Cutting our cloth accordingly
By Vaughan Winiata, small business advocate. I recently saw a movie where a character said; “You can’t get money out of the dead.” This quote...
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Online real time community engagement case study
With the new Dunedin Hospital being built in the central city the city has a unique opportunity to look at options to revamp the existing...
Farewell to an honoured veteran
New Zealand’s longest-serving local body chief was farewelled into retirement last month and lauded for his ‘extraordinary’ contribution to the Taranaki community. Originally from eastern...
Water Reform- the New Zealand way
Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister for Local Government Last month three waters-related reports caught my eye. One was the Ministry of Health’s latest Annual Report on...
Representing local communities
Gavin Beattie from the Local Government Commission discusses council options with electoral systems. Recent times has demonstrated the value, more than ever, of strong, caring...
First the pandemic, now the recovery
By Tenby Powell, Mayor of Tauranga As I write this column, it’s another beautiful, clear winter’s day in Tauranga, the sun sparkling on the harbour...
A lesson in council-led regional recovery
When the lockdowns began to take out local jobs, Marlborough District Council (MDC) swung into action to produce what it claims is the country’s first...
Providing certainty for farmers in the Lake Taupo catchment
Waikato Regional Council has been using Overseer since 2006 as part of a world-leading project to protect the water quality of Lake Taupo. As part...
The role of a governance professional explained
By Steve McDowell, Meeting and Governance Solutions. A new councillor once asked me; “who do I go to if I want to know something in...
Pandemic lockdown challenged
Our team of five million did an amazing job of eliminating the Covid-19 virus. With the move to L1 last month we now have one...