Dressing up to be elected
Dressing up to be elected By Elizabeth Hughes In 2015 the internet broke when we all got divided into blue dress/gold dress people (for those...
Category : Local Democracy
From the bottom up – giving it a sniff
By Elizabeth Hughes. This might be an understatement, but change is in the wind for local government. Obviously, the entire sector is fully engaged in...
The Auditor-General is watching
With legislative reform proceeding in all directions, I am spoilt for choice about really big things happening in the local government space to write about...
Whipping up interest in the 2022 elections
By Dr Jean Drage, local government sector expert. Time is running out for councils to finalise their approach to this year’s local elections on 8...
Is the ballot box calling you?
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. If you are reading this … it is a fair assumption that you have an interest in local...
Freedom camping problem unsolved
By Linda O’Reilly, Tompkins Wake. Since the Freedom Camping Act 2011 came into law, numerous local authorities have tried and failed to introduce fully satisfactory...
A quiz for council prospects
Welcome to election year [2022] and here’s a quiz for anyone thinking of standing. By Elizabeth Hughes. It really doesn’t seem that long ago that...
NEEDED – more time for a more comprehensive approach
By Linda O’Reilly, special council, Tompkins Wake. I have just taken two months off from local government, but local government itself has had no time...
So, what do you actually do all day?
By Elizabeth Hughes. You do media releases – right? You write the mayor’s [chair’s] speeches – right? You put adverts in the paper for shut...
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...