Jonathan Whittaker

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Sobering prospects Legal

Sobering prospects

by Linda O'Reilly – Brookfields Lawyers The risks of being an elected member.  Most elected members are aware of the constraints placed on them under the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968 (LAMIA). While often unclear on the details, they know that certain contracts between themselves and the local authority they...
Smart solutions – Coastal management Special Feature

Smart solutions – Coastal management

Billions of dollars of local government infrastructure and assets are at risk from sea level rise, according to recent research by LGNZ and Tonkin + Taylor. The impacts will be most significant for water infrastructure and roads. Thousands of properties and businesses are also under threat. Patricia Moore talks with specialists from four...
Smart solutions – Pest control and management Special Feature

Smart solutions – Pest control and management

EXOTIC INVADERS AsureQuality, with a history dating back over 100 years, is best known today for providing assurance services to our food and beverage industry. However, as biosecurity surveillance manager Deirdre Nagle explains, the organisation also provides extensive biosecurity services to local and central government. “We...
Hamilton City Council’s public venue Communities

Hamilton City Council’s public venue

Victoria-on-the-River Constructing an award-winning, terraced amphitheatre on an extremely steep site alongside the Waikato River was not without challenges. Richard Silcock explains. Award Schick Civil Construction’s entry outlining its work on the Victoria-on-the-River Precinct project won an award at the CCNZ / Hirepool...
Porirua City – customer at the heart Information Technology

Porirua City – customer at the heart

Porirua City’s work to become more agile and focus on its customers took out the runners-up award for the Best Customer-Centric Project at the ALGIM Spring Conference. The issue We wanted to be more agile, more innovative, and, most importantly, more customer-focused. We wanted to do more than just change the way we looked – we...
Public spaces – Private emotions Communities

Public spaces – Private emotions

When it comes to public spaces, everybody wants progress, nobody likes change. So says media manager and engagement strategist Mark Ames. Kathleen Kinney reports on the soft skills needed to handle people’s emotional attachment to places. There’s no question that undertaking public realm projects – whatever their scale – can...
A bit of a festive stretch Local Government 101

A bit of a festive stretch

Why council communications are like undergarments. by ELIZABETH HUGHES – Elizabeth Hughes Communication. Remember when our mothers told us not to leave the house without clean underwear, “in case you get run over by a bus”? This advice was less about the horror of being injured or maimed, and way more about being prepared. When...
Auckland’s property rates & revaluations project Information Technology

Auckland’s property rates & revaluations project

When Auckland Council wanted to publish updated property values on its website, it knew it had to develop a system robust enough to handle very heavy online traffic. The project won the Best Customer-Centric Project Award at ALGIM’s recent conference. The issue Auckland Council revalues property rates at least once every three years....
12 months and counting Management

12 months and counting

SOLGM’s LG Executive Leaders Programme Get in early to be part of a future cohort SOLGM has filled all places for its 2018/19 LG Executive Leaders Programme. However, expressions of interest are now open for candidates wanting to join the 2019/20 cohort. For more information, contact SOLGM’s manager professional development Fiona...
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