The Taxpayers’ Union is demanding a binding referendum on any council amalgamation in Wellington, arguing that local voice and ratepayer consent are essential, and citing Auckland’s Super City as evidence that larger councils don’t guarantee better services.
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a citizen-led call for local consent in restructuring
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If ‘local voice’ matters on amalgamation, let ratepayers voteLobby groups, unions, think tanks and industry bodies whose own releases or whose people’s media appearances touched this topic over the last 12 months. Owned = their own press releases; earned = their people quoted across radio, press & commentary. A card carried in both — with the release coming first — is the agenda-setting signal. Co-occurrence isn’t proof a group drove the coverage.
a citizen-led call for local consent in restructuring
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