Greens Attack Government’s Council Shake-Up
Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.

Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.

Aucklanders were told public transport was the future. Now many are staring at a half-finished rail project, endless congestion and another delayed promise.

Councils are already stretched thin. Now the Government wants sweeping reforms pushed through at speed, and the Greens say democracy is paying the price.

A $6-a-day migrant surcharge won’t fix New Zealand’s infrastructure crisis, but critics say it will make vulnerable workers pay for decades of political failure.
Heavier trucks. Broken roads. Same lobby winning. If you think this is about efficiency, you’re missing who’s really paying the bill.
New Zealand’s 40-year neoliberal experiment has hollowed out the State, inflated housing bubbles and left us dangerously exposed to climate and economic collapse.

New Zealand isn’t a tiny battler — it’s a vast, sparsely populated nation built on State infrastructure, not free market fantasy.

Flood plains. No transport. No sewage. No stormwater. Yet Sunfield was rammed through under fast-track powers. What does that look like to you?

They say they’re investing in protection. The numbers say otherwise. Flood funding is down while the storms keep coming.

We keep pretending each disaster is a one-off. It’s not. And if the AMOC collapses, “unprepared” won’t even begin to cover it.