Charles Fairbairn

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The way we work Features

The way we work

Auckland Council has an enormous opportunity to change the way it handles employment relations in the next five to 10 years. Chief executive Stephen Town details the plan. What do council employees really, really want? Not certificates for good performance, that’s for sure. Morning teas don’t cut it either. No. As in most other...
Growing grassroots local government Features

Growing grassroots local government

Mick Lester is on a mission to nurture the next generation of people willing to enter local government. He tells Ruth Le Pla how it’s going. Catching up with Mick Lester is a bit like trying to pin down a kangaroo. I’d lucked a meeting with him in Wellington a while back and since then he’s been bouncing round the country doing...
Hand in hand: two plans - one story Features

Hand in hand: two plans - one story

An award-winning project in Rolleston shows the benefit of joined-up planning, says David Allan. Selwyn District Council, Boffa Miskell and Global Leisure Group recently won the New Zealand Planning Institute’s Best Practice Award for Excellence in Strategic Planning and Guidance for their work on masterplans for the Rolleston town...
AROUND THE COUNCILS Governance

AROUND THE COUNCILS

A NIWA report confirms BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL’s efforts to fence and plant stream banks are among the most effective measures it can take to help protect Tauranga Harbour. ...
LED FOR AUCKLAND Lighting

LED FOR AUCKLAND

In a move estimated to make net savings of $32 million, Auckland Transport plans to replace 44,000 high pressure sodium street lights with energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires. The savings will play out over the 20-year design-life of the LED luminaires. It will be New Zealand’s most ambitious LED replacement...
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