Making balance sheets work harder
Councils must balance market risk with liquidity, inflation and concentration risk, writes Brett Moffat, Senior Consultant, Russell Investments. Brett is giving a talk at the...
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A red card system for councils?
I hope you enjoyed the FIFA World Cup 2026 as much as I did. It is amazing how exciting, dramatic and emotional it can be watching...
The three f’s of amalgamation
After several false starts, it seems as though the Wellington region’s local governments are to amalgamate. What form this takes is still uncertain, but it...
Reform agenda: the right starting point
Success is a system where local government is a genuine partner in national development. Resourced, empowered and expected to lead, writes Nick Leggett, the Chief...
Head Start is just the beginning
We are only just at the beginning of local government amalgamation in New Zealand. Head Start is not the destination, it is the starting point...
Why good governance matters
Each council triennium we seem to have at least one council that maintains its place on our newspaper front pages for all the wrong reasons,...
A journey with cancer
Alan Titchall says he’s not an expert on cancer but, from experience, he offers this existentialist advice: Cancer is not to be feared but managed,...
Simplifying local government – nonsense
By Elizabeth Hughes, strategy and policy delivery expert. ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things; Of shoes – and ships...
Editorial
From rubbish to rates to dog bylaws, nothing impacts people’s everyday lives as much as local government. The sector is at a time of immense...
It must be that time again…
As regular as a royal visit, every few years the issue of local government reorganisation rears its head – and then quickly fades away. Reform is...