Was it really wise for the Regional Council to set up a sister city relationship with China.With Hastings and Napier already having well established connection with China and Japan it appeared a bit rich for the RC to jump on the bandwagon.
Better to stick to the knitting.
Once again we hear noises from a lobby group pushing for a ’super city’ for Auckland .It is one of those ideas that sounds good on the face of it but beware what may actually eventuate.It is interesting to read comments on kiwiblog and these are more varied than those on the site set up by the lobby group themselves. No-one seems to note that a regional council has different functions to a city or district council and as far as I am concerned these fuctions need to be kept separate.A unitary authority doesn’t work.
It is also a worry that the Nats say they will shake up local government in Auckland .They don’t understand it for a start.
