Deciding between Bishop’s choice
Auckland Council’s Policy and Planning Committee conducted an intense and heated seven-hour meeting back in September to consider two Government options for Auckland’s future planning...
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They just don’t care
Local Government in our new Aotearoa is only ‘local democracy’ in theory and not in reality, reflected in the small percentage of eligible voters who...
Trapped within their bubbles
Peter Dunne writes: “The great Scottish poet Robbie Burns’ famous quote, ‘O wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see...
After the ballot box
New councils should resist the urge to plunge straight into policy firefighting. The real opportunity lies in the first hundred days, advises David Hammond, the...
The water regulator responds
Steve Taylor, Head of Operations, The Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai, responds to the article in the September magazine, ‘Regulator here to enforce not...
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Voting in the local body elections is in progress and we are already turning our attention to the national elections next year, with the three-year...
The forgotten infrastructure
Local government is on the frontline of housing developments, but there’s a critical piece of infrastructure that too often gets forgotten: digital connectivity, writes Sophie...
Lesson from High Court ruling on traffic measures
A self-represented law student has had success in the High Court over a raised pedestrian crossing and speed humps installed on a beachside street, but...
More transparency please
Image: The Tauranga City Council administration building. The Office of the Auditor-General says requests to inquire into spending decisions made by Tauranga City Council in...
Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?
We have received a number of questions about Government changes to water services delivery, write Paul Buetow, Partner; Ezekiel Hudspith, Partner; and Miles Rout, Solicitor...