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The Government and Auckland Council are not in agreement over the scrapping of the Regional Fuel Tax. 

It will be gone at the end of June, providing what the Government says is a cost-of-living relief.  

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has come out swinging, saying the decision will leave a $1.2 billion shortfall in transport funding over the next four years. 

Ratepayers Alliance spokesperson Jordan Williams told Mike Hosking that last week, the mayor was saying Auckland Transport had lost the plot when it comes to value for money. 

He says this week it's a bit rich for Brown to complain we need to keep piling money into AT, which just has a long history of wasting it. 

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National's new Minister for Auckland, Simeon Brown, and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown met today for the first time since National took office.

The pair talked congestion charges, abandoning Auckland's light rail and ditching the regional fuel tax.

Simeon Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan that the meeting "went well", despite having previously clashed on issues like the Regional Fuel Tax.

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It’s believed that more thought needs to go into the Auckland Mayor's plans to sell the long-term lease of the Ports of Auckland. 

Wayne Brown is putting forward two options for the port in his proposed 10-year budget, which also includes a rates rise of 7.5%.  

He proposes either keeping the business and gradually releasing land for public use or selling the lease to raise up to $3 billion.  

Auckland Councillor Wayne Walker told Tim Dower that the port does bring in a good amount of income.  

He says they've been told it could be returning $2 million a week, which it's on track to do, as it's returning a million a week now. 

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It’s not just national government that should concern us. Local government should concern us too.

Auckland has spent an inordinate amount of time and money trying to become a world class city.

But still, Auckland's problems seem to grow. From a growing debt issue to expanding bureaucracy and rebellious councillors.

Who’s in charge? Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown opens up on Podcast 220.

We reference a new NZ authored book on Climate, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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Auckland's Mayor doesn't want to go halves on the bill for Auckland's City Rail link cost blowout.

The team's asked for an extra billion dollars, to be split evenly by Council and Government.

Wayne Brown says he want to get as much out of the Government as he can.

He told Heather du Plessis-Allan that he's not keen for the Council to pony up.

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The former CEO of Auckland economic growth agency ATEED says it would be unprecedented to fire directors of council-controlled organisations.

Auckland Transport's board chair resigned on Saturday night, and new mayor Wayne Brown has called for the chair of Eke Panuku Development Auckland to also stand down.

Employers and Manufacturers Association CEO, Brett O'Riley, says resigning on Saturday was a very early call.

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