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About Us

Local Government New Zealand is:

• the national voice of local government
• the champion of best practice in the sector.

We represent the diversity and local democracy of local government, the metropolitan areas, the district, the rural communities, and the regions.

We believe that local democracy is about:

• having the right mix of people, elected locally, to best represent each community
• ensuring services are provided to the community in the best way possible
• taking a collective approach to community needs
• creating a sense of local identity and place.

Our mission is: "Effective local governance across New Zealand"

Local government exists to provide for the well-being of communities. For these communities to flourish they need:

• sustained economic development and new jobs
• a healthy and safe environment
• social cohesiveness
• a vibrant and developing culture and identity
• a stable political and economic climate.

Local government has a profound role to play in securing these outcomes for New Zealand communities.

Find out more about the history of LGNZ and local government in New Zealand.

Last updated: August 2010

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