The bidding game – HOW TO WIN
By Stephen Mockett, general manager, Plan A. Trying to write a tender submission without clear win themes is like, well – herding cats. Most successful...
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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...
Forest & Bird corrected over wetlands
Forest & Bird’s opposition to new consenting pathways for quarries is a call to burn more fuel and add cost to every new home, roading...
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...
Overseer-judged incorrectly for something it was never designed to do
By Dr Caroline Read, Overseer Limited chief executive. Overseer is committed to continuing to work alongside regional councils in their vital role of delivering improvements...
Our once in a generation chance to nail infrastructure legislation
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. An exposure draft of the bill has been circulated and a Select Committee is currently digesting...
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...