Freedom camping problem unsolved
By Linda O’Reilly, Tompkins Wake. Since the Freedom Camping Act 2011 came into law, numerous local authorities have tried and failed to introduce fully satisfactory...
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The Caterpillar 933 – an ideal council machine
Aimed squarely at councils, local bodies and the small owner-operator, Caterpillar’s model 933 track loaders were genuine ‘jack of all trades’ earthmoving machines. Cheap to...
Public policy and undesired consequences
Dr Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Fellow, The New Zealand Initiative. This is going to be a busy and difficult year for the Government. It is planning...
Fundholding through the Gift Collective
Cheryl Spain, CEO of the Gift Trust Nobody knows the remarkable work being done in our communities like our local government community funders. However, local...
Competing for talent in a job seeker’s market
By David Hammond, head of Tribe Leadership Search. Welcome to 2022 from Tribe Leadership Search. We place many of the country’s top leadership across commercial,...
Legal challenge to Three Waters’ proposals
By Gary Judd, QC, who is representing the Water Users’ Group, set to oppose the Government’s Three Waters reforms. The group has filed a legal...
Keeping ‘placemaking’ in focus through reform
By Garry Dyet, chief executive at Waipa District Council and Robert Brodnax, senior principal advisory at Beca. Placemaking is, ‘The process of strengthening the connection...
Cultural heritage information and councils
By Amanda Cossham and Sarah Welland, lecturers at the Open Polytechnic of NZ and co-directors of Lindisfarne Information Consulting. Local authorities manage cultural and historic...
Hull marine pest survey starts again
Divers plan to check 2000-plus boat hulls from this month until May 2022 as part of an ongoing search targeting unwanted pests threatening Northland’s marine...
Holidays Act compliance – the red flags
Article supplied by tax specialist company, Grant Thornton NZ. The Holidays Act 2003 is one of the single hardest pieces of legislation for employers to...