucklanders lose their say over the airport.
No future revenue from dividends.
Events
Cuts to entertainment funding, and venue funding.Less music, theater, art, or other forms of entertainment in the city.
Venue closure.
Childcare
Cutting the Kauri Kids Childcare programme.Hundreds of families suddenly without childcare.
Public Transport
Fare increase.Scrapping planned increase in bus frequency.
Economic Development
Cuts to economic development funding.Worse economic conditions in an already turbulent economy.
Art Gallery
More expensive tickets.Less events or exhibitions.
Community Gardens
Stopping support for 44 community gardens.
Towncentre Regeneration
Postponement or cancellation of various town centre regeneration projects.
$3 million of community grant funding including:
- Environment- Climate
- Community Development
- Arts and Culture
- Events
- Sport and Recreation
- Heritage
Greater than 900% increase to the cost of community leases (e.g. community gardens):
Sites with buildings from $1,000 to $10,000.Sites with no buildings from $250 to $2,500.
Fixed administration fee $1 to $1,300.
