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...
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Leading LGNZ’s community advocacy role
In late September, Susan Freeman-Greene stepped into the role of chief executive for LGNZ. Mary Searle Bell talks to her about her background and the...
A regimen for partnership success
By Malcolm Alexander, ex CEO, LGNZ During the past eight years with Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), I have been involved in any number of...
Yet more power to the people
Localism now A citizens’ jury in action The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation VicHealth is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria. Last year...
Power to the people! Yeah!
But what does that mean? WHAT’S WRONG RIGHT NOW? Central government’s getting a free lunch It passes duties and responsibilities to local government. Then gives...
LGNZ calls on NZTA to sort itself out
LGNZ has taken the unusual step of publicly criticising NZTA for delaying progress on some of the country’s most expensive housing markets. Singling out Tauranga,...
Hells bell. Will we drown?
Legal framework unfit to cope with costs of sea level rise. So much for the debate on whether climate change is real. Now we must...
Opening doors to China
Council relationships with China frequently get bogged down in controversy amid accusations that they fail to deliver tangible benefits to Kiwi communities. In the lead...
LGNZ's Dave Cull: On knobs and knockers
Dave Cull is LGNZ’s new president. The mayor of Dunedin talks with
Ruth Le Pla about his background as handyman, TV presenter and author, and...
Local Government Think Tank
Peter McKinlay announces a new resource to generate research and inform debate for the sector. Hamilton City Council, Masterton and Waipa District Councils and Rotorua...