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15-20 years to repay costs of Wellington merger
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:08 pm | Local Democracy Coalition
Analysis of the Local Government Commission’s plan to amalgamate the Wellington region into a single council shows it could take up to 20 years to pay back the costs of the merger, and if the costs blow out as they have in Auckland, they will never ... More >>
Fears New Zealand being “supersized”
Monday, 8 December 2014, 8:54 am | Local Democracy Coalition
LDC spokesperson Steve Chadwick says the release of an amalgamation proposal for the Wellington region signals the Local Government Commission’s determination to amalgamate councils across the country. More >>
Amalgamation costs more than promised: study
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 10:12 am | Local Democracy Coalition
On the eve of a Local Government Commission proposal to amalgamate the Wellington region, a study shows that the cost of amalgamation is always many times the projections, and often outweighs the expected savings. More >>
