The amalgamation of Auckland's local authorities in 2010 was remarkable for New Zealand. It created a city-region to address perceived failures arising from trying to coordinate and align leadership and strategic planning while maintaining political accountability within a fractured local government system. The factors leading up to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance in 2009 and its findings that led to amalgamation are examined and the Commission's report and its implementation are addressed. Finally, an assessment is made of the operation of the newly created Auckland Council during its first 9 years. Crucial to the amalgamation process was a change of national government, which had a very different political philosophy of the role of (local) government than its predecessor. Despite a difficult start, the Council achieved two of its three initial criteria: creating leadership for Auckland and providing strategic direction for New Zealand's biggest city.

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合并和奥克兰市：新西兰的成功故事？

2010 年奥克兰地方当局的合并对新西兰来说意义非凡。它创建了一个城市区域，以解决因试图协调和调整领导层和战略规划而导致的失败，同时在支离破碎的地方政府系统内维持政治问责制。审查了导致 2009 年奥克兰治理皇家委员会成立的因素及其导致合并的调查结果，并讨论了委员会的报告及其实施情况。最后，对新成立的奥克兰市议会在其前 9 年的运作进行了评估。合并过程的关键是国家政府的更迭，其对（地方）政府角色的政治哲学与其前任截然不同。尽管起步艰难，