由于对环境、社会影响和海滨长期工业化的担忧，奥克兰市长关于租赁港口运营并设立 3-40 亿澳元“奥克兰未来基金”的提议遭到反对。 Auckland Mayor's proposal to lease Port operations and create a $3-4bn "Auckland Future Fund" faces opposition due to concerns over environmental, social impacts and prolonged industrialization of waterfront.
奥克兰市长韦恩·布朗(Wayne Brown)提议租赁奥克兰港业务，并利用市议会剩余的机场股份创建3-40亿澳元的“奥克兰未来基金”，但这一提议遭到了知名商界领袖、政治家、艺术家和建筑师的反对，他们签署了一封公开信，敦促议员们拒绝该计划，认为该计划将使奥克兰海滨的工业化持续近四十年，并造成重大的环境和社会影响。 Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's proposal to lease Port of Auckland operations and use the council's remaining airport shares to create a $3-4bn "Auckland Future Fund" has faced opposition from prominent business leaders, politicians, artists, and architects who signed an open letter urging councillors to reject the plan, arguing it would continue the industrialisation of Auckland's waterfront for nearly four decades and pose significant environmental and social impacts.