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Former mayor, now NZ First candidate grilled over council policies (opens the original)
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A former West Coast mayor who is running for Parliament has faced tough question over NZ First’s plans to support councils. NZ First’s West Coast-Tasman candidate Jamie Cleine, a former two-term Buller mayor, told a West Coast Regional Council candidate briefing this week his party backed the use of the International Visitor Levy (IVL) for tourism to aide local infrastructure development. However, NZ First remained on the fence about financial support in light of local government reform. The Wes
Solution for slip-prone section of West Coast highway edges closer (opens the original)
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An investment case to find a long-term solution to the Epitaph Slip on State Highway 6 in South Westland has now been completed but work on a permanent realignment could be years away. Late last year the government pledged $7 million to complete a detailed design, geotechnical investigations and consenting work for the broader project at Knights Point which will cost $103m at this stage. The $7m approved by the NZ Transport Agency board followed a pledge to investigate moving the road away from
Combined West Coast district plan a waste of time: Jones (opens the original)
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The West Coast’s first combined district plan is an “absolute waste of time”, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says, as regional leaders sound alarm bells over soaring costs to develop it. Mr Jones said the Te Tai o Poutini Plan (TTPP), which combines the Buller, Grey and Westland district plans into one document, may not be compliant with the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform before Parliament. Mr Jones said he would be speaking to RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop to pause the plan,
Council votes to go ahead with FPP (opens the original)
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The West Coast Regional Council has voted on its preferred electoral system for the next council elections in 2028, despite the fact regional councils will be abolished before then. WCRC office of the chief executive group manager Jo Field told councillors at a meeting last week they were still required to choose their preferred voting system, despite regional councils being legislated out of existence under the government’s amalgamation proposals. ‘‘We have a requirement to adopt which voting s
WCRC picks electoral system despite impending abolition (opens the original)
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West Coast's regional council has voted on its preferred electoral system for the next council elections in 2028, despite regional councils being abolished before then. Meeting last week, the West Coast Regional Council (WCRC) were asked to choose between First Past the Post (FPP) and the Single Transferrable Vote (STV), with councillors voting unanimously for FPP. All councils are required to pass a formal resolution on the voting system before September 12 under the Electoral Act 2001 and noti
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