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...
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...
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...
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...