Tsunami of change for local government
The risk is not necessarily the reforms themselves – it is the cumulative weight of implementing them all at once, writes Mike Doesburg, Wynn Williams...
Tag : infrastructure investment
Doing more with less
The goal is not to spend more, but to make every investment work harder, writes Warren and Mahoney Principal Architect Vajini Pannila. Vajini is giving a...
Important we get changes right
We’re at a critical point for the country’s infrastructure and change is on the horizon as a result of the challenges we’re facing, says Philip...
Far North’s award-winning spatial plan
Image: The Nancy Northcroft Planning Practice Award winning team: Jaimee Cannon (second from left) and Jane Rennie (Boffa Miskell), Felicity Foy, Azman Reuben and Tammy...
The rates question
Candidates in this year’s local body elections will no doubt be tempted to campaign on promises of low or even zero rate increases, given the...
Urgent need to get infrastructure right
Alan Pollard, Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive, explains how and why we need a more practical approach to infrastructure. A January article on the...
Accurately charging for infrastructure investment
In the first of a two-part feature on infrastructure funding for local government, David Norman, an executive advisor in GHD’s Economics and Strategy team, discusses...