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The World’s Most Liveable City

The World’s Most Liveable City. “ D espite the technological breakthroughs that have caused the death of distance, it turns out that the world isn’t flat, it’s paved. The city has triumphed” Glaeser , 2010. Liveable for who? Largest New Zealand regions. Source: Statistics New Zealand.

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The World’s Most Liveable City

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  1. The World’s Most Liveable City

  2. “Despite the technological breakthroughs that have caused the death of distance, it turns out that the world isn’t flat, it’s paved. The city has triumphed” Glaeser, 2010

  3. Liveable for who? Largest New Zealand regions Source: Statistics New Zealand

  4. An additional person every … Source: Statistics New Zealand, Auckland Council calculations

  5. The lure of Auckland . . . Source: Statistics New Zealand

  6. Mercer Liveability Survey

  7. Regional GDP per capita in Asia-Pacific region North Island = 56th South Island = 64th Source: OECD Regions at a Glance 2011

  8. The GFC and GDP per capitaAuckland real GDP per capita Year to Sep. 2012: Auckland GDP per capita = $50,200 $7,100 gap Source: Statistics NZ, Infometrics

  9. Our economic targets: A 6% PLUS INCREASE IN REGIONAL EXPORTS A 5% PLUS INCREASE IN REAL GDP - A 5% PLUS INCREASE IN REAL GDP A 2% PLUS INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

  10. Unemployment rate Auckland & New Zealand Year to Dec. 2012: Auckland 7.7% RoNZ 6.5% NZ Treasury forecasts: 2013 5.8% 2014 5.3% 2015 5.0% 4.7% Source: Statistics New Zealand

  11. Unemployment by qualification Auckland, annual average Source: Statistics New Zealand

  12. Public services and transport criteria

  13. International competitiveness The 2010/11 Global Competitiveness Report highlighted inadequate infrastructure as the biggest problem facing businesses in New Zealand

  14. Aotea Station Under Albert St between Victoria & Wellesley streets 18 metres underground Entries on Wellesley & Victoria streets City Rail Link Stations & Parnell Parnell Station Near Mainline Steam Opens Sept. 2012 Access to Parnell & University Newton Station Under Symonds St between Newton Rd & Mt Eden Rd 43 metres underground Entries on Mt Eden Rd & Symonds St K Road Station Under Pitt St between Beresford Square & K Rd 35 metres underground Entry on Beresford Square

  15. City Rail Link Transport Benefits

  16. How short sighted are we?United Kingdom vs New Zealand approach • Long lived projects dramatically more viable

  17. Congestion

  18. Auckland Productivity PremiumThe geography of economic activity matters Source: MOTU

  19. “A material measure of wellbeing such as GDP … is an insufficient index for measuring aggregate wellbeing” Grimes, 2012

  20. “The top 1 percent gained 93 percent of the additional income created in the country in 2010” Joseph Stiglitz, 2012

  21. Wealth/Jobs • Transport • Environment • Inequality • Sustainable future

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