Kiwi-made activated carbon
Activated carbon is a substance most would not have heard about in these anti-carbon obsessed times, but it is important in a remarkably wide range...
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Overseer-judged incorrectly for something it was never designed to do
By Dr Caroline Read, Overseer Limited chief executive. Overseer is committed to continuing to work alongside regional councils in their vital role of delivering improvements...
Our once in a generation chance to nail infrastructure legislation
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. An exposure draft of the bill has been circulated and a Select Committee is currently digesting...
A big problem facing many small business
By Vaughan Winiata, kaitiaki umanga – business advisor. Along with my colleagues at HTK Group, I’m exposed to a database of over 2600 Maori small...
The public knowledge gap
By Elizabeth Hughes. There are millions of ‘how to’ clips on YouTube covering everything from how to tie your shoelaces to how to make a...
Wellington – we have a problem
Caption: Ross Copland at 2021 QuarryNZ Conference By WAYNE SCOTT, CEO, AGGREGATE AND QUARRY ASSOCIATION. Our country has a $75 billon plus infrastructure deficit to...
Fundamental change – front and centre
By Paula Southgate, mayor, Hamilton. I doubt many people would have left the 2021 LGNZ conference feeling entirely comfortable. I didn’t. Most people find change...
RMA replacement needs more localism
LGNZ is calling on the Government to bolster the provisions for communities to have a stronger voice in the exposure draft of the Natural and...
Northland councils whakakahore Government’s water reforms
Far North mayor and LGNZ board member John Carter is taking concerns over the Government’s three water reform to the next LGNZ board meeting and...
RMA reform draft raises concerns
The draft of the Natural and Built Environments Bill released last month [July 2021] as the Government moves to replace the Resource Management Act 1991...