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Auckland at 15: Shaping the next fifteen years

A conversation on the state of Auckland 15 years after the establishment of the Super City.
Partnered by AUT, Committee for Auckland, Deloitte, and the Helen Clark Foundation.

We invite you to participate in the conversation on this Pol.is interactive platform.

What is Pol.is?

Pol.is is an online tool that helps gather and make sense of differing perspectives and feedback from large groups of people on issues that affect them. Participants ‘vote’ on a series of statements (by indicating ‘agree’, ‘disagree’ or ‘pass’) and can add their own statements for others to vote on, furthering and enriching the conversation.

This approach combines qualitative and quantitative methodologies to identify areas of consensus and well as points of ongoing contention or disagreement.

What is this conversation about?

It has been 15 years since the Auckland Super City was established through the amalgamation of Auckland’s seven territorial local authorities and one regional authority. The creation of a city-region was designed to address the difficulties of coordinating and aligning leadership and strategic planning, and enhancing political accountability.

The changes created NZ’s largest metropolitan area with a governance structure responsible for region-wide planning and service provision. The goals were to provide:

  • Strong regional leadership (establishing a mayoral office) and a cohesive voice representing Auckland
  • Joined-up strategic development on region-level initiatives
  • Economies of scale in administrative efficiency and service delivery
  • Better connection with the Auckland public

This public conversation is about looking back at what has been achieved, and importantly – looking forward to what Aucklanders want to see for the future.

Join the conversation

The Pol.is forum works by enabling participants to propose ideas and consider those of others, with the ultimate goal of identifying areas of consensus to move the city and region forward.

Some initial statements have been provided to kick off the conversation. We encourage you to add your thoughts on questions such as:

  • What do you value most about Auckland?
  • What are you most concerned about?
  • What has worked and what hasn’t?
  • What will help Auckland thrive going forward, and create prosperity?
  • What are your calls for action? (who do you call on, to do what?)

Explore the conversation as it develops and check back every few days to review and vote on new ideas.

You will see a set of short statements to ‘vote’ on by clicking ‘agree’, ‘disagree’ or ‘pass’.

You can also enter your own statements for others to vote on. We encourage you to try to craft a vision for Auckland’s future that you think a majority of Aucklanders could get behind.

How to take part

  • Answer a statement by clicking Agree, Disagree or Pass/Unsure. The next statement will automatically appear.
  • If you can’t bring yourself to categorically agree or disagree with a statement, the challenge is to write and submit a ‘better’ one!
  • To add a statement, fill out the Share your perspective box and click submit.
  • Click on Opinion Groups or the Majority Opinion button to explore areas of agreement and difference.
  • Come back every few days to vote on new statements, review opinion as it is emerging and to add new statements for others to consider.
  • You don’t need to ‘vote’ on all the statements at one time – Pol.is will only present you with statements you haven’t considered.

Statements and moderations

  • Statements should be about a standalone idea that improves existing statements, or presents new perspectives, experiences, issues, or proposals.
  • Statements can be a maximum of 140 characters, so be concise. 
  • Statements should not include multiple ideas, but you can submit more than one.
  • Statements must be on topic, clear and should not name people, be offensive or be duplicates of other published statements. 
  • The moderation team will aim to accept or decline submitted statements within 72 hours.

Voters, votes and statements are anonymous

  • Neither participants nor the moderators can see who has submitted a statement or how any individual has voted.
  • The reports that Pol.is generates do not identify anyone.
  • Participants must register and sign in to take part in the Pol.is.
  • No participants will be identified in any analysis or reports.
  • View our full Privacy Statement here.

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