Jane YeeHead of Podcasts·NZ Herald·13 Aug, 2026 05:00 AM3 mins to read‌Gisborne Mayor and Local Government New Zealand president Rehette Stoltz is with The Front Page to breakdown what it all means and what could happen next.Councils could be forced to spend millions of dollars reviewing electoral arrangements for local authorities that may no longer exist in their current form after the 2028 local elections.

Groups of city and district councils were given until this week to pitch plans for larger unitary authorities, combining functions currently