Online poll on plans

Next year, Aucklanders will elect a big new council to govern the entire region.

It's a form of local government this country has never seen before. More than 1.3 million people, from communities as diverse as Ponsonby and Pukekohe, will be led by one council and one mayor.

The mayor of the Supercity will rival the Prime Minister in the power stakes.

Now's your chance to have a say.

The Herald on Sunday and online research experts Buzz Channel are taking a nationwide poll on the Supercity plans.

And, if you join the Buzz Channel survey panel, you'll be eligible to win prizes of up to $10,000.

We're looking for views from greater Auckland and throughout New Zealand.

"It has been difficult to understand what New Zealanders think about the Supercity plans," said Buzz Channel director Mary Vance.

"We all know what Rodney Hide thinks, what the Government thinks ... But what do we think - the people who are going to pay for the amalgamation, and live with the decisions being taken on our behalf?

"With the help of the Herald on Sunday we want this to be a wide, true and authoritative study that lets us all finally understand what New Zealanders expect, and hope, for Auckland."