Is bigger really better? Thinktank says merging councils may not be the solution
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A thinktank suggests we need to move away from a 'bigger is better' mindset when reforming local government.
A New Zealand Initiative report says the Government's plan for creating fewer larger councils through mergers is the wrong fix.
It cites Infrastructure Commission findings that Auckland's 2010 super-city merger delivered more costs than savings.
Initiative Senior Fellow Nick Clark told Ryan Bridge that our councils are already large by overseas standards.
He says that if bigger is better, than we would see a lot better results, and we aren’t.
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