LEAD STORY
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To Merge or Not to Merge
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To this day, we have yet to find a single merged municipality anywhere in Canada which outperformed its predecessors. And, from our discussions with those who have investigated mergers in the U.S., the experience has been much the same.
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OTHER STORIES
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Can we Afford to Close Down our Agricultural Enterprises?
We have a strange situation where councils set their cannons against rural residential subdivisions on the grounds that they remove farmland from productive use, but then support those same rural residential landowners when they move to close down some of the most productive agricultural activities in the country.
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The P.M. has a Chief Science Advisor – but what should he do?
Professor Peter Gluckman has been appointed as the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor
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“What Northland Needs” – The Musings of the Regional Chair
Few would disagree that Northland’s economic future, for the foreseeable future, rests on its natural attributes, with agriculture, tourism and forestry dominating.
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The Political Outcomes of Large Amalgamations
In Auckland the proposed Auckland Super-City was first driven by the political left, but has now been adopted by the centre right. It was not an issue driven by the people of Auckland.
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Rural Affairs Commissioner Needed
Politician’s talk about defending property rights and then weaken them. They promise to reduce compliance costs and red tape and immediately increase them. They support research and development but expect others to actually pay for it, and they promise investment in rural infrastructure but never get around to doing it.
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