Building engagement with communities, ratepayers and local businesses begins with understanding one of councils’ biggest assets – public libraries. Tim Antric asks whether councils are operating 21st century libraries.
Public libraries exist to enhance communities’ social and economic wellbeing. They are in the business of helping...
Walking hand in hand. Involving Māori in local government decision-making is not a tick-the-box exercise, says Rina Douglas. It’s essential to the economic growth of our regions and everyone who lives there.
Iwi, hapu and whanau who have settled their treaty claims, or are on the verge of doing so, continue to be a rising force in...
PowerPoint can be the worst possible tool in the hands of some council presenters. Michael Brown shows how to turn it from slave master to servant and re-engage your audiences.
If any organisation needs to engage with its community it’s a council. Yet, in the past 20 years, the standard of council presentations has plummeted. Blame...
