By Mayor of Hamilton, Paula Southgate Everyone across the country, and certainly in local government, has focused extensively on the fast-moving, ever-changing arena of reform. ...
By Alan Pollard, Civil Contractors New Zealand, Chief Executive As I reflect on the increasingly challenging situation we find ourselves in – politically, economically, socially,...
While new requirements relating to the establishment of Maori wards and constituencies are still awaiting enactment in the Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill, Gavin Beattie,...
Since this article was published in the November 202 issue of Local Government magazine, Auckland suffered a major flooding disaster over the city’s anniversary weekend,...
Caption: Balmoral School playing field turned into a huge lake that spilled into the local suburb flooding housing during the storm over Auckland, January 27,...
The offices of the Ombudsman and the Controller and Auditor-General are two important independent statutory agencies charged with protecting aspects of the public interest against...
Russell Halliday, programme delivery director and market leader – Urban Places at Stantec, looks at urban places as about place and, more importantly, about the...
Councils have received welcome guidance on their obligations to hire facilities to groups expressing controversial views. Article by Tompkins Wake. Prior to the pandemic, councils...
The Government’s climate regulation implications and observations for local authorities explained by Elliot Maassen, associate and Tegan Wadworth, solicitor, in Wynn Williams’ Environment and Planning...