A coalition proposal has pitched the biggest shake-up of local government in three decades.
Under the proposal, Mayors of city and district councils would take over the duties of regional councils.
The mayors would form 11 Combined Territories Boards (CTBs), which would meet regularly and would also be tasked with coming up with a "Regional Reorganisation Plan" for reorganising how their councils are structured in the long term.
Jono Naylor has been around all sides of the issue - a former National Party MP, former mayor of Palmerston North, and now serving his fourth term as councillor on the Horizons Regional Council.
He joins Emile Donovan.
Simon Watts & Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii
