Future response to extreme weather EVENTS
By Linda O’Reilly, special counsel, Tompkins Wake. Lawyers are supposed to specialise in sober reflection, but the impact of Auckland Anniversary Weekend flooding and Cyclone...
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Don’t let the future run you over – you are there – now do something!
By Linda O’Reilly, Tompkins Wake. Welcome to all newly elected and re-elected mayors, chairs, councillors, local and community board members. I am by nature an...
The Auditor-General is watching
With legislative reform proceeding in all directions, I am spoilt for choice about really big things happening in the local government space to write about...
Is the ballot box calling you?
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. If you are reading this … it is a fair assumption that you have an interest in local...
NEEDED – more time for a more comprehensive approach
By Linda O’Reilly, special council, Tompkins Wake. I have just taken two months off from local government, but local government itself has had no time...
Reflections on the Local Government Review Panel
By Linda O’Reilly, Partner, Brookfields. Forty-four years in and around local government in NZ is a long time, but I know many who started before...
Overdue rates relief for Maori-owned land
By Linda O’Reilly, Brookfields. The passing of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Bill (the Bill) will come as a relief both to...
Another look at the perils of council decision-making
Another look at the perils of council decision-making By Linda O’Reilly, Brookfields. Since its enactment, the constraints on the power of general competence provided by...
Infrastructure funding – show me the money!
By Linda O’Reilly, partner, Brookfields. Infrastructure funding is a zero-sum game. No matter how you play it there is only so much money to go...
Voices in Local Government
By Linda O’Reilly, partner, Brookfields Lawyers A small article in the July issue of this magazine got me thinking about Maori representation in local government. ...