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Banks Peninsula District and Christchurch City Councils will not be united into one district, following separate polls of the electors in each area last Saturday. To proceed, over 50% of the votes cast in each poll had to be in favour of the union.

The Minister of Local Government, Hon Sandra Lee, says the Government has acted to remove the possibility of challenges to the validity of some local authority decisions.

Hon. SANDRA LEE (Minister of Local Government): I move, That the Local Government (Validation of Reappointments) Bill be now read a first time.

The Prime Minister, Local Governmwent Minister and LGNZ President today announced the first Local Government Forum would be held at Parliament on 7 March 2000.

Local Government Minister Sandra Lee is signalling a 'springtime of partnership' between central and local government under the new coalition government.