City Vision
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". City Vision is a centre-left coalition of two political parties, the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, and community independents who contest Auckland Council (and previously Auckland City and Auckland Regional Council) elections every three years. They have usually caucused in affiliation with Labour Party councillors and progressive independents.
Background
City Vision originated in 1998 as a centre-left electoral ticket representing the local Labour, Green parties, and other progressive candidates in the Auckland local council elections.[† 1] It was formed to challenge the centre-right Citizens and Ratepayers Association (C&R), which had dominated control of the Auckland City Council since the C&R's formation in the 1930s. City Vision have traditionally held representation in the centre-west and south of Auckland City.
Platform and positions
The group has campaigned for council to maintain ownership of strategic assets, including shares in Auckland Airport.[1]
Environmental protection, housing, and public transportation have been key issues for the group.[2]
History
1998 election
City Vision candidates gained partial control of the Auckland City Council with the appointment of their first leader Bruce Hucker as Deputy Mayor of Auckland City in the 1998–2001 Christine Fletcher Mayoral administration. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2001 election
The group received an electoral setback in 2001 with the election of a John Banks/C&R led council.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2004 election
City Vision and Labour formed a working majority after the 2004 elections (winning nine seats)[3] plus the election of Dick Hubbard to the mayoralty, partnering with Action Hobson anti-motorway councillors to form a bloc of twelve out of twenty.[4]
2004–2007 term
This council term saw public discontent over rates rises and water-price rises, and public anger over accusations of wasteful spending, such as on overseas travel.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This term was also marked by infighting inside City Vision, with the deposition of leader Bruce Hucker and his replacement by Labour Councillor Richard Northey, a former Labour MP.[5][6]
2007 election
City Vision lost the 2007 elections to a John Banks/Citizens-and-Ratepayers team, finding themselves reduced to three councillors, in addition to two Labour councillors also re-elected.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2007–2010 term
Richard Northey continued as the leader of the City Vision and Labour bloc on Auckland City's council from the 2007 elections until 2010.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2010 election
Template:Broader In the 2010 elections, the first for the new Auckland Council, Cathy Casey won a seat for City Vision. Winning candidates endorsed by City Vision were Mike Lee for council and Len Brown for mayor. Labour won another two council seats. City Vision won the majority on two local boards: Waitemata Local Board, which includes the central business district, and Albert-Eden Local Board. They also held two seats on the Puketapapa Local Board under the affiliation Roskill Community Voice.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2013 election
Template:Broader In the 2013 elections, Cathy Casey retained her council seat for City Vision. Winning candidates endorsed by City Vision were Mike Lee for council and Len Brown for mayor. City Vision and affiliates held the majority on three local boards: the majority was maintained on the Waitemata and Albert-Eden local boards while City Vision members gained a majority on the Puketāpapa local board under the affiliation Roskill Community Voice.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2013–2016 term
In 2016, City Vision called for a total review of local voting, including evaluation of online voting feasibility and a single polling day.[7]
2016 election
Template:Broader In the 2016 election, Cathy Casey and Mike Lee retained their council seats for City Vision. City Vision held the majority on the Waitemata, Albert-Eden and Puketāpapa Local Boards.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2019 election
In the 2019 Auckland local elections, Cathy Casey retained her Council seat. Newly endorsed City Vision candidate Pippa Coom won the Waitemāta seat. City Vision held the majority on the Waitemata and Puketāpapa Local Boards.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2022 election
Template:Broader During the 2022 Auckland local elections, City Vision candidate Julie Fairey was elected as a councillor for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward. In addition, seven City Vision candidates were elected to local boards and three candidates to the Portage Licensing Trust.[‡ 1]
2022–2025 term
Template:Broader City Vision members of the Waitematā Local Board backed Genevieve Sage, a member of Communities & Residents, to be the board's chair; C&R had won a majority on the board (4 to City Vision's 3). There was only six members present (one of City Vision's members was absent), leading to the vote becoming deadlocked 3-3, with a coin toss deciding the vote in Sage's favour.[8]
The council voted to leave Local Government New Zealand in March 2023; councillor Fairey voted against the withdrawal. Fairey pointed to the networking opportunities with other local government officials as beneficial.[9] In a tweet, she called the decision "short-sighted".[9]
Councillor Fairey opposed Mayor Brown's proposal to sell of Auckland Airport shares; an effort by the mayor to reduce the council's budget deficit. Council officers were investigating whether Fairey had a conflict of interest on the issue, as her husband (Michael Wood) had share's in the airport. Fairey said she was waiting on advice from the Office of the Auditor General, saying she would "follow accordingly regarding my participation in the coming Annual Budget vote."[10]
