Public policy and undesired consequences
Dr Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Fellow, The New Zealand Initiative. This is going to be a busy and difficult year for the Government. It is planning...
Author : Alan Titchall
Fundholding through the Gift Collective
Cheryl Spain, CEO of the Gift Trust Nobody knows the remarkable work being done in our communities like our local government community funders. However, local...
Competing for talent in a job seeker’s market
By David Hammond, head of Tribe Leadership Search. Welcome to 2022 from Tribe Leadership Search. We place many of the country’s top leadership across commercial,...
Legal challenge to Three Waters’ proposals
By Gary Judd, QC, who is representing the Water Users’ Group, set to oppose the Government’s Three Waters reforms. The group has filed a legal...
Reading and family to replace PUBLIC LIFE
Lyn Patterson has been the incumbent Mayor of Masterton for almost nine years, but has decided not to seek re-election this year despite her ongoing...
Let’s turn Huntly into a WASTE GENERATOR
By Andy Loader, co-chairman, Primary Land Users Group. The Government has spoken about the use of major infrastructure projects as a means of kick-starting our...
Government external worker management
By Nick Quin, director, public sector, SAP New Zealand. While government use of the external workforce, which includes freelancers, contractors, consultants and businesses, has been...
Political party landscape update
By Peter Dunne. Christopher Luxon can feel well pleased with how things have gone since he picked up the previously poisoned chalice of leader of...
Three waters reform is far from inevitable
By Louis Houlbrooke, Campaigns manager, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. This summer [2021-2022], holidaying politicians, public servants, and local councillors were faced with the stark depth...
Billions in debt and nothing to show for it
Bruce Cotterill, company director, adviser to business leaders, and author of the book, The Best Leaders Don’t Shout. Originally published in November 2021. Sometimes we...