Devonport Borough Council v Local Government Commission - [1989] 2 NZLR 203

Local Government — Local Government Commission — Reorganisation scheme — Commission approved scheme despite Borough's opposition — Whether existing system of Local Government relevant — Whether Commissioners had approached task with closed minds — Whether Commission had made error of fact — Whether appropriate for Court in this kind of case to adjudicate on the merits of the competing proposals — Local Government Amendment Act (No 3) 1988, s 15C.

Statutes — Interpretation — Whether appropriate to refer to New Zealand Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).