What’s council’s role in placemaking?
Boffa Miskell’s Stuart Houghton challenges councils to get placemaking to a point where it takes care of itself. When it comes to cities, placemaking as...
Author : Charles Fairbairn
NZ Local Government magazine [April 2016]
April 2016’s issue Pooling Resources:time for a fresh approach?…Local Body Election Special…what kind of leaders do we need?…Counting the carbon: Waikato councils join forces…Gore Blimey:...
NZ Local Government Magazine – [February 2016]
RoadMap 2016: Your guide to the year ahead…I am woman: What makes women councillors effective?…It’s the pits:Pioneering days leave health and safety legacy… Speed Read:...
NZ Local Government Magazine [March 2016]
Piggy in the Middle…Open information or privacy? Manawatu DC’s Lorraine Vincent on freshening up councils…Get Smart: Your guide to intelligent transport…A shining example: Rolleston rolls...
Think differently: making decisions in times of chaos.
The environment in which local government operates is highly complex and sometimes chaotic. This is especially true around infrastructure. Large changes in demand and technology,...
Freshwater report lifts debate on collaborative processes
A new government report on freshwater management highlights yet again the delicate path that regional authorities must tread in balancing environmental, economic and iwi aspirations for...
Chief executive questions governance model
Manawatu District Council CE Lorraine Vincent says local government faces future challenges with its governance composition and asks whether there should be a mixture of...
The 10 biggest mistakes that IT managers make
After more than 20 years auditing local government organisations, Tony Krzyzewski (Tony K) says he still sees them making the same mistakes. Here’s his pick...
Expert calls for more walkable cities
An AECOM specialist has warned against building too much infrastructure in some New Zealand cities saying that experience overseas shows ‘walkable’ cities are a much...
Why councils need a new type of leader
Councils of the future will provide fewer services, and use influence, alliances and collaboration to work alongside their communities. Coventry City Council CE Martin Reeves...