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...
Category : 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...
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...
Public space programming – Why rebuild when you can reimagine?
Craig Pocock puts the case for testing tired urban spaces with public space programming to avoid the high carbon cost of urban renewal. As a...
No more lip service to localism
By Dave Cull, President, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). Communities need to see their decisions result in action. It was pleasing to see Central Hawkes’...
Council partnerships with social enterprises can bring the four wellbeings to life
Michelle Sharp has called on councils to unbundle some of their contracts. Speaking at the LGNZ Conference in Christchurch, she said she was there to...
Sam Johnson – Looking for local heroes
Sam Johnson was the driving force behind the Student Volunteer Army during the Christchurch earthquakes. Back in town to launch the Community Guardians Project at...
Consultation documents: Better but still room for improvement
The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has singled out four councils’ consultation documents as good examples for others to follow. In its recent report, Long-term...
Tararua District Council’s Pahiatua Photograph Preservation Project
A project to preserve Pahiatua’s past may not have had the wow factor that wins big awards, but it did win the hearts of local...
Bay of Plenty Regional Council – First Mana Whakahono a Rohe
In June 2017, Bay of Plenty Regional Council was the first local authority in the country to receive an iwi authority Mana Whakahono a Rohe...