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),...
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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...
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...