Smart communities approach
By Mike Manson, Chief Executive of the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM). Imagine being able to keep an eye on rising floodwaters before...
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Community boards and the future for local government
As councils reflect on the recommendations in the Future for Local Government report, and as some begin their next representation review, Gavin Beattie, a former...
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...