Freedom camping – South Taranaki style
South Taranaki District Council has won the Tompkins Wake Award for Better Policy and Regulation for its innovative approach to freedom camping. It celebrated at...
Author : Jonathan Whittaker
Major legal rethink needed
LINDA O’REILLY – PARTNER, BROOKFIELDS LAWYERS What would it take to introduce localism in this country? Maybe the time has come for the idea of...
What new procurement rules mean for councils
In May 2019, Cabinet will accept the 4th Edition of the Government Rules of Procurement, which come into effect on October 1 this year. Caroline...
Treading water
Regional councils, property owners and insurers remain stuck in limbo over how best to document and respond to data on our country’s most high-risk flood...
Noise and vibration management
Local government plays a leading role in managing noise impacts in the community. So how are councils coping in the light of population increases, higher...
No need to be blue
Spotlight on LEDs We have a tool for that The newly-developed US Department of Energy Sky Glow Comparison Tool is a simplified method for comparing...
Age-friendly communities
Hamilton and New Plymouth lead the charge Help for councils The Office for Seniors has released an online toolkit to help councils and community groups...
Green spaces clean places
Carbon Landscape Collective founder Craig Pocock was back in this country last year to present the Carbon Landscape Roadshow. Here are his observations. Definition The...
Bugger! Election year again
SIR BOB HARVEY / HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION Why must we have postal voting in a digital age? They come around quickly don’t...
A question of balance
Central & local government roles The Policy Observatory at Auckland University of Technology has a series of publications on some local government governance issues, which...