Photo: Greater Wellington Regional Council
Some Wellington region mayors are reviving talk of a Supercity.
Porirua City Mayor Anita Baker - also chair of the Wellington Region Mayoral Forum, says her council's in favour of serious discussions about amalgamating with Wellington City, Hutt City and Upper Hutt.
And Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says there needs to be serious discussion about it.
A previous bid in 2015 for a Supercity taking in those councils, three Wairarapa councils, and the Wellington Regional Council, failed.
But Ms Baker is opening debate on a more compact Supercity council, to tackle the region's infrastructure challenges and spiralling rates.
However, Wellington City's mayor Tory Whanau says that while amalgamation "probably makes sense" in the longer term, there is no appetite for it right now.
Anita Baker spoke to Kathryn about the prospects.
