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The founder dilemma

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‘I wish there were a button’ … that’s a statement that needs some context – doesn’t it? asks David Hammond, the Executive Search Lead at...
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Supreme Court delivers limitation decision

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Few things strike more fear into litigation lawyers than limitation dates, says Frana Divich, Partner at Heaney & Partners. If a litigation lawyer misses a...
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Call for a national data taskforce

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There are many potential fishhooks in reform of the water sector and creating new organisations to run the sector will take significant investment, says Greg...
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An opportunity to learn and collaborate

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‘Driving Collaboration’ is the heart of the 2024 ALGIM Conference, explains Mike Manson, Chief Executive of the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM).  It’s...
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Winning the war with words

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Local government – you’re losing. And for those who know me, you know how much it pains me to say this. Elizabeth Hughes. Let’s face...
EnvironmentLegal

A conflict of functions

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(Photo credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1477-2432) Mike Doesburg, Partner and Molly McDouall, Solicitor, both resource management specialists at Wynn Williams. The game of resource...
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Creating infrastructure that better serves communities

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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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Removing well-being responsibility from local government

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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...