The Auckland Council will today have a clearer picture of what is to come from Mayor Wayne Brown's budget proposal.
The super city is looking down the barrel of a $375 million deficit, including $50 million needed for storm recovery.
Wayne Brown wants to keep rate-rises to a minimum, with plans to sell the council's airport shares dividing the masses.
Auckland's Citizens Advice Bureau general manager Kate Anderson, and Heart of the City's chief executive, Viv Beck, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
