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...
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Infrastructure – the elephant in the urban intensification room
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,...
Senseless race to zero
By Mike Yardley writer and media commentator. As China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam crack on building six hundred more coal-fired power plants, fear not,...
Holidays Act compliance – the red flags
Article supplied by tax specialist company, Grant Thornton NZ. The Holidays Act 2003 is one of the single hardest pieces of legislation for employers to...
New Watercare chief – from air force to water
Watercare’s new CEO Jon Lamonte was so new to his role that when Mary Searle Bell spoke to him, he was still isolating in quarantine...
Community participation in resource management
By Barry Mosley, principal planner/director, Auckland Council The Resource Management Act has governed the management of land, air and water in New Zealand since 1991....
Fixing local government: get the basics right
By Monique Poirier, campaigns manager, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The case for local government boils down to the belief that a local community has a better...
Embracing innovation at a local level
By Lindsay Pica-Alfano, founder of Govlaunch a free resource for local governments to share and discover innovative projects and tools. The secret to innovation is...
Drought-stricken Auckland relies on WRC
Auckland’s long gorgeous, California-like Autumn was a rare event that couldn’t have come at a better time during the housebound L4 and L3 lockdowns. However,...
Councils behind food for the needy
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff at the Spark Arena, HQ for food parcel distribution. Food parcels for the needy A number of councils around the country...