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Contested 2 races — 2 elected
The New Plymouth District Council will be represented on the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust and the Womad New Zealand Community Trust by mayor Max Brough.
New Plymouth mayor Max Brough has hinted there could soon be action to address continuing problems with rough sleepers in the city’s central business district.
True to his pre-election word, New Plymouth mayor Max Brough has vowed to implement a rates cap for the district a full year before the Government plans to impose the policy in 2027.
It might not be the normal garb you would expect to see a mayor donning at a Christmas parade but Max Brough has teased the possibility of turning green for this year’s edition down New Plymouth’s main street.
Full council meetings will be held monthly instead of every six weeks under the watch of first-term New Plymouth mayor Max Brough.
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