Fairey made a code of conduct complaint against fellow councillor Ken Turner following a heated moment at a council meeting. After seven hours of debate on whether to get rid of speedway from Western Springs, Fairey motioned for it to be closed. Turner allegedly began yelling, banging on the table, and turning his mic on and off. Turner acknowledge his outburst, saying it wasn't directed at anyone in particular. Fairey told the Star-Times that the issue between her and Turner had been resolved and that she wouldn't comment further. The councillors switched chairs to sit further apart; council staff were satisfied that this would prevent "further incident". The complaint was not upheld, with staff saying that they had concluded there had not been a breach, taking into account the "challenging" nature of heated discussions. Turner said the situation ended differently; he said that he had "had enough" and told investigators to either sue him or go away.[11]
2025 election
Template:Broader The group announced candidates in March; these included incumbent councillor Julie Fairey and local board member Jon Turner running for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward. Patrick Reynolds would be the group's candidate for Waitematā and Gulf Ward. The group's chair Bobby Shen said the group would focus on ensuring houses were built near public transport and that the city's waterways would be restored through protection of the environment.[2]
Criticism
Lists of representatives
2022–2025 term
City Vision elected members for the 2022–2025 term included:[‡ 1]
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Name | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Julie Fairey |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Local board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Subdivision | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden (split control) | Owairaka | Margi Wilson |
| Julia Maskill | ||
| Christinia Robertson | ||
| Liv Roe | ||
| Puketāpapa (in minority) | Bobby Shen | |
| Jon Turner | ||
| Waitematā (in minority) | Alexandra Bonham | |
| Anahera Rawiri | ||
| Richard Northey |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Licensing trust | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Portage (in minority) | Auckland City | Marcus Amosa |
| Margi Watson | ||
| Mark Beavis |
2019–2022 term
City Vision elected members for the 2019–2022 term included:[‡ 2]
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Name | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Cathy Casey | |
| Waitematā and Gulf | Pippa Coom | File:Pippa Coom 2016.jpg |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Local board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Subdivision | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden (split control) | Owairaka | Margi Wilson |
| Julia Maskill | ||
| Christinia Robertson | ||
| Graeme Easte | ||
| Puketāpapa (in majority) | Julie Fairey | |
| Jon Turner | ||
| Bobby Shen | ||
| Harry Doig | ||
| Waitematā (in majority) | Alexandra Bonham | |
| Adriana Christie | ||
| Richard Northey | ||
| Julie Sandilands | ||
| Kerrin Leoni | ||
| Graeme Gunthorp |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Licensing trust | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Portage (in minority) | Auckland City | Catherine Farmer |
| Margi Watson | ||
| Kurt Taogaga |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|District health board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|
| Auckland (in minority) | Jo Agnew |
| Peter Davis | |
| Michelle Atkinson |
2016–2019 term
City Vision elected members for the 2016–2019 term included:[‡ 3]
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Name | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Cathy Casey |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Local board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Subdivision | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden (in majority) | Owairaka | Margi Wilson |
| Jessica Rose | ||
| Glenda Fryer | ||
| Graeme Easte | ||
| Maungawhau | Peter Haynes | |
| Puketāpapa (in majority) | Julie Fairey | |
| Anne-Marie Coury | ||
| David Holm | ||
| Harry Doig | ||
| Shail Kaushal | ||
| Waitematā (in majority) | Pippa Coom | |
| Shale Chambers | ||
| Adriana Christie | ||
| Richard Northey | ||
| Vernon Tava |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Licensing trust | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Portage (in minority) | Auckland City | Catherine Farmer |
| Margi Watson |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|District health board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|
| Auckland (in minority) | Jo Agnew |
| Michelle Atkinson | |
| Robyn Northey |
2013–2016 term
City Vision elected members for the 2013–2016 term included:[‡ 4][‡ 5]
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Name | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour;color:white"|Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Cathy Casey |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Local board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Subdivision | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Albert-Eden (in majority) | Owairaka | Margi Wilson |
| Glenda Fryer | ||
| Graeme Easte | ||
| Helga Arlington | ||
| Maungawhau | Peter Haynes | |
| Puketāpapa (in majority) | Michael Wood | |
| Julie Fairey | ||
| David Holm | ||
| Harry Doig | ||
| Waitematā (in majority) | Pippa Coom | |
| Shale Chambers | ||
| Christopher Dempsey | ||
| Deborah Yates | ||
| Vernon Tava |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Licensing trust | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Ward | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour"|Name |
|---|---|---|
| Portage (in minority) | Auckland City | Catherine Farmer |
| style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour" |District health board | style="background:Template:New Zealand local body group colour" |Name |
|---|---|
| Auckland (in minority) | Jo Agnew |
| Robyn Northey |
Summary of election results
References
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