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Land transport policy signals LG Magazine

Land transport policy signals

New GPS creates opportunities to bring forward work says Peter Silcock. The recently-released draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS) creates some great opportunities but also some major challenges for local government. The draft signals a major increase in central government investment in local and regional projects...
Smart Solutions – Stormwater Management LG Magazine

Smart Solutions – Stormwater Management

Recent extreme weather events have once again raised debate about the best ways to ensure resilient and affordable stormwater management. Meanwhile, Patricia Moore reports that water sensitive urban design will become a more mainstream practice when the tangible benefits are better analysed and communicated. Forget the grey – think...
Mariner Rise – Where ecology, children and stormwater meet LG Magazine

Mariner Rise – Where ecology, children and stormwater meet

A small piece of open land on Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, serves the very different needs of a community, ecologists and council’s stormwater management responsibilities. It isn’t always easy to balance a growing city’s need for increased housing density with the desire to provide recreational amenities for those...
Smart solutions – Parks & recreation management LG Magazine

Smart solutions – Parks & recreation management

A move towards more individual sporting activities, and an increased focus on smart technologies and the needs of people with disabilities: These are just some of the changes at play for council parks and recreation management specialists. Patricia Moore takes a walk in the park. Surveys, such as those carried out by Sport New Zealand,...
Water New Zealand’s National Performance Review LG Magazine

Water New Zealand’s National Performance Review

A benchmarking tool reveals big differences in councils’ approaches to water, says Lesley Smith. We require a lot from our water systems. They need to protect public health and the environment, be reliable, resilient, resource-efficient, economically-sustainable and responsive to customers. These performance aspects are the focus of...
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE – The best – and worst – of days LG Magazine

MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE – The best – and worst – of days

SOLGM asked Ruth Le Pla to go see for herself the New Zealand heats of the Australasian Management Challenge. She came away exhausted and impressed. ROB GOLSBY For Rob Golsby, there’s no question that the Management Challenge can be transformative. A member of last year’s Tauranga City Council Blue Sky team – the team that...
Carrying the can – Who pays for waste? LG Magazine

Carrying the can – Who pays for waste?

Marlborough District Council is looking at the opportunities for waste and cost reduction through product stewardship. Alec McNeil says the larger question is, who should pay? Like other territorial authorities, Marlborough District Council (MDC) is required by law to promote effective and efficient waste management and minimisation...
IOBY – In Our Back Yards LG Magazine

IOBY – In Our Back Yards

US crowdfunding initiative IOBY is the antithesis of NIMBYism. It looks for the positive in communities, one tiny project at a time. What’s more, it may tap into much deeper currents to help build civic participation and long-term community resilience. Ruth Le Pla reports. After September 11 in New York, nonprofit organisation New...
Orderly conduct & LGOIMA LG Magazine

Orderly conduct & LGOIMA

Trespass and the right to attend council meetings. By Linda O'Reilly, partner, Brookfields Lawyers. When controversial issues come before local authorities, members and senior managers are often made uncomfortably aware of the provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). Among other things,...
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