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About City Builders Association Limited

City Builders Association Limited is an Auckland civic think tank. It turns council records, votes and official-information responses into sourced, dated evidence on rates, housing, transport and council governance in Tāmaki Makaurau. It is a New Zealand limited company, founded and directed by Mark Pervan, and funded solely by membership.

City Builders Association Limited is an Auckland civic think tank. It is not related to any game, software, or city-building product that uses a similar name.

Who runs City Builders Association?

Mark Pervan is the founder and sole director of City Builders Association Limited. He writes and edits the Association's questions, answer pages and Council Watch dispatches, and his name is on each one.

Mark Pervan is the founder and director of City Builders Association Limited, an Auckland civic think tank funded solely by membership. He has run manufacturing plants, with global sourcing and supply chain management in the same role, and has been project manager on multiple commercial and residential building projects. He was also responsible for product design and development across multiple mediums, and served as sales and marketing manager. He is a company director and business owner, including as a director of Idea Foundry. He served three years as an elected member of the Puketāpapa Local Board (2022–2025) and was a council candidate for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward of Auckland Council.

Disclosure. Because Mark was a Puketāpapa Local Board member and an Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward candidate, any page about that local board or ward carries a one-line disclosure of those past roles.

What is the legal entity?

City Builders Association Limited is a New Zealand limited company. It is not a trust or an incorporated society.

  • Company number: 9426905
  • NZBN: 9429053649225
  • Incorporated: 6 May 2026
  • Registered office: 204 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland 1023
  • Public record: NZ Companies Office

How is City Builders Association funded?

Membership is the Association's only source of funding. Membership costs $50, $75 or $100 a year, depending on the membership type (see Support). There are no grants, donors or other income. Membership pays for research and publication. It does not buy editorial control, a vote, a board seat, preferential treatment or a guarantee that a view will be adopted.

Members can submit evidence like anyone else, under the same rules. Their evidence is accepted or rejected on its source, not on who sent it. All questions, answers and dispatches are free to read.

How does City Builders check its evidence?

Is City Builders Association politically neutral?

Yes. City Builders Association is politically neutral. It is not affiliated with any political party, ticket or candidate, and it does not campaign in elections. Its pages separate sourced fact from labelled opinion. Opinion pieces carry the author's name and are marked as opinion, so a reader can tell what is evidence and what is argument.

How do I contact the Association?

  • Email: info@citybuildersassociation.org (general) · founder@citybuildersassociation.org (Mark Pervan)
  • Phone: 021 737 826
  • Contact address: 330 Dominion Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024
  • Registered office: 204 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland 1023

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