Designing and operating roads for oversize
The way that our roads are planned and managed is to try to suit the majority of road users to keep them safe and to operate...
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Understanding your code of conduct
Patrick Corish from Franks Ogilvie looks at the value of the local government Code of Conduct in the light of increased discussion in the media...
Another look at the perils of council decision-making
Another look at the perils of council decision-making By Linda O’Reilly, Brookfields. Since its enactment, the constraints on the power of general competence provided by...
International success for Kiwi-made public loo
The kiwi-designed Exeloo, as featured in LG magazine, was named best public toilet facility in the United States recently. Below: Exeloo facility at Sunkist Bay,...
Comparative information for council budgets and services
To meet financial challenges councils are being asked to re-examine their budget processes and content and improved levels of performance. Larry Mitchell says this can...
World first fix for Westport water woes
In 2018 Westport had a problem. A collapsed supply tunnel meant the northern West Coast town of about 4600 people was having to constantly pump...
A ‘sustainability’ trend setter
Lyn Mayes is one of those rare personalities: ahead of the curve, albeit unconsciously. She set up her business, Mad World, in 2001, focusing on...
Fixing local government: get the basics right
By Monique Poirier, campaigns manager, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The case for local government boils down to the belief that a local community has a better...
Fixing a broken relationship
By Vaughan Winiata, VFormation, and small business advocate. Dollars to Doughnuts is an old betting term dating back to the 1880s, it was used to...
Transport sector collaboration creates innovation
Above: REG programme manager Andrew McKillop, REG Evidence and Outcomes Group chair, Dawn Inglis A world-leading innovation has emerged from a roading sector project standardising...