30 Oct 2017

Auckland Council communications team under review

From Morning Report, 7:41 am on 30 October 2017

Auckland's mayor Phil Goff is already talking job cuts in his councils communications and engagement teams, even before an initial review is considered by the politicians. A review leaked ahead of it's formal release later this week, proposes cuts of five percent a year for three years to trim the $45 million annual spend. The review says there's the equivalent of 234 full-time staff in communications, marketing and engagement at the council and it's five agencies, and not enough co-ordination of efficiency. RNZ Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall has been looking through the review and joins us with the details.