Open letter to Minister Bishop
By Bernie Wanden, Horowhenua District Council Mayor. Last month (January 2025) I wrote a letter to newly-appointed Transport Minister Chris Bishop, congratulating him on his...
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Rating Maori Land
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. A recent report on the use of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021 to successfully...
The horizon for resource management
Mike Doesburg, Partner at Wynn Williams and specialist in resource management and environmental law, looks at what lies ahead in terms of environmental law reform....
Towards a robust workforce strategy
Duane Leo, the PSA National Secretary responsible for the Public Service Association’s Local Government sector. PSA members working in local government also live and pay...
A huge shift in LTP obligations
We are entering a ‘brave new world’ of heightened accountability for council financial planning with demands for new and improved performance and accountability that were...
Lest we forget
Image: “Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, May/June 1944. Back on 26 January David Seymour spoke at an event hosted by...
A political perspective on 2024
As a turbulent political year drew to a close in 2024, some observations can be made about the state of the various parties and some...
Time limits for building claims
The Supreme Court has released its long-awaited decision of Beca v Wellington City Council, deciding whether the Building Act’s 10-year longstop applied to third-party contribution...
Local elections – let’s celebrate the positive
By Jean Drage. Reflecting on my contribution to LG magazine following the 2022 Local Elections, I am struck by my bleak analysis of the low...
Mayoral power and the attraction of a benevolent dictator
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel at Tompkins Wake. Nigel Clark’s guest editorial in the December 2024 issue of this magazine got me thinking. The headline...