Our 2011 election manifesto - Labour Party

Auckland must shift from being an importer and consumer to being a centre for production.
We need to capitalise on the city‟s concentration of skilled workers, knowledge and research
to provide a home for Kiwi firms taking our best ideas and selling them to the world in the
form of goods, services and technology.
Labour will facilitate and support an Auckland Inc approach to growing and nurturing
high value clean-tech NZ export firms. We will also make sure that government and
the Council support local SME and community economic development.
Building a strong community
Auckland is divided by extremes of poverty and wealth and this inequality is bad for the city.
Poverty is concentrated in the very communities who are becoming a bigger and more
important share of the city‟s population - Māori, Pacific and other new migrant communities.
Inequality leads to crime, violence and all manner of social problems. It also means that the
talents and resources of our whole community are being wasted.
Labour will work with Auckland Council to tackle poverty and inequality in Auckland,
and build strong communities.
A range of steps will be taken, including the following:
● Aligning central government social development spending with Auckland Council via
the Common Accountability Platform, with focus on building opportunity for
disadvantaged communities
● Tackling the housing crisis
● Investing in quality public transport & urban renewal
● Generating high quality jobs
Auckland urban development
Unplanned suburban growth has led to vast sprawling suburbs often far from jobs and with
poor services including public transport. Poor physical environment makes for unhappy
people, e.g. unhealthy homes make children sick.
The waterfronts and CBD are important parts of the city that have been neglected, much of
our heritage has been lost and low quality buildings put up in their place.
Aucklanders want and deserve a better built environment: healthy durable housing, a
vibrant people-friendly CBD, and waterfronts opened up to the public.
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