City Vision (political ticket)
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City Vision
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colors | Red and green |
| Auckland Council |
1 / 20
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| Auckland Local Board Members |
14 / 149
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| Auckland District Health Board |
3 / 7
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| Auckland City Licensing trusts |
1 / 35
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| Website | |
| cityvision.org.nz | |
City Vision is a centre-left coalition of two political parties, the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and community independents who contest Auckland Council (and previously Auckland City and Auckland Regional Council) elections every three years. They have usually caucused in affiliation with Labour Party councillors and progressive independents.
City Vision originated in 1998 with a view to contesting and challenging the Citizens and Ratepayers Association (C&R) which had dominated control of the Auckland City Council since the C&R's formation in the 1930s. City Vision have traditionally held representation in the centre-west and south of Auckland City.
City Vision candidates gained partial control of the Auckland City Council with the appointment of their first leader Bruce Hucker as Deputy Mayor of Auckland City in the 1998-2001 Christine Fletcher Mayoral administration, but received an electoral setback in 2001 with the election of a John Banks/C&R led council.
City Vision and Labour formed a working majority after the 2004 elections (winning nine seats) plus the election of Dick Hubbard to the Mayoralty, partnering with Action Hobson anti-motorway councillors to form a bloc of twelve out of twenty. This council term saw public discontent over rates rises and water-price rises, as well as public anger over accusations of wasteful spending like overseas travel. This term was also marked by infighting inside City Vision, with the deposition of leader Bruce Hucker and his replacement by Labour Councillor Richard Northey (a former Labour MP).
City Vision lost the 2007 elections to a John Banks/Citizens-and-Ratepayers team,finding themselves reduced to three councillors, in addition to two Labour councillors also re-elected.
Richard Northey continued as the leader of the City Vision and Labour bloc on Auckland City's council from the 2007 elections onwards.
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