Coromandel Green Candidate Warns Against Rushed Local Government Reforms

Coromandel Green Candidate Warns Against Rushed Local Government Reforms

She says many councils are already under enormous pressure, and now is not the time for rushed restructuring proposals developed without strong community mandate.

Talk of council reform smacks of being a stunt

Reading Time: 2 minutes I doubt if anyone expected the government’s recent statement on local government reform. It came out of the blue. My position is to welcome any reform of local government, which is unsustainable in its current form.  Federated Farmers welcomed the announcement and urged the councils to “get cracking”. I rate Feds local government spokesperson Sandra Faulkner highly. She came out supporting the government moves saying “the…

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Green Party Coromandel candidate Pamela Grealey says proposed local government changes risk weakening local representation and forcing very different communities...