Freshwater standards threaten extraction planning
The Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) is concerned with details of new Freshwater Regulations 2020 as it relates to the minerals and aggregate sector and...
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A ‘sustainability’ trend setter
Lyn Mayes is one of those rare personalities: ahead of the curve, albeit unconsciously. She set up her business, Mad World, in 2001, focusing on...
Fixing local government: get the basics right
By Monique Poirier, campaigns manager, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The case for local government boils down to the belief that a local community has a better...
Fixing a broken relationship
By Vaughan Winiata, VFormation, and small business advocate. Dollars to Doughnuts is an old betting term dating back to the 1880s, it was used to...
Watercare’s universal pandemic plan
Towards the end of last year Watercare, our largest water and wastewater utility, released an interactive pandemic plan under the Creative Commons license (CC BY),...
In the club
According to Bruce Lochore, although the New Zealand Motor Caravanning Association is a professional body, it is still a club at heart, and that is...
Award winning interpretation
A re-interpretation of the Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve was recognised by the Designer’s Institute of New Zealand and received a Gold Pin at...
A stronger role for Te Maruata: Boosting the involvement of Maori in local government
Maori elected members, and many non-Maori members, have expressed a desire to see tangata whenua play a greater strategic role in local government in
New...
A driving force: Singapore’s next-generation electronic road pricing system
In 2020 Singapore will launch a new satellite-based road pricing system. The change is needed to keep its 5.6 million people moving in a land...
2018 will be a big year for the environment
Big changes in environmental management are coming fast. Business as usual is not on offer anymore. Gary Taylor, chief executive, Environmental Defence Society. Who would have...