Open letter to Minister Bishop
By Bernie Wanden, Horowhenua District Council Mayor. Last month (January 2025) I wrote a letter to newly-appointed Transport Minister Chris Bishop, congratulating him on his...
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Rating Maori Land
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. A recent report on the use of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021 to successfully...
The horizon for resource management
Mike Doesburg, Partner at Wynn Williams and specialist in resource management and environmental law, looks at what lies ahead in terms of environmental law reform....
Towards a robust workforce strategy
Duane Leo, the PSA National Secretary responsible for the Public Service Association’s Local Government sector. PSA members working in local government also live and pay...
A huge shift in LTP obligations
We are entering a ‘brave new world’ of heightened accountability for council financial planning with demands for new and improved performance and accountability that were...
The founder dilemma
‘I wish there were a button’ … that’s a statement that needs some context – doesn’t it? asks David Hammond, the Executive Search Lead at...
Safer communities together
Caption: Mayor Paula Southgate with Hamilton city area Police Commander, Inspector Andrea McBeth (photo: Stuff/Waikato Times). Paula Southgate, Mayor of Hamilton. New Zealand is facing...
Chief executive performance committees
David Hammond, Executive Search Lead, Tribe. It should be easy to develop the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a Chief Executive Performance Committee (titles may...
Dumb tunnels and dumb laws
Wayne Brown, engineer and Mayor of Auckland. As mayor of Auckland I am fighting a constant battle with Wellington bureaucrats to enable Aucklanders to actually...
Providing for oversize transport
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...