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  •   Home > News > Politics

    Christchurch's business community hopes the transition to a new city council chief executive, won't come at the expense of delivering core services

    Christchurch's business community hopes the transition to a new city council chief executive, won't come at the expense of delivering core services


    Dawn Baxendale has resigned, four years into her five year contract -- her final day coinciding with the end of annual leave.

    Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce's, Leeann Watson says with business confidence in decline, many are keen to avoid uncertainty at a local government level.

    She says they'll continue to advocate for a council that better understands how to enable, rather than defaulting to an enforcer position.

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