Friday, 18 December 2020, 12:34 pm
With Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta today ruling
out a Royal Commission on Local Government, Cr Gwynn
Compton, who made the call for a Royal Commission three
weeks ago, says the Government’s refusal demonstrates it
is living in denial about the scale of the issues facing the
local government sector.
“In just the three weeks
since I called for a Royal Commission on Local Government
we’ve already seen a commissioner installed in Tauranga,
external observers appointed in Invercargill, and Auckland,
New Plymouth, and Wellington City all facing major hikes to
their annual rates increases to deal with issues that have