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Building out waste LG Magazine

Building out waste

Building out waste - Tackling construction and demolition waste is critical to Zero Waste to Landfill targets, writes Parul Sood. By the end of the 2018/19 financial year on June 30, Auckland’s construction and demolition (C&D) sector had produced an estimated 570,000 tonnes of waste. That’s the equivalent of 196 storeys with...
Let’s test the market LG Magazine

Let’s test the market

Appointing a new CE starts with a robust end of term review. Mike Stenhouse People in governance roles often say that appointing the chief executive is the most critical decision they will ever make in their governance career. Certainly, this is no truer than in local government when many councillors find themselves appointing a chief...
Local by default LG Magazine

Local by default

Local governance in Wiltshire, UK Anyone wanting to see how the localism model could play out in New Zealand would do well to look at Wiltshire in the UK. For the past 10 years, much of the decision-making in the county has been devolved to 18 community area boards carrying real powers. Steve Milton, writing from the UK, was part of the...
How much well-being was in that budget? LG Magazine

How much well-being was in that budget?

What does the ‘well-being budget’ mean for councils? Peter McKinlay goes looking for evidence of government’s transformational thinking. For, without that, he says well-being will simply remain a rhetorical overlay over traditional public-sector practice. Government has delivered New Zealand’s, and possibly the world’s, first...
Meet the Local Government Learning Hub LG Magazine

Meet the Local Government Learning Hub

A new entity, the LGLH – local government learning hub, has been launched to provide a tailored approach to learning. Vern Walsh (former Auckland City councillor and community board chair) and one of the four partners in LGLH, says the focus of the new learning hub will be on induction and training crafted to meet specific...
New green infrastructure programme LG Magazine

New green infrastructure programme

Auckland Council and WSP Opus are teaming up to launch the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) in this country. The NGICP is a US-based scheme offering a credential for the construction, installation, inspection and maintenance of green infrastructure (GI). It is designed to meet international best practice...
Winning ways in election year LG Magazine

Winning ways in election year

SIR BOB HARVEY / HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION Some home truths from someone who’s been there, done that. I hope you’ve been campaigning for the past three years because that’s what it takes to win an election. You never stop shaking hands, kissing babies, cutting ribbons and always being available. I was fortunate enough to win...
Dunedin sees the light – and the dark LG Magazine

Dunedin sees the light – and the dark

In recent years Dunedin City Council has taken a thorough approach to the planning and procurement of its street light renewal, canvassing both the possible adverse effects and the opportunities afforded by a move to LEDs. The work has attracted the support of the vice president of the International Dark-Sky Association. Council staff...
Benedict Fergusson - Walking a fine line LG Magazine

Benedict Fergusson - Walking a fine line

For the past three and a half years, Benedict Ferguson has been working to create an active partnership between union members and Auckland Council – the only local authority in the country to have a full-time union delegate. He spoke with Ruth Le Pla about the challenges of his role and his work to date. Contrary to what many people...
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