Public spaces – Private emotions
When it comes to public spaces, everybody wants progress, nobody likes change. So says media manager and engagement strategist Mark Ames. Kathleen Kinney reports on...
Tag : Community engagement
Seeing the opportunities in the challenges
Local authorities need to do more to gather information on their most important assets. Andrea Reeves, assistant auditor-general, Local Government, Office of the Auditor-General. Before...
Greening New York City
In one of the most sophisticated cities in the world, the simplest form of community engagement is grafting together communities from the ground up. New York...
Finding the funding
Hastings District Council has accessed external funding to significantly increase its investment in the Hawke’s Bay Opera House. Here’s how. Councils face complex challenges when...
A tale of two cities: Local government, community events and social capital building
This thesis, A tale of two cities: Local government, community events and social capital building, was presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the...
The future shape of the sector
Community engagement will remain centre-stage as the Local Government Commission continues to work through options for local government reorganisation. Dr Suzanne Doig, Chief Executive, Local...
Masters of their own fiscal destiny? Local government UK
Councils in the UK are getting a major shake-up and new models emerging for future funding, roles and relationships with central government. SOLACE president Mark...
Long-term Flood Remediation Project is highly commended
At the 2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards. Fulton Hogan Excellence Award for Community Engagement. Highly Commended: Christchurch City Council’s ‘Dudley Creek: Long-term Flood Remediation Project’. Christchurch...
Te Arawa Partnership Project is highly commended
At the 2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards Fulton Hogan Excellence Award for Community Engagement. Highly Commended: Rotorua Lakes Council’s ‘Te Arawa Partnership Project’. This is a...
LGNZ 2016 EXCELLENCE Awards finalists
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) says it is extremely pleased with the high calibre of entries in the LGNZ 2016 EXCELLENCE Awards. Sixty-three applications were...