Auckland, New Zealand - fair game for central party politics

This paper explores the influence of central party politics in Auckland local government, in New Zealand's largest city, following the 2010 amalgamation. Political parties have been an accepted and dominant presence in European representative democratic local government, throughout the 20 th ce...

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Published in:	Local government studies Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 569 - 592
Main Authors:	Webster, Karen, Asquith, Andy, Rohan, Maheswaren, Cardow, Andrew, Majavu, Mandisi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 04-07-2019
Subjects:	amalgamation Auckland local government party politics
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Summary:	This paper explores the influence of central party politics in Auckland local government, in New Zealand's largest city, following the 2010 amalgamation. Political parties have been an accepted and dominant presence in European representative democratic local government, throughout the 20 th century. Not so, however, in New Zealand and Australia, where citizens have 'flocked to the banner "Keep Politics out of Local Government". Our analysis of the self-declared party accreditation status of candidates and elected members demonstrates that political affiliation, at least in the main centre Auckland, is on the rise, counter to assumptions that New Zealand local government is largely removed from central politics.
ISSN:	0300-3930 1743-9388
DOI:	10.1080/03003930.2019.1584558