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...
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...
How good is Auckland governance?
A new report, commissioned by the Committee for Auckland, provides a good summary of pluses and minuses half a decade after Auckland was amalgamated into...
Melbourne's three steps to liveable city status
Former City of Melbourne CE Kathy Alexander shares her thoughts on how to turn around a ‘donut’ city. Thirty years ago the City of Melbourne...