The role of a governance professional explained
By Steve McDowell, Meeting and Governance Solutions. A new councillor once asked me; “who do I go to if I want to know something in...
Category : Governance
Localism in a hyper-connected, borderless world
Technology-driven disruptive change is shifting economic, social, political and cultural norms. Christine Coste told attendees at the recent NZPI Conference in Napier it will also...
Local by default
Local governance in Wiltshire, UK Anyone wanting to see how the localism model could play out in New Zealand would do well to look at...
How much well-being was in that budget?
What does the ‘well-being budget’ mean for councils? Peter McKinlay goes looking for evidence of government’s transformational thinking. For, without that, he says well-being will...
Blow the whistle on bad behaviour
The State Services Commission’s review of the Protected Disclosures Act 2000 is evidence that speaking up is going to become more important to those operating...
GIS to the rescue
Wellington City Council can now provide, at a glance, data on buildings in six pre-1930s character areas. It’s all thanks to a new GIS initiative....
Yet more power to the people
Localism now A citizens’ jury in action The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation VicHealth is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria. Last year...
Inclusive growth – Opening Pandora’s Box?
Peter McKinlay lays out the options now unfolding for local government and warns that other entities already see the opportunities for change. The relative status...
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...
Power to the people! Yeah!
But what does that mean? WHAT’S WRONG RIGHT NOW? Central government’s getting a free lunch It passes duties and responsibilities to local government. Then gives...