Holidays Act compliance – the red flags
Article supplied by tax specialist company, Grant Thornton NZ. The Holidays Act 2003 is one of the single hardest pieces of legislation for employers to...
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The hare-brained MDRS
DAVID SEYMOUR, LEADER OF THE ACT PARTY. Labour and National have promised new homes to a generation by burying their normal political differences. Unfortunately, their...
Partnership platitudes
By Peter Dunne. Just three weeks ago [early October 2021] the Minister of Local Government received the interim report of the Future for Local Government...
Lessons from Germany and strategic discipline
By Brett Crombie, director, Straightedge Accounting. The tempestuous business environment of the past 18 months has led to bankruptcies for some businesses and record profits...
Infrastructure funding – we need to change
Despite our national housing crisis and despite growth coming at us like a freight train, one fundamental issue is failing to ignite public debate. By...
The NPSUD and urban intensification in Auckland
Local Government magazine talks with John Duguid, the general manager for Plans and Places at Auckland Council, about the pressures of the NPSUD that came...
Kiwi-made activated carbon
Activated carbon is a substance most would not have heard about in these anti-carbon obsessed times, but it is important in a remarkably wide range...
The public knowledge gap
By Elizabeth Hughes. There are millions of ‘how to’ clips on YouTube covering everything from how to tie your shoelaces to how to make a...
Curb side waste collection madness
As this country is a great follower of UK local government trends, how soon will it be before some council tries to ape the UK...
Council makes and sells its own moonshine
In recent years both local and national museums have made moves to attract a much wider range of visitors with new models and displays but...