Central/Local Government Forum
The fourth Central/Local Government Forum is being held in Premier House tomorrow.
The Forum is held bi-annually and is co-chaired by the Prime Minister and the President of Local Government New Zealand.
Acting Prime Minister Hon Jim Anderton, will be chairing this Forum along side President Basil Morrison.
Issues on the agenda for this Forum include: the new Local Government Bill and Rating Bills, utilities management, sustainable development, compliance costs, environment and emergency management policy.
There will be a media Q&A following the Forum at 12.45pm for 15 minutes at Premier House.
The papers from
the Forum will be made available to the media at the media
briefing.
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