Welcome

Together is the information website of 11 organisations who promoted a Private Bill into Parliament to secure regional funding for their services.

These groups and organisations contribute to the well-being of the Auckland region. They provide benefits to both residents and visitors to the region by offering important public services such as surf lifesaving and helicopter rescue. They also provide arts and cultural facilities like museums, zoos, theatres and orchestras.

These groups and organisations play an important role in making Auckland a vibrant, world-class region.

• Progression through Parliament
• Moving into the future
• Important statistics

Progression through Parliament

The Bill passed its first reading in Parliament on 19 September 2007 and was unanimously referred to the select committee stage.

Over 500 submissions were received by the select committee, which held hearings in Auckland on 21 February 2008 and Wellington in April 2008.

The select committee reported back to Parliament on 6 August 2008, recommending that the Bill be passed with a small number of amendments (which are mostly of a technical nature).

The Bill was successfully passed into law on 27 August 2008, with 113 votes for and 7 against.

Read the Local Government and Environment Select Committee report (727k PDF)

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Moving into the future

As the Auckland region grows, these groups and organisations need secure, sustainable funding so they can continue providing the quality services the region needs.

To achieve their goal of sustainable funding, the groups and organisations joined to promote and establish legislation that will ensure this can happen as the region grows.

A Bill was drafted with the key focus being about everyone in the region getting behind these groups to help them provide world-class facilities for the future.

Important statistics