The Queenstown Lakes District Council’s three Wanaka councillors say they have been swayed by public opinion and now support retaining the town’s community board. The move to disband the Wanaka Community Board was one of the recommendations of an independent review panel tasked with reviewing the future representation of the district. He had been of the view the board was ineffective ‘‘so why would we retain something that was effectively inactive’’. At a previous Wanaka Community Board meeting, Cr Niamh Shaw questioned its effectiveness and its cost. She said a phone call from a former board chairperson last weekend had convinced her ‘‘if the board was broken, then council had an obligation to fix it’’.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2021 16:36 UTC