Published 24 January 2010 Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has declined Franklin District Council’s application to become a unitary authority. The council made its formal request on 2 December and Mr Hide responded on 15 January. In the reorganisation of Auckland governance, Franklin will be spilt between the new Auckland Council, the Waikato District […]
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Ball tells Hide why Franklin unitary option better
Published 7 December 2009 Franklin District Council has formally asked Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to exercise his powers to initiate a proposal for Franklin to become a unitary authority. On top of that, in a letter to the minister on Friday, mayor Mark Ball outlined just how the Government & Local Government Commission […]
Franklin continues push for unitary status
Published 29 November 2009 Franklin District Council will continue to push for its own unitary authority status. The council voted unanimously on Thursday to take 3 different approaches: formally applying to Local Government Minister Rodney Hide for Franklin to become a unitary authorityrequesting the support of the Auckland Regional Council & Environment Waikato, andincluding a […]
