55807 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government

55807 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: How will the Department of Internal Affairs determine the benchmarks for acceptable wage and salary growth within councils, given that such costs will be monitored as part of the transition to the rates-cap regime?

Hon Simon Watts: The Department of Internal Affairs will develop the regulatory framework before the full regulatory model comes into force. This will include processes for information disclosure on any prescribed reporting categories.