'System is broken': Poor turnout for local body elections prompts call for independent review
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
A host of new mayors and councillors now make up the new local body politics scene - not that the majority of you might have known that.
Or care.
All the main cities, bar Hamilton, have a new mayor - Wayne Brown in Auckland, Tory Whanau in Wellington, Phil Mauger in Christchurch and Jules Radich in Dunedin.
But despite more than a 40% mayoral turnover rate we didn't get out there and vote - the final turnout is expected to be 38-39%.
We've got to do something - Local Government NZ President Stuart Crosby joined Kate Hawkesby to talk about the turnout and the disconnect.
He said they need an independent review.
"The system is broken and we need to do something about it."
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