Bugger! Election year again
SIR BOB HARVEY / HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION Why must we have postal voting in a digital age? They come around quickly don’t...
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A bit of a festive stretch
Why council communications are like undergarments. by ELIZABETH HUGHES – Elizabeth Hughes Communication. Remember when our mothers told us not to leave the house without clean...
12 months and counting
SOLGM’s LG Executive Leaders Programme Get in early to be part of a future cohort SOLGM has filled all places for its 2018/19 LG Executive...
A driving force: Singapore’s next-generation electronic road pricing system
In 2020 Singapore will launch a new satellite-based road pricing system. The change is needed to keep its 5.6 million people moving in a land...
2018 will be a big year for the environment
Big changes in environmental management are coming fast. Business as usual is not on offer anymore. Gary Taylor, chief executive, Environmental Defence Society. Who would have...
A tale of two cities: Local government, community events and social capital building
This thesis, A tale of two cities: Local government, community events and social capital building, was presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the...
A seismic shift in design
This paper, ‘A seismic shift in design – embedding safety, resilience and value into post-earthquake designs’, was presented at Water New Zealand’s Annual Conference. Beca...
A sea change year for waste minimisation?
Three big-ticket items will dominate councils’ waste minimisation agendas this year. Paul Evans, Chief Executive, Waste Management Institute New Zealand With the confluence of a...
2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards: Results
Congratulations to all the councils whose entries were selected as winners, highly commended and finalists in the 2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards. Sixty-three applications were received...
7 smart digital moves by councils
How to boost biosecurity, recruit more cost-effectively, deliver news, consult more widely and build intranets that staff really want to use? Councils share the technologies...