21 Feb 2021

Panel to consult with Invercargill ratepayers about best representation at council

11:25 am on 21 February 2021

A special panel is being set up to decide how Invercargill ratepayers can be best represented at their local council.

Clock tower at Invercargill, New Zealand

Invercargill (file image). Photo: 123RF

It's part of the council's representation review that will consider options around wards, community boards, Māori wards, and the number of councillors who are on the council.

Councillor Rebecca Amundsen will chair the panel and six community members need to be recruited to sit on it.

"Our job as a panel will be to go out and talk to the wider community about how (the council) can best represent them," she said.

"We will spend about six weeks consulting with the community before we then work together to write a report with our findings which will be presented to council for consideration."

Applications for community members to join the panel will open on Monday.

"We are hoping that we can find people who are great at sharing information with others, who are good listeners, and who are comfortable to ask and answer questions from different parts of our wider community," she said.

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