There’s no I in team
By Elizabeth Hughes Becoming a newly elected local authority member can be a tricky and difficult transition. By now, newly elected mayors and councillors will...
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Using an interactive digital story
Delivering significant regeneration projects at scale is a massive undertaking, particularly when it is a jigsaw of complexity. By James Reddish, WSP Technical Principal Catchment...
Blueprint for humane cat treatment
Local Authorities are confronted with the responsibility of developing proposals for the management of cats, largely due to pressures placed upon them by the conservation...
A young leader to watch
Tararua District Council risk manager, Sandy Lowe, has achieved a lot since graduating about a decade ago. Last year she was named as SOLGM Brookfield’s...
White Island and places that slip through the regulatory cracks
By Linda O’Reilly, partner, Brookfields Lawyers. Look at a map of the eastern Bay of Plenty and you will see White Island/Whakaari just off the...
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn
ELIZABETH HUGHES / ELIZABETH HUGHES COMMUNICATION. Let me pinch myself. Is it really 2019 or are we still in 1919? Look around your council chamber....
GIS to the rescue
Wellington City Council can now provide, at a glance, data on buildings in six pre-1930s character areas. It’s all thanks to a GIS initiative. Character...
Yet more power to the people
Localism now A citizens’ jury in action The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation VicHealth is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria. Last year...
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...