新西兰的报告呼吁在地方治理改革中赋予市长权力和进行社区投票。 New Zealand report calls for mayor empowerment and community voting in local governance reforms.

新西兰倡议的新西兰研究查明了地方政府的一个关键问题:市长和议员缺乏履行诺言的权力,由非选举产生的官员拥有真正的权威。 New research by The New Zealand Initiative identifies a key issue in local government: mayors and councillors lack power to fulfill promises, with real authority held by unelected officials. “让地方政府发挥作用”的报告建议进行改革,例如采用德国北莱茵-威斯特伐利亚模式,该模式赋予市长更多的权力进行检查,并将奥克兰市长模式推广到其他理事会。 The report "Making Local Government Work" suggests reforms like adopting Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia model, which gave mayors more authority with checks, and extending Auckland's mayoral model to other councils. 它还提议对重大项目进行直接的社区投票,强调需要有政治意愿来实施这些变革。 It also proposes direct community votes on major projects, highlighting the need for political will to enact these changes.