23 Mar 2021

Council jibe aims to stoke interest in submissions

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 23 March 2021

A council that caused a stink by using a poo emoji as part of a "give a shit" campaign designed to get people to vote at the local body elections has again delved into its public relations bag of tricks.

This time New Plymouth is suggesting lack of submissions to the draft long term plan must mean ratepayers "are fine" about a decade of huge rates hikes and steep increases in fees and charges.

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has this report