Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants to explore the possibility of scrapping New Zealand’s regional councils as the Government reforms the Resource Management Act.
NZ First minister Shane Jones told a local government forum last week his party does not see a compelling case for maintaining regional government.
There is no compelling case for having two layers of local government in a small country like NZ.
Having local and regional councils leads to so much duplication and confusion. In Wellington the GWRC runs the buses and trains but the WCC does the bus stops and roads the buses run on. When you need consent, you often have to apply to both councils.
It would be a great day if the Government scraps regional councils, and all TLAs would become unitary councils.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
Having local and regional councils leads to so much duplication and confusion. In Wellington the GWRC runs the buses and trains but the WCC does the bus stops and roads the buses run on. When you need consent, you often have to apply to both councils.
It would be a great day if the Government scraps regional councils, and all TLAs would become unitary councils.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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Does TLA mean territorial local authority? If so, what is that? There is no point writing acronyms if it isn't clear what they mean?
Should all the local authorities merge into what is now the regional authorities? I live in Upper Hutt, and there isn't a single Green, Labour or Maori representative on the City Council. Maybe that is why the City does comparatively well in the region. The last thing we need is all the woke dysfunctional Wellington councilors and bureaucrats running the place wasting money with cycleways and multimillion dollars rainbow toilets.
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