| | Beehive.govt.nz - Second Reading Speech on the Local Government (Rodney District Council) Amendment Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | The role and contribution of that gentleman to the ``Adventures of Rodney'' are commented on in the review authority's report, and, indeed, have been widely referred to not just in the Rodney Times but in other publications. |
 | | Whether the book is a permissive book that is pro-development, or a conservative district plan that errs on the side of caution, it is not for this Parliament to decide, but certainly the elected representatives of Rodney had a duty to put a plan in place years ago. |
 | | But some of those fundamental statutory obligations will have to be addressed by the commissioner, because the elected democratic unit that is the Rodney District Council has simply failed to do that. |
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