{"id":200540,"date":"2025-12-25T01:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T01:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/200540\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T01:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T01:06:22","slug":"gisborne-mayor-rehette-stoltz-appointed-interim-local-government-new-zealand-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/200540\/","title":{"rendered":"Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz appointed interim Local Government New Zealand president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis is a period of significant change thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/serious-shake-up-of-local-government-imminent\/SUJXJH2AHBCNZDEHGVBWSHC2DQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/serious-shake-up-of-local-government-imminent\/SUJXJH2AHBCNZDEHGVBWSHC2DQ\/\">tsunami of reform looming over local government<\/a>,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe national council was clear that LGNZ needs to continue working constructively with the Government to help shape these reforms in ways that deliver the best outcomes for communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cLocal government works best when the sector is united and able to collaborate effectively both with each other and with central government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Stoltz said LGNZ\u2019s role was to be a \u201ccredible, unified voice\u201d for member councils and the communities they serve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019ve also seen a significant change in council leadership following the recent local elections, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/tight-local-election-results-confirm-new-mayors-across-new-zealand\/7EOGPCHE3JFMVGJRJ7VP753PCA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/politics\/tight-local-election-results-confirm-new-mayors-across-new-zealand\/7EOGPCHE3JFMVGJRJ7VP753PCA\/\">32 new mayors elected nationwide<\/a>. This means the organisation needs to reset its strategy according to what its new membership wants. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cRatepayers are facing a cost-of-living crisis, and that\u2019s driving everything councils do over the next three years. Their focus is on being efficient, transparent and solutions-focused.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is a period of significant change thanks to the tsunami of reform looming over local government,\u201d she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17623,1558,5205,7797,1888,5504,12506,266,51084,123215,440,10934,2374,3556,117,111,43,139,69,2572,101216,101217,80],"class_list":["post-200540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-appointed","tag-been","tag-council","tag-elections","tag-first","tag-following","tag-gisborne","tag-government","tag-interim","tag-lgnz","tag-local","tag-mayor","tag-meeting","tag-national","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-president","tag-rehette","tag-stoltz","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}