NZCPR Weekly: LOCAL BODY DEVELOPMENTS By Dr Muriel Newman If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it! ... WC Field, American comedian Not content with the failure of the Local Government Commission to merge councils in Northland, the Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington, National is now proposing to put their amalgamation agenda into effect via the back door, by using a new local government bill to increase the power of the Commission, while removing important democratic rights. The Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2) is now