After initially refusing to provide the information, Auckland Council has months later revealed the eyewatering amount
they spent on consultants and temporary staff in the 2022 financial year.
ConsultancyTemporary StaffAuckland Council$86.1m$8.0mEke Panuku$1.8m$2.9mTataki Auckland Unlimited$5.5m$1.8mTataki Auckland Unlimited Trust$6.8m$1.1mAuckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesperson Jordan Williams says:
“Auckland Council is already guilty of bureaucratic inflation of their permanent workforce, so to be spending so many
millions of additional ratepayer dollars on consultants and contractors is simply obscene.
“Now is the time for Wayne Brown to get out his red pen and start cutting out the unnecessary spending that is driving
rates increases and taking funding from projects that materially improve Auckland’s functioning.
“Be ruthless, Wayne. Cut the stupid spending so Aucklanders can see their rates going towards vital infrastructure
projects.”