Super City Proposals Must Allow For Strong Local Governance

"The Waiheke Community Radio Trust has been better able to meet our objectives of educating, engaging and informing Waiheke people because of the support of our local Community Board and councilor. It is questionable whether we would have been able to establish our radio station without their assistance. We believe it is critical our community continues to have a governance body that can recognise and act to meet local needs in the way our current community board has."

The government have called for submissions to a special select committee convened to consider the proposal to change the local body governance structures for Auckland. Waiheke Radio has had extensive coverage of this issue, but we have also written a submission. The support of the Waiheke Community Board and the Hauraki Gulf Islands councilor have been critical in the establishment of Waiheke Radio. It's critical that the new governance structures include local bodies that can recognise local needs and act to support and fund these. We urge Waiheke people to make a submission. These have to be made by Friday 26 June. Details can be found at www.onewaiheke.co.nz/. You can read the Waiheke Radio submission here.