Councils should pump the brakes on any hasty Three Waters decisions stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sinead Gill16:26, Jul 01 2021
DAVID UNWIN/STUFF
Manawatū District mayor Helen Worboys and deputy mayor Michael Ford address a probe into allegations of misconduct.
The actions of two elected officials who targeted a colleague’s state of mind when disputing her complaints have been slammed as “disgusting” by the Mental Health Foundation. Manawatū District mayor Helen Worboys and deputy Michael Ford claimed councillor Hilary Humphrey suffered from a mental illness when revealing she had made two complaints against them, one internal and the other a police incident report lodged in January. A council probe, which cost $23,000, did not find any breach of its code of conduct, and Worboys and Ford pointed to Humphrey’s mental health when criticising the basis for her claims of intimidation sabotaging behaviour.
Water fight - battle lines drawn on billion-dollar plan stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Press Release – LGNZ Community voice is critical to getting the Resource Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of the Natural and Built Environment …
Community voice is critical to getting the Resource Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ).
LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of the Natural and Built Environment Act that released today with a view to how it will improve upon the existing Resource Management Act (RMA) and not place a further burden on communities.
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 12:49 pm
Community voice is critical to getting the Resource
Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New
Zealand (LGNZ).
LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said
councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of
the Natural and Built Environment Act that released today
with a view to how it will improve upon the existing
Resource Management Act (RMA) and not place a further burden
on communities.
“The Government is rightly taking a
red pen to the RMA, with the first exposure draft released
today. But after years of system failure, we all know it’s
critical to get it right. This can only be achieved with