Important community issues are being canvassed at the Local Government New Zealand Conference in Rotorua.
Members have voted on four remits, including asking the Government to impose a levy on plastic bags and prohibiting smoking outside cafes, restaurants and bars.
LGNZ president Lawrence Yule says local government has a very different approach than three or four years ago.
"It is very interested in economic development, jobs, demographic changes, climate change, risk issues – so it's a much more strategic conference than we've probably had in the past," he says.
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