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[Video: Upbeat music plays behind the narrator’s voice while the words ‘Why do we have a council?’ appear in the middle of the screen.]
Narrator: "Why do we have a council?"
[Video: A large circle appears in the middle of the screen with four circles surrounding it. The middle circle shows an animated landscape of the Auckland skyline, including the Port of Auckland, Auckland Museum, Maungakiekie, Sky Tower and two high-rise buildings. The surrounding circles show an animation of a man standing in the foreground with Maungakiekie and Auckland Museum in the background, an animation of a woman with a moko kauae, wearing a pounamu and standing in front of residential housing, an animation of a man standing in front of retail shops and a man standing in front of the Sky Tower.]
Narrator: "Auckland Council is made up of people of different backgrounds, who work together to make decisions to maintain and develop our growing city."
[Video: A circle appears in the middle of the screen showing an animated image of a woman wearing a pounamu, a woman with pink hair and a man with a beard, all with their arms raised together. The words ‘Enjoyed by all’ appear below the image.]
Narrator: "We want Auckland to be enjoyed by all and future-proofed."
[Video: The animation of the three people becomes smaller on the screen and three more circles appear in a diamond shape. An orange circle contains an animation of four hands with different skin tones, a green circle contains an animation of two leaves and the third circle contains an animation of a house being held up by a hand.]
Narrator: "A place where everyone is valued, our environment is looked after and our communities are supported."
[Video: An animated image of a pyramid of six people appears, depicting the mayor, ward councillors and local board members, next to an image of many people, representing the community. An image of a set of balanced weighing scales appears on the left-hand side of the screen and an image of three hands of different skin tones appears on the right-hand side of the screen.]
Narrator: "The council works together with the community to improve Auckland through bylaws and policies and makes decisions in response to the needs of Aucklanders."
[Video: The animated image of a pyramid of six people depicting the mayor, ward councillors and local board members shrinks and moves to the centre of the screen. Around this image seven circles appear, one after the other. The first shows an animation of a rubbish truck, the second shows an animation of a paper document with a picture of a house and a pen, the third shows an animation of a child splashing in a swimming pool, the fourth shows an animation of a bird on a tree branch, the fifth shows an animation of a community building, the sixth shows an animation of a residential waste bin and the final image shows an animation of a hand holding a glass of water.]
Narrator: "It also manages hundreds of our services and facilities such as emergency management, planning and consents, pools, beaches and parks, public spaces, waste and water quality."
[Video: The seven circles disappear from the screen leaving the animated image of a pyramid of six people depicting the mayor, ward councillors and local board members, with the words ‘Manage and protect’ beneath it. The words disappear from the screen and five more circles appear showing an animation of the Auckland City landscape, an animation of residential townhouses, an animation of a large tree with a bird on a branch, an animation of a rural landscape showing hills with a flowing stream and an animation of a beach with the sun shining.]
Narrator: "Auckland Council’s role is to manage and protect our entire region. The city, its suburbs, rural areas, streams and coasts."
[Video: While the narrator speaks, an animated image of the Beehive in central Wellington appears at the top of the screen. Below this an animation showing three raised hands with all different skin tones appears, next to an animation of balanced scales.]
Narrator: "The role of central government in Wellington is to make decisions and create laws for all of Aotearoa."
[Video: The words ‘Altogether Auckland Tāmaki Tūrua’ appear in the middle of the screen below the Auckland Council logo. The URL for the Vote Auckland page is shown as voteauckland.co.nz, while upbeat music continues to play behind the narrator’s voice.]
Narrator: "Find out more about how you can take part in the local elections at voteauckland.co.nz."
[Video ends]
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