Costly, frustrating Head Start process
Image: Wellington Mayor Andrew Little. (Source: US Embassy) By Natasha Jojoa Burling A costly process Wellington City Council says the Head Start failure was a...
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Local democracy swept aside
If amalgamation weakened accountability and drove costs up in 1989, is there any reason to believe that even more heavy-handed mergers can deliver the opposite...
And the early winners are…
Each potential coalition of councils has essentially had to outsource the work around amalgamation to a consultancy because of a lack of internal capacity and capability, write...