They know it won't be riveting watching - but Horizons councillors are opening their meetings to the world. Photo / File
Horizons Region Council meetings will now be livestreamed in a move its Whanganui representatives say will hold councillors more accountable.
Councillors voted this week to begin livestreaming from March 26 with meetings viewable on the council's website via either Facebook or YouTube.
Both Whanganui's Horizons councillors have backed the move
and say it shouldn't cost much.
David Cotton, initially against it, changed his mind after talking to Whanganui district councillors whose meetings have been livestreamed since late 2016.
"They said it made people more accountable and some had the view that it actually made them more measured in their comments, less likely to fly off the handle," he said.
