Rates will never be enough
Councils need the power to raise money in other ways, writes Guy Charton, Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology. Republished from the Conversation, April 2025,...
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We all face the same pressures and restraints
Small local councils struggle against near-impossible odds and outside criticism, writes Tania Gibson, the Grey District Mayor. As Mayor of Grey District, I’ve seen firsthand...
Smart City lessons from Taiwan
Image : At Smart City Summit & Expo in Taipei (from left): Mike Manson; Grant Smith – Mayor of Palmerston North; and Sarah Morris –...
Leadership in an era of cost-savings
By David Hammond, Head of Consulting & Public Sectors, Tribe. Personally, I was not horrified by the removal of the four well-beings from the Local...
Properly ‘engaged’ takes more than a ring
Elizabeth Hughes discusses the question around elected members making the right collective commitment required to get engagement right, or even half right. “We didn’t...
Adhering to procedural rules
By Frana Divich (Partner), Heaney and Partners. In a recent judgement, the High Court rejected an application for an extension of time to serve a...
Helping local businesses tender for council contracts
Image: Caroline Boot from Plan A. A recent Lift Your Game course in South Waikato was a collaboration between the South Waikato District Council (SWDC),...
Challenging traditional assumptions in pipeline renewals
Out with the old, in with the new? Asset owners are rethinking how they manage ageing pipe networks as emerging ‘condition assessment technologies’ expose the...
Smart communities approach
By Mike Manson, Chief Executive of the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM). Imagine being able to keep an eye on rising floodwaters before...
Recruiting locally versus from overseas
Way back in January 2008, David Law, an employment relations and recruitment consultant, wrote an article relating to the fight for talent among local authorities....