Jenny Turner and Mike Doesburg, Partners at Wynn Williams who have expertise in negotiations and acquisition of land under the PWA. Valuing land that is...
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, CEO, Heavy Haulage Association. The specialist oversize sector of the road transport industry involves the movement of large indivisible items on transporters for...
Frana Divich, Partner, Heaney and Partners. On 7 February 2024 the Supreme Court allowed a novel climate change case called Smith v Fonterra Co-Operative Group...
In the Local Government magazine archives we found a press release from the Environment Minister at the time, Marian Hobbs, who in August 2005 claimed...
In Muaupoko Tribal Authority Incorporated v Minister for the Environment [2023] NZCA 641, the Court of Appeal upheld a claim for judicial review against the...
‘Communication’: Every council wants it; every council measures it; and every council is disappointed by it. By Elizabeth Hughes. Every elected member and chief executive...
By Bryce Edwards, Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz). Wellington City has...
Operations like traffic management and aviation security need to be accountable for what they do, especially when they are operating under a public regulatory framework,...