Amalgamation and Auckland city
A New Zealand success story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11961375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andy Asquith (0000-0002-2829-0455, School of Management Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand), Jeffrey Mcneill (0000-0001-7717-2570, School of People Environment and Planning Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand, corresponding author), Elizabeth Stockley (School of Management Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 977-986 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12457 |
| OpenAlex | W3100540819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
The amalgamation of Auckland's local authorities in 2010 was remarkable for New Zealand. It created a city‐region to address perceived failures arising from trying to coordinate and align leadership and strategic planning while maintaining political accountability within a fractured local government system. The factors leading up to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance in 2009 and its findings that led to amalgamation are examined and the Commission's report and its implementation are addressed. Finally, an assessment is made of the operation of the newly created Auckland Council during its first 9 years. Crucial to the amalgamation process was a change of national government, which had a very different political philosophy of the role of (local) government than its predecessor. Despite a difficult start, the Council achieved two of its three initial criteria: creating leadership for Auckland and providing strategic direction for New Zealand's biggest city
Accountability · Commission · Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Management · Political science · Politics · Royal Commission · Law · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |