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Links regarding the Supercity debate

Papakura focus

• SavePapakura.com
• A community action group connecting residents, businesses and organisations to Save Papakura
• Papakura District Council: Supercity page (also check their homepage) | Media releases
• Whaitiaki
• Providing guardianship, leadership and care for the Papakura region; and Maori representation
• Papakura Courier
• Franklin-Papakura Life

Other community groups

• Our Auckland
• Franklin4democracy
• Northern Action Group (NAG)
• Petitioning for North Rodney to be excluded from the Supercity; petition due 11am 10th February 2010.
  
• Community Coalition 4 Auckland - Voice of Tamaki Makaurau (cc4a)
• An early leader in the current round of Supercity debate, both for the region as well as out west
• Grassroots Action Group (GAG)
• Stop the Super City
• OneWaiheke
• Waiheke does it better
• Iwi Have Influence (IHI)
• More (sorry - no time at the moment to find out)

Government

• Auckland Council: Making Auckland Greater
• The [central] government's official supercity website
• Auckland Transition Agency
• Unelected appointees restructuring the Auckland region
• Royal Commission on Auckland Governance
• Manukau City Council: Supersity pages, including information in various languages
• North Shore City Council: Supercity pages
• More (sorry - no time at the moment to list other Councils; commissions & departments)

Parliament

• Auckland Governance Legislation Committee

Political parties

• Green Party
• Local government
• Submission guide: Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill [aka Third Bill]
• Submission guide: Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill [aka Second Bill]
• Labour Party
• Red Alert (Labour Party blog)
• Red Alert blog posts tagged 'Auckland Super City' (although other articles will have different tags...)
• Labour Party news
• Submission guide: Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill [aka Third Bill]
• 'super city' keyword search on the Labour Party's main website
• Not Yours To Sell site on public ownership for Auckland's assets
• Maori Party
• National Party
• Auckland super city
• Judith Collins (MP for Papakura)
• ACT Party

Media

• Google News 'supercity' keyword search
• Scoop extended coverage
• stuff.co.nz 'Auckland Supercity' tagged articles
• stuff.co.nz 'super city' keyword search news headlines
• nzhearld.co.nz 'Super Auckland' news headlines
• Papakura Courier
• Franklin-Papakura Life 
• The Aucklander
• TV3 (Try 'super city' keyword search)
• 60 Minutes 02Dec2009
• TVNZ (Try 'super city' keyword search)
• Back-benchers Super City Special - Pub Debate (14Sep2009, 2009 Episode 33)
• RadioNZ 'super city' keyword search
• Maori Television (Try 'supercity' keyword search)

Other organisations

Education and research centres

• AUT University's Institute of Public Policy Local Government Centre
• Resources
• Past seminars
• The Auckland Super City - Third Auckland Bill (18Dec2009)
• The Auckland Super City - Third Auckland Bill (16Nov2009)
• The Super City Structure (06Oct2009)
• The Super City Select Committee - the process and the issues (19Jun2009)
• Newsletters: Local Matters (refer to the right hand side of the page for the list of Newsletters)
• Special edition newsletter: Local Matters (November 2009)
• Super sizing local boards
• Balancing roles, communities and constraints
• November 2009 Newsletter
• Making Links: Taking Action (promoting discussion on social development and economic development for the emerging Auckland Supercity, including case studies)
• Conference: Governance for Auckland - What the Royal Commission Report means for you (28Apr2009)