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City Builders Association Limited · NZBN 9429053649225 · Rōpū Hanganga Tāone
City Builders Association Limited (NZBN 9429053649225) is an Auckland civic think tank. It publishes sourced, dated analysis of Auckland Council decisions, rates, housing capacity and official-information responses. All figures are drawn from primary public documents and carry a checked date.
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.
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.
Organisation
- Legal name
- City Builders Association Limited
- NZBN
- 9429053649225
- Directed by
- Mark Pervan (About)
- Registered office
- 204 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
- Operating address
- 330 Dominion Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024, New Zealand
- info@citybuildersassociation.org
- Phone
- 021 737 826
- Website
- thecitybuilder.com
- Māori name
- Rōpū Hanganga Tāone
Funding and independence
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.
Evidence rules
- Every figure has a named primary source and a checked date.
- A conclusion is marked “lodged” only when the page shows the date, the recipient and the reference.
- Public surveys on the site are opt-in forms, not lodged petitions.
- Corrections policy: material errors are corrected on the page with the date of correction and the original source noted.
What we publish
Short, sourced answer pages on rates, PC120, housing capacity vs delivery, LGOIMA timelines and local-board funding. Dated dispatches and articles that quote primary council documents. Tools: rates explainer, funding tree, vote recorder, transport tracker, LGOIMA clock.
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Assets
Logo pack
Use the logo to reference the association in print, broadcast and online. Download the file you need, or take the whole pack as a PDF with the usage rules and brand colours.
- Keep clear space around the logo of at least the width of the letter C.
- Primary logo on light surfaces (#F9F9F8 or white); reverse logo on dark surfaces (#111315).
- Do not recolour, stretch, rotate, outline or add effects to the logo.
- Do not place the logo over busy photograph detail. Use a flat panel or the reverse version on a dark image.
- Minimum size: 20 mm wide in print, 80 px wide on screen.
- Credit as "City Builders Association Limited" on first mention.
Media contact
For comment, data checks or interviews:
info@citybuildersassociation.org
Response target: same business day for fact checks.
Published by City Builders Association Limited (NZBN 9429053649225, company number 9426905). Director and author: Mark Pervan. Checked 23 October 2026.
Membership funds the research and does not buy editorial control or preferential treatment. A conclusion is marked lodged only when the page shows the date, the recipient, and the reference.