John Law (New Zealand)
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John Law is a politician and mayor of the Rodney District Council, New Zealand. He is one of the five mayors heading the main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area (Auckland City, Manukau City, Waitakere City, North Shore City, Rodney District), with his district being the smallest and northernmost entity.
He is one of the proponents of greater regional integration between the various cities.[1] One of the plans that he mooted together with the other affected mayors called for an Auckland Super-City with unified city government and a unified Council rates system, as well as an abolishment of the Auckland Regional Council (ARC). However, the plan was widely criticised for not promising increased financial efficiency[2] and later discarded.
[edit] References
- ^ John Law: Our mayors should anchor the ARC - New Zealand Herald, Monday 06 November 2006
- ^ Supersized rates bill for super city - New Zealand Herald, Saturday 09 September, 2006
[edit] External links
- Council Structure (from the Rodney District Council website)