Victor Luca, Whakatāne

Victor Luca, 18-Aug-26 Current and past Governments have been zealously working toward a reform of Local Government (LG) and I am not writing here to argue that there isn’t need for some change in the sector. On 25 November 2025 Ministers Simon Watts and Chris Bishop made a televised announcement that can be still seen on YouTube (Search Details revealed in major shake-up of local government | RNZ). Watts is the Minister for Local Government, Climate Change, Revenue, Auckland

A transcript of the 10 min discourse I gave at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council by-election meeting in Matatā on Tuesday 11 August 2026.