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Conversations in Integration

Auckland: Alan Broadbent on Cities and International Collaboration

In September 2011, Alan Broadbent, Chair of the Maytree Foundation, met with a number of civic leaders in New Zealand to talk about various urban issues, including Len Brown, the Mayor of Auckland where they discussed transit funding (infrasructure) and Bob Parker, the Mayor of Christchurch, where they talked about the rebuilding of the city following the devastating earthquakes (including funding for transit and housing).

Cities in New Zealand are important drivers of the economy and the social and cultural engines of the country. New Zealand is probably even more urbanized than Canada (approximately 85% to Canada’s 80%). Most people live in the top ten cities in the country.

In addition, Alan spoke about Maytree’s relationship with New Zealand Tindall Foundation, ideas about immigrant integration that have traveled from Canada to New Zealand (TRIEC to ALLIES to OMEGA), developing stronger urban voices and the importance of learning and sharing from other cities and countries.

Listen (21:29):

Related links

• Maytree blog – for Alan Broadbent’s complete interview and more Maytree news
• Inspiring Communities – a New Zealand version of the Tamarack Institute’s Vibrant Communities project
• OMEGA – the TRIEC model travelled to New Zealand and was replicated locally as OMEGA
• Cities of Migration’s Good Ideas from New Zealand