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Dear Andrew, 

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 17/12/2024, in which you requested the following information: 

 

o In your press release yesterday on proposed changes for local
government, you state that "Evidence shows that including the four
well-beings in the Act led to about two per cent higher rates growth
each year."

o Please provide this evidence.

o Further, please provide any cost-benefit analysis you have received on
the proposed changes to local government.

 

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official
Information Act. 

 

Kind regards, 

 

Eleanor Evans

Private Secretary (Administrative Support) | Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland
Reception: 04 817 6804

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Riddell <[4][FOI #29578 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2024 5:27 AM
To: Simeon Brown (MIN) <[5][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Costs and benefits of four
wellbeings

 

Dear Simeon Brown,

 

In your press release yesterday on proposed changes for local government,
you state that "Evidence shows that including the four well-beings in the
Act led to about two per cent higher rates growth each year."

 

Please provide this evidence.

 

Further, please provide any cost-benefit analysis you have received on the
proposed changes to local government.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Andrew Riddell

 

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