First it was selling off Auckland Airport shares - now Auckland's mayor has a new money-raising plan to lease out the city's port.
Wayne Brown says he will consult Aucklanders on what he's calling the Auckland Future Fund - a new regional wealth fund which would boost climate change resilience and help reduce any future rate rises.
One of the proposals would see the council-owned Ports of Auckland leased out to an operator or investor and the money reinvested in the new fund.
Auckland Deputy mayor Desley Simpson spoke to Charlotte Cook.