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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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Council reform runs aground on political rocks

If central government can't crunch down half-a-dozen councils, what chance have we of the serious crunching that central government needs?
 
Rodney Hide discusses his latest column on NBR Radio and on demand via MyNBR Radio.

Fri, 15 May 2015

I have grave concerns for the proposal to amalgamate the councils of greater Wellington. Not because it’s a bad idea. I think it is a good one. 

My concern is that central government is providing no leadership in the process. The restructure is being left to the councils themselves. But councils

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