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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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Supercity omnishambles signals need for structural change

Plethora of governance problems include abuse of power, lack of contestable advice and powerless local boards, says rates campaigner. With special feature audio.

Nick Grant
Fri, 26 Feb 2016

According to rates campaigner and former North Shore councillor David Thornton, the events leading up to Auckland Council’s decision to kick to the curb out-of-scope changes to the unitary plan illustrate everything that’s dysfunctional about not-so-super Auckland City.

Mr Thornton, who served on

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Nick Grant
Fri, 26 Feb 2016
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