𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐏𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒: 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲

12 May 2025

This is a paywalled Herald article about the woes of Super City Auckland by Bruce Cotterill who is a professional director, speaker and adviser to business leaders. He is the author of the book, The Best Leaders Don’t Shout, and host of the podcast, Leaders Getting Coffee. 

But even though you mightn’t want to hear about Super City, I think his closing statement about the upcoming local body elections applies to anywhere including Taupo:

“𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸.”

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/why-the-so-called-supercity-hasnt-delivered-for-aucklanders-bruce-cotterill/HGV5TABHH5GS3GVYCIXCQWULY4/

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