Contrafed Publishing, Author at Local Government Magazine

What’s wrong with burning rubbish? Waste to energy incineration

Contrafed PublishingDecember 17, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingDecember 17, 2019September 1, 202205118

Top left: Rubbish incineration plant at Spillepengen Malmo, Sweden. Right: Macao Solid Waste Incineration Plant. Marty Hoffart suggests seven ways for councils to evaluate waste-to-energy...

Communication

LGOIMA under the spotlight

Contrafed PublishingNovember 12, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingNovember 12, 2019September 1, 202203004

How well are councils working with the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA)? This year [2019] the Chief Ombudsman launched his first round...

Procurement

Horizons Regional Council – New simplified supplier panel model

Contrafed PublishingOctober 26, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingOctober 26, 2019September 1, 202202756

They’re flavour of the year, supposed to reduce tendering costs and hassle. But the reality is that supplier panels often don’t work well for either...

LG Magazine

Building more playful towns and cities

Contrafed PublishingOctober 20, 2019September 30, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingOctober 20, 2019September 30, 202202178

Co-designing with children can better develop our towns and cities. It helps create more child-friendly spaces and delivers an environment that is more playful and...

LG Magazine

Building regulations – A rock and a hard place

Contrafed PublishingOctober 12, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingOctober 12, 2019September 1, 202203259

There are always two sides to a story. When it comes to issuing building consents, councils often cop the blame for being tardy or obstructive....

LG Magazine

Sir Howard Bernstein – On city deals

Contrafed PublishingOctober 6, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingOctober 6, 2019September 1, 202205014

In the UK and Australia, local bodies are negotiating with central government for bespoke packages of funding and decision-making powers. Sir Howard Bernstein, the architect...

Emergency Management

New animal welfare chatbot

Contrafed PublishingOctober 1, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingOctober 1, 2019September 1, 202202038

Situate Me Launches Ema For Animals. Left to right: Ella Harnish, Helen Wang, Andreas Benz and Rob Gourdie with Mac the Huntaway. Situate Me has...

LG Magazine

New Construction Accord signals change

Contrafed PublishingSeptember 25, 2019October 5, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingSeptember 25, 2019October 5, 202203704

To be part of the solution, local government needs to admit it’s part of the problem. So says Richard Briggs, chief executive of Hamilton City...

LG Magazine

From conflict to commitment – Queen Street, Richmond, Nelson

Contrafed PublishingSeptember 17, 2019September 1, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingSeptember 17, 2019September 1, 202201966

Tasman District Council’s Jeff Robinson shared the ups, downs and lessons learnt from council’s bold remake of Richmond’s main thoroughfare. He presented this paper at...

Communication

Lance Burdett – Pouring oil on troubled councils

Contrafed PublishingSeptember 1, 2019September 2, 2022

by Contrafed PublishingSeptember 1, 2019September 2, 202201134

Lance Burdett used to be a crisis negotiator. Now he helps councils handle angry, aggressive or threatening customers. He spoke with Ruth Le Pla about...