And the early winners are…
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...
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Government sets consent expectations
Chris Bishop, the Minister for RMA Reform, along with the Ministers for Agriculture and the Environment, has sent clear expectations to all regional and unitary...
Deciding between Bishop’s choice
Auckland Council’s Policy and Planning Committee conducted an intense and heated seven-hour meeting back in September to consider two Government options for Auckland’s future planning...
Lesson from High Court ruling on traffic measures
A self-represented law student has had success in the High Court over a raised pedestrian crossing and speed humps installed on a beachside street, but...
The right steps for economic recovery
For the past 18 months or so, the civil construction sector (like other parts of the New Zealand construction industry) has experienced a sharp decline...
Among last left in the Paris Agreement
Image: U.S. Secretary of State [at the time] John Kerry participates in the event on the UN Paris Agreement Entry into Force at the United...
Dumb tunnels and dumb laws
Wayne Brown, engineer and Mayor of Auckland. As mayor of Auckland I am fighting a constant battle with Wellington bureaucrats to enable Aucklanders to actually...
CARING ABOUT SOUND SCIENCE – carbon is not carbon dioxide
By Roy Cordato, Senior Economist Emeritus at the John Locke Foundation. Carbon dioxide – A heavy colourless gas, CO2, does not support combustion, dissolves in water to...
You can’t carry a 40 litre bag of potting mix on public transport
By Alan Titchall. I filled out a council transport survey last month. It asked me to pick a recent self-drive journey and, through drop down options,...
One step forward for maintenance, two steps back
An extract from Swamp Fever by Gerard Hindmarsh – the story of his life as an alternative life-styler in Golden Bay, northwest of Nelson, published...