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...
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Councils inspire in EECA Awards
A pioneer of sustainable development, a business partnership that’s converting landfill emissions into electricity, and some solar-powered toilets, were among the local government success stories...
Ross McLeod: On why learning matters
Hastings District Council chief executive Ross McLeod talks with Ruth Le Pla about mental cogs, going ‘glocal’ and why councils need new ways of working...
Hawke’s Bay Urban Biodiversity Programme wins Air New Zealand EXCELLENCE Award for Environmental Impact
At the 2015 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards. A community possum-control initiative, which has seen tui and korimako (bellbird) numbers grow in the region, wins the Air...
Growing grassroots local government
Mick Lester is on a mission to nurture the next generation of people willing to enter local government. He tells Ruth Le Pla how it’s...