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Most countries have a form of regional administration for public and environmental services. Some things, such as river catchments, flood control, public transport services and...
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Reflecting on a long career in local government
Image: Paula Southgate and her husband Greg Forsyth at the Peacocke Bridge blessing ceremony in September 2024. Twenty-four years ago, when I stood for election, I...
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The rates question
Candidates in this year’s local body elections will no doubt be tempted to campaign on promises of low or even zero rate increases, given the...
Lessons in the building approval processes
In a recent decision of the Christchurch High Court, the Christchurch City Council successfully defended a summary judgment application, writes Sarah Macky, Partner at Heaney...
Non-consented small stand-alone dwellings
Love or hate the idea, changes to the consent regimes are aimed at allowing the building of tiny homes and granny flats without council consent....
Are councils ‘Treaty’ partners?
By Mike Doesburg and Emma Burns, lawyers specialising in local government and environmental law at Wynn Williams. This year, considerable debate has been had about...
Wellington’s mayoral prospects
There was an old saying doing the rounds in Rome when the Cardinals gathered to elect a successor to Pope Francis: “He who enters the...
Parliamentary game-playing
A tense and intriguing political chess game is currently being played in Parliament’s Privileges Committee, explains Peter Dunne. On the face of it, the issue...
The case for a smaller government executive
Based on a speech David Seymour gave to the Tauranga Business Chamber last month where he floated an idea about how we could transform government...