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Bank closures: Mayors deliver plea for more bank branches to Beehive

South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen has delivered a petition to Parliament on behalf of 33 mayors urging banks to reinstate rural branches across New Zealand. South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen delivered the petition on behalf of 33 mayors Photo: LDR/ WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE Beijen presented the petition to high-ranking government officials on Tuesday after his own concerted campaign to bring major bank branches back to his rural district. Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson also signed the accord. Since then, a part-time BNZ branch in neighbouring Carterton and Kiwibank facilities at shops in Featherston, Martinborough, and Greytown have supplemented online financial services. A trial bank hub was opened in Martinborough late last year by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, one of six in rural areas across New Zealand.

Mayors nationwide call on PM for inquiry into bank closures

Mayors from the Far North to Southland are urging the government to set up a formal inquiry into the impact of New Zealand banks closing branches in provincial communities. More than 30 mayors from the Far North to Southland have signed a letter urging the Government to set up a formal inquiry into the impact of bank branch closures on provincial communities. Photo: LDR/ Alice Angeloni Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz said banks must consider more than just economics when it came to closing branches. It was a view backed by 32 other mayors who signed a letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calling for the government to intervene.

Local Focus: Gisborne Māori wards likely depend on just 5 per cent opposition

Local Focus: Gisborne Māori wards likely depend on just 5 per cent opposition 16 Dec, 2020 11:30 PM 2 minutes to read Māori call for law change and a fairer democracy. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Māori call for law change and a fairer democracy. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Nine districts have this year voted in favour of Māori wards, including Gisborne District Council. The decision was welcomed by tangata whenua. However, Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz said the decision will now go to a referendum. Now that we have voted to establish Māori wards in time for the 2022 and 2025 elections we will have to do a representation review, Stoltz said. That will tell us how our wards will look, how many councillors will be in the general ward and how many councillors will be in the Māori ward.

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