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...
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Crying wolf on emergencies
Not everyone has got excited over the Government’s ‘climate emergency declaration’ and say the nation has more pressing issues. “When Governments and international organisations are...
Wood Street revitalisation project
After months of planning, the Wood Street revitalisation project in Kaipara got rolling just before Christmas with key changes implemented following community co-design workshops. The project...
Watercare’s universal pandemic plan
Towards the end of last year Watercare, our largest water and wastewater utility, released an interactive pandemic plan under the Creative Commons license (CC BY),...
Award winning interpretation
A re-interpretation of the Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve was recognised by the Designer’s Institute of New Zealand and received a Gold Pin at...
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...
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...