Mike Lee (New Zealand politician)
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Michael Lee is a councillor on the Auckland Council
and the former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council
, both in Auckland
, New Zealand
. He chairs the transport committee of Auckland Council, and sits on the board of Auckland Transport.
in a by-election in 1992 and was elected chairman in 2004.
He has held the position of parks chairman (the Council operated a number of regional parks), and oversaw the acquisition of substantial further parkland by the Council during his time. He wrote his thesis on such matters as land titles on Hauraki Gulf islands.
He counts helping to stop the privatisation of Ports of Auckland
as one of his major early influences at the Council.
In his time before coming to chair the Council, he was at times called a 'maverick' for opposing the more conservative elements on the Council.
With the amalgamation of his Council into the Auckland Council
, he was elected in the Waitemata and Gulf ward as a councillor.
He has been very critical of the form of the new Council as created by the Fifth National Government
(though he supported the creation of the Council itself), and especially of the creation of large business-like council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to manage substantial parts of the Council-owned assets and services at arm's length from actual Council control.
Auckland Council
The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city" governed by a mayor, 20...
and the former chairman of the Auckland Regional Council
Auckland Regional Council
The Auckland Regional Council was the regional council of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989...
, both in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He chairs the transport committee of Auckland Council, and sits on the board of Auckland Transport.
Political life
He was first elected to the Auckland Regional CouncilAuckland Regional Council
The Auckland Regional Council was the regional council of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989...
in a by-election in 1992 and was elected chairman in 2004.
He has held the position of parks chairman (the Council operated a number of regional parks), and oversaw the acquisition of substantial further parkland by the Council during his time. He wrote his thesis on such matters as land titles on Hauraki Gulf islands.
He counts helping to stop the privatisation of Ports of Auckland
Ports of Auckland
Ports of Auckland Limited , the successor to the Auckland Harbour Board, is the company administering Auckland's commercial freight and cruise ship harbour facilities...
as one of his major early influences at the Council.
In his time before coming to chair the Council, he was at times called a 'maverick' for opposing the more conservative elements on the Council.
With the amalgamation of his Council into the Auckland Council
Auckland Council
The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city" governed by a mayor, 20...
, he was elected in the Waitemata and Gulf ward as a councillor.
He has been very critical of the form of the new Council as created by the Fifth National Government
Fifth National Government of New Zealand
The Fifth National Government of New Zealand is the current government of New Zealand. It is led by Prime Minister John Key.After the 2008 general election the National Party and its allies were able to form a government, taking over from Helen Clark's Fifth Labour Government. The National party...
(though he supported the creation of the Council itself), and especially of the creation of large business-like council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to manage substantial parts of the Council-owned assets and services at arm's length from actual Council control.
External links
- Mike Lee (webpage of the Auckland Regional CouncilAuckland Regional CouncilThe Auckland Regional Council was the regional council of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989...
)