A Labour member introduces a bill to eliminate multiple voting by property owners in local elections, arguing it undermines fairness and equal participation in local democracy.
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Afternoon, seven after five. The mayor of Wellington has the central government in his crosshairs. He says he supports amalgamation, but councils haven't been given enough time to do it properly because they've got what, three months to come up with a plan. They're now down to ten weeks, maybe nine. He also described the removal of Iwi representatives' voting rights as another unnecessary provocation of Mori from Parliament. So Andrew Little, the mayor of Wellington joins you now. Hello, Alan. G'day, Andrew, how are you doing? Very good, mate. So what are the challenges that are taking time to figure out that three months ain't enough?
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structural change after decades of delay
Merging councils in ‘urgent and focused conversations’ to salvage local democracySocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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