Guest Editorial by Hon Jacqui Dean, Member of Parliament for Waitaki and National spokesperson for local government. The divvying up of responsibilities between central and...
LGNZ president Dave Cull says that Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton is on the money with his new report warning that domestic and...
Central & local government roles The Policy Observatory at Auckland University of Technology has a series of publications on some local government governance issues, which...
But what does that mean? WHAT’S WRONG RIGHT NOW? Central government’s getting a free lunch It passes duties and responsibilities to local government. Then gives...