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We share the WRS team’s concern about the lagging performance of the regional economy. Both directly and through the Local Government Forum we have drawn attention to this problem in submissions to the Wellington City Council and the Wellington Regional Council over many years. Read more
Submission on Auckland Regional Council's draft long term community plan 2006 - 2016 presented by Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) in conjunction with New Zealand Business Roundtable. Read more
We welcome the focus on this issue. The quality of life in Auckland, not to mention New Zealand's prosperity, depends on an efficient transport system. Read more
The Forum has long argued that the main contribution the Council can make to the advancement of the overall welfare of the citizens of Wellington City is to minimise the rates and regulatory burdens that it imposes. It could achieve this by focusing on funding genuine local public goods and services, facilitating the efficient provision of necessary infrastructure and exiting from non-core activities. Read more
This paper was prepared by Capital Economics Ltd for the Local Government Forum. Read more
The Forum considers that local authorities should restrict themselves to their core business of providing local public goods and performing its regulatory activities in an efficient manner. Read more
Our submission focuses on the Council's proposed spending and revenue, and its rating policy, particularly the issue of the business differential. Read more
This proposed legislation is an ad hoc and backward step for water management, promoting a central planning approach that is out of line with international best practice. Read more
The Auckland City Council (the Council) is to be commended for the steps that it has taken to concentrate on its core activities, reduce the rate of growth in spending and rates, and lower net debt. The thrust of the Council's policies over the last couple of years has been consistent with those advocated by the Forum in past submissions to the Council. Read more
In past submissions we have called on the Wellington City Council (the Council) to focus on its core business of providing local public goods and undertaking regulatory functions conferred on it by central government. We have urged it to exit from commercial activities and review its provision of and/or funding of club goods such as the libraries, the zoo and swimming pools. Read more