Forest & Bird corrected over wetlands
Forest & Bird’s opposition to new consenting pathways for quarries is a call to burn more fuel and add cost to every new home, roading...
Category : Comment
Our once in a generation chance to nail infrastructure legislation
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. An exposure draft of the bill has been circulated and a Select Committee is currently digesting...
Wellington – we have a problem
Caption: Ross Copland at 2021 QuarryNZ Conference By WAYNE SCOTT, CEO, AGGREGATE AND QUARRY ASSOCIATION. Our country has a $75 billon plus infrastructure deficit to...
Fundamental change – front and centre
By Paula Southgate, mayor, Hamilton. I doubt many people would have left the 2021 LGNZ conference feeling entirely comfortable. I didn’t. Most people find change...
Protecting whistle blowers: a new legislative chapter
By Jane Arnott, MNZM, director of The Ethics Conversation. The new Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistle-blowers) Act is imminent. Whistle-blowers can take heart that new...
Is buying locally the answer for council procurement?
By Peter Silcock The ‘buy local’ movement has seen a renaissance over the past year, but the jury is still out on whether councils are...