There is a new councillor in Hastings who has refused to attend a council strategic planning meeting because it was held at a marae. This piqued my attention. I was interested to read if he had managed to come up with any reason more novel than the usual trite bovine manure these people have traditionally […]
“Mayors and district councils would take over the duties of regional councils, in a coalition proposal pitched as the biggest shake-up of local government in three decades.” So reports RNZ on Tuesday 25 November 2025 and aint that the truth!!! T’will be a shake-up alright, but will it achieve any of the good things it
I started writing this piece just after nominations for the 2025 Local Government elections had closed and we were all looking forward to the shenanigans of hard-fought electoral campaigns across the motu – except where we weren’t. In Taranaki alone, more than one by-election is flagged because there were not enough nominations to fill the
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