09-05-2025
Why the so-called Super City hasn't delivered for Aucklanders
Auckland's traffic is worse and major projects take longer, run way over time and cost more than imagined. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Opinion by Bruce Cotterill
Bruce Cotterill is a professional director, speaker and adviser to business leaders. He is the author of the book, The Best Leaders Don't Shout, and host of the podcast, Leaders Getting Coffee.
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THREE KEY FACTS:
Do you remember the Super City? That gigantic failure of local government policy that saw Auckland's suburbs surrender their decision-making and their character to the bureaucrats downtown?
By the time our local body elections roll around later this year, it will be 15 years since our seven
