The New Zealand government is accelerating plans to reform regional councils, including potential abolition of elected bodies and replacement with mayor panels, sparking debate over efficiency, representation, and democratic accountability.
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They lost both of those elections, albeit narrowly. They won the election in 2022, and again in 2025 by a very big majority, promising that they wouldn't do these things, and now they've done them.
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public backlash over policy reversal
Saul Eslake: Australian independent economist on the claims that the Budget is turning NZ into an Australian tax havenSocial-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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