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What estimate, if any, has the Minister received of the additional per-election cost to territorial authorities of running local elections if regional council elections are abolished under the Simplifying Local Government reforms, given that territorial authority elections are currently subsidised by regional councils sharing fixed costs?

Answered Question 29893 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What estimate, if any, has the Minister received of the additional per-election cost to territorial authorities of running local elections if regional council elections are abolished under the Simplifying Local Government reforms, given that territorial authority elections are currently subsidised by regional councils sharing fixed costs?

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Any increase in election costs is something that councils will likely consider when they make decisions about how to resource and deliver their 2028 local elections.