Tripartite Accord positive step for Auckland

Mak­ing the most of Auckland’s port and water­front is a step closer with form­al approv­al of a Tri­part­ite Accord between Auck­land Coun­cil, the Port of Auck­land Lim­ited and port work­ers rep­res­en­ted by the Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and.

The ground­break­ing accord got the green light at Thursday’s Gov­ern­ing Body meet­ing, cement­ing the rela­tion­ship between the three part­ners and set­ting a found­a­tion for good faith, co-oper­a­tion and long-term stra­tegic align­ment.

“The Accord will sup­port how the Make the Most of Auckland’s Port and Water­front (the Port Plan) is delivered and reflects our com­mit­ment to get bet­ter value and returns from our stra­tegic assets, and improve out­comes for Auck­landers, port work­ers and the port,” says May­or Wayne Brown.

“The plan was the res­ult of a col­lab­or­at­ive pro­cess I ini­ti­ated dur­ing the devel­op­ment of the Long-Term Plan 2024–2034 so get­ting the Accord in place to under­pin the plan, is an achieve­ment.”

Under the plan, Auckland’s port land, assets and oper­a­tions are retained under coun­cil own­er­ship, with the port con­trib­ut­ing $1.1 bil­lion in profits to Auck­land Coun­cil over the next 10 years.

“The Plan and Accord provide the port, uni­ons and coun­cil a clear dir­ec­tion, shared goals and an agreed way to work col­lab­or­at­ively togeth­er. This Accord acknow­ledges the needs of our own­er Auck­land city, our work­force and uni­ons, whilst main­tain­ing port oper­a­tion­al reli­ab­il­ity and secur­ity for our cus­tom­ers. We believe strong rela­tion­ships between all parties will lead to bet­ter out­comes for every­one,” says Port of Auck­land Gen­er­al Man­ager People and Leg­al, Phil Doak

Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and Loc­al 13 Auck­land Sec­ret­ary Grant Wil­li­ams con­grat­u­lates May­or Wayne Brown and Auck­land Coun­cil­lors for their vis­ion in reach­ing this Tri­part­ite Accord.

“This is the right decision going for­ward, ensur­ing the Port of Auck­land remains under loc­al con­trol con­trib­ut­ing to the city’s prosper­ity and work­ing for the bene­fit of our com­munity. We look for­ward to work­ing togeth­er to keep Auck­land mov­ing.”

Developed by a work­ing group of del­eg­ates from all three part­ners, the Accord includes agreed com­mit­ments around health and safety, trans­par­ency and col­lab­or­a­tion.

It also enables the estab­lish­ment of the Tri­part­ite For­um to sup­port con­ver­sa­tions, coordin­a­tion and joint over­sight. It will meet reg­u­larly, form­ing work­ing groups to address spe­cif­ic issues col­lect­ively.

The May­or will form­ally sign the Tri­part­ite Accord on behalf of Auck­land Coun­cil at the first tri­part­ite for­um.