Urban places – dare to be bold
Russell Halliday, programme delivery director and market leader – Urban Places at Stantec, looks at urban places as about place and, more importantly, about the...
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Fall-out from the 2022 elections – the grim reality
Another local election. Another bout of breast-beating over the lack of interest in standing for election and engaging in the act of voting. By Dr...
Celebrating multicultural Aotearoa
One of Hamilton City Council’s most treasured and colourful fixtures was celebrated this month when the city hosted its final citizenship ceremony of 2022. Attendees,...
Guidance to council facilities and public spaces
Councils have received welcome guidance on their obligations to hire facilities to groups expressing controversial views. Article by Tompkins Wake. Prior to the pandemic, councils...
Government’s ‘climate’ regulatory regime explained
The Government’s climate regulation implications and observations for local authorities explained by Elliot Maassen, associate and Tegan Wadworth, solicitor, in Wynn Williams’ Environment and Planning...
The worthy procurement policy most have never heard of
Unless you are close to the area of Local or Central Government Procurement Contracts, it’s most likely you’ve never heard of the Progressive Procurement Policy,...
‘Sorry’ seems to be the hardest word
At the end of November 2022, as Parliament sat under Extended Hours to pass the Committee of the Whole stage of the controversial Water Services...
Yes … we have a housing crisis
By Simon Angelo, editor, Wealth Morning. There weren’t enough homes to go around. So prices, especially in Auckland, reached ridiculous levels. As much as 11...
Justice delayed is justice denied
By Frana Divich, Heaney & Partners. The first part of this century saw a huge volume of claims going through the Weathertight Homes Tribunal (the...
Avoiding recruitment issues
What, if anything, went wrong with Christchurch City Holdings’ recruitment of their Chief Executive, Tim Boyd, and what are the learnings? By David Hammond from...