Increasing accessibility at heart of online voting trial
By The Online Voting Working Party. Nine New Zealand councils are looking to modernise and futureproof New Zealand’s local electoral system by trialling online voting...
Category : Governance
E-voting – Where are the benefits?
You can’t kill the elephant in the room with a silver bullet, say academics Andy Asquith and Julienne Molineaux. Why people don’t vote When LGNZ...
Wellbeing – Will it be the great disruptor?
Deep change is coming to the local government sector, says public policy consultant, Peter McKinlay. The reintroduction of the four wellbeings presents an opportunity for...
Representation reviews – The final steps
In the third of a series of three articles, Gavin Beattie of the Local Government Commission sets out the last important procedural steps for councils...
Representation reviews
Gavin Beattie of the Local Government Commission sets out important procedural matters for councils when considering feedback from their communities on their initial representation review...
Central / Local Government Partnerships: A new way of working
Six months ago, a new Central / Local Government Partnerships Group was created in the Department of Internal Affairs to respond to changing needs and...
A stronger role for Te Maruata: Boosting the involvement of Maori in local government
Maori elected members, and many non-Maori members, have expressed a desire to see tangata whenua play a greater strategic role in local government in
New...
Representation reviews
Is your council fairly and effectively representing the community? In 2018, 57 councils are required to review their representation arrangements to apply at the next...
New times: New model
Former Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker calls for a 21st century model for local government. Local government is a big and complex business with many moving...
Maori representation – Democracy in-action?
Does ‘ticking the Maori box’ make a difference? Kataraina O’Brien and Fiona McTavish are from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, the first council in the...