TY - Report AU - Ben Craven AU - Jack Goldingham-Newsom AU - Oliver Hartwich PY - 2019 T1 - #localismNZ: bringing power to the people PB - The New Zealand Initiative DO - https://doi.org/APO-222971 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/222971 AB - This publication explains the rationale behind localism and responds to commonly heard objections. It explains how unusual New Zealand's centralism is when compared internationally. New Zealand's councils have limited fiscal autonomy. Their mandate is also much more restricted that local government in other parts of the world. ER -