Inexperience and infrastructure costs blamed for local government dysfunction
4 Mar, 2021 11:55 PM
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Tauranga City Council mayor Tenby Powell in November last year. Photo / George Novak
Rotorua Daily Post
By: Natalie Akoorie
A long-time councillor says inexperience, personality clashes and infrastructure costs are at the root of ongoing council infighting around the country, while a local government academic believes New Zealand's sector is unfit for purpose.
It comes as Stuff reports Cabinet slashed a billion-dollar bail-out fund for water infrastructure by $239 million and as Wellington City Council backtracks on a proposal to sell-off part of the city's central library and cut its book budget by 40 percent.