This week the Minister of Local Government, Simon Watts, announced that the Local Government Act would be amended to ensure only elected members hold voting rights at council meetings. He advises: “We’ve seen examples in the Far North, in Tauranga and in Hastings where individuals, such as iwi representatives and
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