Supreme Court delivers limitation decision
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
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...
An opportunity to learn and collaborate
‘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...
Winning the war with words
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...
A conflict of functions
(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...
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...
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...