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Costly, frustrating Head Start process

Doing more with less

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Local democracy swept aside

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Māori and local government: navigating shifting legislation

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The Government’s programme reflects a coherent, if contested, policy position that Māori interests in local governance should be accommodated through targeted statutory provisions and direct...
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Wake-up call for councils

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This editorial has been updated to reflect the fact Tauranga City Council CEO Marty Grenfell resigned. Council officials around the country should be scouring agendas,...
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Capping rates – a danger for local & central government

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We need an inquiry into local government funding, but it must have cross-party support and a clear commitment to implement its recommendations, write Andy Asquith,...
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Turning vision into reality

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The next phase of local government reform is about taking the foundations established through priorities, community voice, evidence and process, and applying them to three...
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Costly, frustrating Head Start process

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Image: Wellington Mayor Andrew Little. (Source: US Embassy) By Natasha Jojoa Burling A costly process Wellington City Council says the Head Start failure was a...
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Doing more with less

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The goal is not to spend more, but to make every investment work harder, writes Warren and Mahoney Principal Architect Vajini Pannila. Vajini is giving a...
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Important we get changes right

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We’re at a critical point for the country’s infrastructure and change is on the horizon as a result of the challenges we’re facing, says Philip...
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Local democracy swept aside

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If amalgamation weakened accountability and drove costs up in 1989, is there any reason to believe that even more heavy-handed mergers can deliver the opposite...
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Lessons from setting up a new water entity

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Creating a new organisation is not the finish line; it’s the foundation on which long-term success depends, writes Jaron Shaw, Establishment Programme Director for Waikato...
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And the early winners are…

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Each potential coalition of councils has essentially had to outsource the work around amalgamation to a consultancy because of a lack of internal capacity and capability, write...