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Mayoral Blog
Thinking Auckland Super City and the perception that ‘Bigger is Better’, amalgamation must be considered the remedy to secure cost savings and improve the financial sustainability of local government. Does amalgamation provide economies of scale in order to provide an improved service at lower costs than our counterparts? Would we be robbed of effective representation? Would we suffer in terms of service provision? Would the HB region benefit economically and commercially?