By Debbie Bidlake, Federated Farmers Senior Policy Advisor Wairoa has boldly gone where few councils have gone before – never mind small, resource poor ones. It has introduced a x […]
Rural representation in nation’s Council chambers in crisis
By Debbie Bidlake, Senior Policy Advisor How important are rural wards and how hard should we fight to retain them? With an increasingly urban population (about 87% of us live […]
Councils Keeping the Change
As we have discovered, there is a wide variation in how councils manage refunds; Some specify that deposits are non-refundable or reserve complete discretion, others charge fees and others withhold.