Local Government Minister Simeon Brown speaks to the LGNZ conference in Wellington.
题图：地方政府部长 Simeon Brown 在惠灵顿举行的 LGNZ 会议上发表讲话。
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Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has cracked open the door to new money for councils, raising the possibility of tourist and mining levies funding local infrastructure.
【澳纽网编译】地方政府部长西蒙·布朗 （Simeon Brown） 为议会打开了获得新资金的大门，提高了为当地基础设施筹集旅游税和采矿税的可能性。
Brown kept the tough talking tone set by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference on Thursday. But Brown’s speech, which came with a heaping of cynicism about council priorities, included a silver lining for local government leaders.
在周四举行的新西兰地方政府（LGNZ）会议上，布朗保持了总理克里斯托弗-卢克森（Christopher Luxon）所定下的强硬基调。但布朗的讲话虽然带有对议会优先事项的冷嘲热讽，但也给地方政府领导人带来了一线希望。
But the silver lining won’t arrive for everyone, immediately at least.
但一线希望不会立即出现在每个议会上。
Brown revealed the Government would be inviting only five regions to apply for regional deals. Those regions would not necessarily be within existing council boundaries. That number, five, sparked crystal-ball gazing and gossiping across the conference with councillors, mayors and council officials pondering about which five regions would be offered a lifeline.
布朗透露，政府将只邀请五个地区申请区域协议。这些地区不一定在现有的议会边界内。这个数字，5，在整个会议中引发了水晶球般的凝视和八卦，议员、市长和议会官员都在思考将为哪五个地区提供生命线。
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After the first round of deals were done in 2025, Brown said the Government would start negotiations with other regions.
布朗表示，在 2025 年完成第一轮交易后，政府将开始与其他地区进行谈判。
In a draft outline of how Brown envisions the “regional deals” to operate, he said the Government was open to giving councils access to new streams of funding. Examples included access to existing levies, such as those paid by international visitors and also royalties that come from mining companies.
在布朗设想如何运作“区域交易”的大纲草案中，他表示，政府对让议会获得新的资金来源持开放态度。例如，获得现有征税，例如国际游客支付的征税，以及来自矿业公司的特许权使用费。
The document also suggested that new taxes could be introduced to fund local infrastructure.
该文件还建议引入新的税收来为当地基础设施提供资金。
These included the congestion charges for traffic, which Brown was keen on for Auckland, but also “value capture” schemes.
其中包括 Brown 对奥克兰的交通拥堵费，但也包括“价值捕获”计划。
Brown rallied against “value capture taxes” while in Opposition and hit out at Labour for suggesting that such a scheme could help fund Auckland Light Rail. But the party then campaigned on using them.
布朗在反对党期间反对“价值捕获税”，并抨击工党暗示这样的计划可以帮助资助奥克兰轻轨。但该党随后开始竞选，要求使用它们。
Value capture refers to targeted taxes on the benefits received by private landowners when governments make investments in infrastructure. It could take the form of deferred levies, targeted rates, or a sort of capital gains tax focused on the portion of sale deemed to be as a result of a project.
价值获取是指在政府对基础设施进行投资时，对私人土地所有者获得的利益进行有针对性的征税。其形式可以是递延征税、有针对性的税率，也可以是一种资本利得税，重点针对被认为是项目成果的销售部分。
Each regional deal would include a negotiated 10-year plan.
每项区域协议都将包括一个谈判的 10 年计划。
Those deals would come through negotiation, Brown said. “We’re not guaranteeing that we’re just going to sign up to what local government wants.”
布朗说，这些交易将通过谈判达成。“我们不能保证我们只会签署地方政府想要的东西。”
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Selwyn District mayor Sam Broughton welcomed the framework for regional deals.
塞尔温区市长山姆·布劳顿 （Sam Broughton） 对区域交易框架表示欢迎。
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He said their plans would have to align with central Government priorities to access potential new revenue streams, funding, or to get legislative changes across the line.
他说，他们的计划必须与中央政府的优先事项保持一致，以获得潜在的新收入来源、资金或全面修改立法。
Brown said the Government would refuse to enter deals that had been written by consultants or included money for nice-to-haves.
布朗表示，政府将拒绝接受由顾问撰写的协议，或包括为 “可有可无 ”提供资金的协议。
“We don’t want extravagant glossy documents … developed by consultants. We’re looking for simple in-house proposals to finalise the first deal by the end of 2025,” he said.
“我们不想要奢侈的光鲜文件……由顾问开发。我们正在寻找简单的内部提案，以便在 2025 年底之前敲定第一笔交易，“他说。
Regions seeking a deal would have to demonstrate have to show fiscal prudence and the potential to grow.
寻求达成协议的地区必须证明必须表现出财政审慎和增长潜力。
LGNZ president and Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton said the regional deal framework was a “great win” for local government. Although he said LGNZ was not consulted before Brown released the policy, he said it incorporated much of what his advocacy organisation had wanted.
LGNZ 总裁兼塞尔温市长 Sam Broughton 表示，区域协议框架是地方政府的“巨大胜利”。尽管他说在布朗发布该政策之前没有咨询过 LGNZ，但他表示，该政策包含了他的倡导组织想要的大部分内容。
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