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Speaker 1: Wellington City Council can put an extra chair out. We've

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Speaker 1: got Lindsay McKenzie. He's he's a new Crown Monitor. He's

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Speaker 1: a former boss of Tasman and Gisbon District Councilors. He

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Speaker 1: starts tomorrow. He's in work until July next year. The

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Speaker 1: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown's with us Simeon Morning, Good morning.

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Speaker 1: What's his writing instructions?

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Speaker 2: Well, a number of issues. Firstly, they are the councilor's

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Speaker 2: got dysfunction between personalities, so getting in there and working

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Speaker 2: with the mayor and councilors to help them get on.

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Speaker 2: He's done that job as Nimbercargo District Council a couple

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Speaker 2: of years ago, so that's one of his jobs. And

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Speaker 2: the other is around the long term plan which the

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Speaker 2: council's decided to throw out and the start again, and

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Speaker 2: providing an external pair set of advice to sister council

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Speaker 2: in terms of the decisions they need to make. But

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Speaker 2: ultimately the councilors and the mayor are elected democratically, they

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Speaker 2: are still accountable and responsible for the decisions they made.

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Speaker 1: How many how often does he come back to.

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Speaker 2: You are beginning monthly reports from him. That's what I've

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Speaker 2: asked under the terms of reference, as a monthly report

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Speaker 2: back to me and then a final report at the

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Speaker 2: end of his term, which will be the thirty first

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Speaker 2: of July next year or will it well. Ultimately, there's

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Speaker 2: an election next year for the local councils, so the

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Speaker 2: mayor and the councilors will be up for reelection. Ultimately,

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Speaker 2: the key point here is that they have decided to

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Speaker 2: relestigate the entire long term plan, throw it out and

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Speaker 2: start again, and that's created some significant concern around the

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Speaker 2: financial position of the council. I've put an observer in

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Speaker 2: there to assist the council and amute with an external

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Speaker 2: set of advice and someone else who can look at things,

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Speaker 2: a fresh pair of eyes who's not been part of

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Speaker 2: the all the drama over the last little while, and

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Speaker 2: not to provide them an extra extra set of advice. Ultimately,

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Speaker 2: it's up to them as to whether or not they

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Speaker 2: take that on board, but that person will be there

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Speaker 2: to assist and also to report back to me as

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Speaker 2: to what's going on.

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Speaker 1: Let's hope it works for me and Brown appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Local Government Minister with us this

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