They just don’t care
Local Government in our new Aotearoa is only ‘local democracy’ in theory and not in reality, reflected in the small percentage of eligible voters who...
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After the ballot box
New councils should resist the urge to plunge straight into policy firefighting. The real opportunity lies in the first hundred days, advises David Hammond, the...
Mixed reaction to two-year local government review
The Government has initiated the first independent review of the local government sector in three decades that will focus on how “local democracy” and local...
9 years a leader: Lawrence Yule’s legacy
Lawrence Yule has steered the local government sector for the past nine years in his role as president of Local Government New Zealand. On the...
2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards: Results
Congratulations to all the councils whose entries were selected as winners, highly commended and finalists in the 2016 LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards. Sixty-three applications were received...