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What assessment, if any, has been made of the change in the ratio of elected members to residents in each proposed new unitary authority, and in how many cases, if any, will rural or small-district representation be reduced?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What assessment, if any, has been made of the change in the ratio of elected members to residents in each proposed new unitary authority, and in how many cases, if any, will rural or small-district representation be reduced?

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Hon Simon Watts

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

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There has been no assessment of the change in the ratio of elected members to residents in each proposed new unitary authority. This is a matter for councils to consider in the Head Start pathway and during the detailed design phase.