Media Release

16 September 2011

Auckland RWC 2011 management strengthened

Changes in the management of RWC 2011 related activities in Auckland were confirmed yesterday as part of the review of issues raised on opening night.

The RWC 2011 Auckland Management Committee (AMC) will act collectively to provide coherent overall management across Auckland by providing leadership and enhanced decision making between and within participating agencies

The AMC comes about because of the need to expand management scope from Queens Wharf to key spaces across the Auckland Waterfront. It began its work on Saturday 10 September.

Those spaces include

• Queens Wharf
• Captain Cook Wharf
• Quay Street Queuing System
• Princes Wharf
• Quay Street and lower CBD precinct
• Viaduct Harbour
• Wynyard Quarter.

Areas outside of the inner city will also require coordination and the AMC will integrate planning for these areas including the fan zones in the south and west and on the Shore.

Coordination will be provided by:

• Providing leadership and oversight of management of RWC related activities across Auckland
• Overseeing visitor demand projections across the tournament and approving programming decisions that will support demand
• Making decisions relating to operations, site layouts and service overlays to support demand
• Endorsing communications plans that influences demand
• Monitoring resources and costs
• Reviewing actions and promptly improving decisions where necessary
• Ensuring all information brought to the AMC is fed back through respective agencies and agreed actions implemented.

The AMC is chaired by Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay. The parties represented include

• ATEED
• Auckland Transport
• Waterfront Auckland
• New Zealand Government
• RNZ 2011
• Police.

Other agencies will be invited to be involved as and when required and the committee will meet every two days to preview progress.

The Mayor welcomed the establishment of the Committee under the leadership of CEO Doug McKay.

It forms part of the measures announced at Wednesday’s Auckland Council Accountability and Performance Committee.

Len Brown said Doug McKay is the right person to step into this leadership role.

The new structure does not change the operational command and control structure already in place for MEOC (Major Events Operational Centre) and the respective OSOCs (On-site Operational Centres).

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