Creating infrastructure that better serves communities
Photo: The new Pokapu Road bridge in Northland. Potholed roads, leaking pipes, and an electrical grid under strain. New Zealand’s aging infrastructure has been a...
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AI use in local government
Mike Manson, Chief Executive of the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm but you may...
Removing well-being responsibility from local government
By Peter Dunne. The water pipe, which burst beneath Wellington’s Cambridge Terrace on Wednesday morning [21 August], could not have chosen a better moment to...
Safer communities together
Caption: Mayor Paula Southgate with Hamilton city area Police Commander, Inspector Andrea McBeth (photo: Stuff/Waikato Times). Paula Southgate, Mayor of Hamilton. New Zealand is facing...
Chief executive performance committees
David Hammond, Executive Search Lead, Tribe. It should be easy to develop the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a Chief Executive Performance Committee (titles may...
Dumb tunnels and dumb laws
Wayne Brown, engineer and Mayor of Auckland. As mayor of Auckland I am fighting a constant battle with Wellington bureaucrats to enable Aucklanders to actually...
Court of Appeal overturns misfeasance
Frana Divich, Heaney and Partners. Misfeasance in a public office is the common law’s only public law tort. It is unusual because only public...
Governance review – Tauranga City Council
Jeremy Sole explains how, in the new world of CCOs, the Tauranga City Council’s recent bi-annual CCO board review was provided by a framework based...
How connected are three water bylaws?
Three water bylaws, now relegated to the background amidst budget sheet separation, water service plans, service delivery models, and price regulation, play a crucial role...
Challenging behaviours in community meetings
If your role requires you to facilitate community meetings or workshops, at some point you will come face-to-face with challenging behaviours and difficult group...