Auckland Council Blows Almost $100k on Survey to Show Their Incompetency

16 AUGUST 2016

Auckland Council wasted $90,000 on the Citizens Insights Monitor which, ironically, revealed what everyone already knew: that almost half of Aucklanders do not trust the Council to make the right decisions, and only a tiny minority (15 percent) of Aucklanders are satisfied with the Council’s performance.

Jo Holmes, Spokesperson for the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance says:

“If the Council wanted to know how unpopular they are, they could have picked up a newspaper, not paid tens of thousands for another report. Instead of wasting money on canvassing whether residents mistrust them, the Council should be focused on providing good services to their local community.”

“It is no coincidence that the demographic who rated Council’s reputation poorly were those who voted in elections and who paid rates. Amongst the 15 percent who rated the Council highly were those who did not pay rates.”

“This Council has failed ratepayers. That is why the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance is calling on candidates to sign our Ratepayer Protection Pledge, and ensure sensible spending that provides good services.”

The figures were obtained by the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance and reveal that the $90,000 was mainly spent on project design, marketing and analytics. The Council's response is available for download at: http://www.ratepayers.nz/100k_on_survey

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