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'Mutual respect': Wayne Brown chats government partnership to bolster city

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 10 Apr 2026, 5:49pm
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Photo / NZ Herald
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Photo / NZ Herald

'Mutual respect': Wayne Brown chats government partnership to bolster city

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 10 Apr 2026, 5:49pm

A deal signed by Christopher Luxon and Wayne Brown was announced today to work together to bolster Auckland. 

The partnership aims to boost economic growth and improve living standards across New Zealand.

Some of the key commitments of the Auckland City Deal include; investing in Eden Park and the Auckland Tennis Centre to support international events, jointly developing a destination and major events strategy, establishing a c30-year transport strategy, and working together on the additional Waitematā Harbour crossing project and more efficient transport network management.

Wayne Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan, "there'll be an end to sort of unexpected bits of legislation which don't work that we haven't been told about, or it'll be an end to unfunded mandates that we haven't been told about."

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