NZTA-funded LED lighting and urban benefits
By Claus Oustrup, director and co-founder, NB SmartCities NZ. The Transport Agency is encouraging road controlling authorities (RCAs) to transition to LED lights, if they...
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Meaningful consultation with conversational AI
By Chris Upton, Business Director Local Government, and Matthew Ensor, Business director Community Engagement, Beca. Our personal sense of place and belonging can be deeply...
One-stop-shop for property information
Shifting property information records online has been a long, and sometimes complicated, process for Taupo District Council. Lorraine Wade talked to delegates at the ALGIM Autumn...
What's WAT?
Northland Regional Council has a detailed and accurate big-picture view of how much surface and groundwater is available in its region. Its water allocation tool...
The time of the drone is now
Are drones just fun distractions or solid working tools for local authorities? Tararua District Council’s Peter Wimsett told delegates at the recent ALGIM Autumn Conference...
Tararua District Council’s Pahiatua Photograph Preservation Project
A project to preserve Pahiatua’s past may not have had the wow factor that wins big awards, but it did win the hearts of local...
Guide provides electric vehicle pointers
A new guide to help local authorities make their communities more friendly to electric vehicles (EVs) is now available. Driving a Low Emissions Economy summarises...
Smart Solutions – Geographic information systems
Geospatial technologies are capturing the imagination and the headlines. But what impact are they having at local authority level? Patricia Moore looks at the science...
What next for Goshift?
Less than three years after the GoShift initiative was born, 21 councils from Western Bay of Plenty to Nelson are increasingly using common management frameworks...
Digital transformation: What does it mean and how to do it
When a panel of four local government IT specialists answered questions on the future of IT in councils at the ALGIM Conference in Rotorua, digital...