Hobson’s over-stressed ghost STILL HAUNTS OUR FUTURE
By Alan Titchall, Editorial manager Local Government Magazine. You might have wondered, since the current Labour Party has been in power, why there has been...
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Cultural heritage information and councils
By Amanda Cossham and Sarah Welland, lecturers at the Open Polytechnic of NZ and co-directors of Lindisfarne Information Consulting. Local authorities manage cultural and historic...
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...
Enhancing a national visitor icon
Boffa Miskell and Stantec have been consulting on the Milford Opportunities Project, managing conservation, landscape and natural hazards within the World Heritage Site. By Andrew...
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...
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...
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...