Opinions divided on one council for Southland idea

Nicola Fallow, SIT journalism student has this to say about proposals for a unitary authority for Southland:
"The idea of creating a unitary authority, combining Invercargill City Council, Southland District Council, Gore District Council and Environment Southland, is back on the agenda in the lead-up to this year’s local elections and as the Auckland super-city takes shape." read more.

For my money, Ciaran Keogh has it about right where he said:

"A lot of shared-services were happening already in Southland and more political leadership, rather than less, was required.

“There has been a serious lack of leadership from central government that’s being resolved from the bottom up instead of from the top down.”
“First Principles are a sound place to start,”.

Thanks Nicola. Nice work.