A Significant Election Year for LOCAL GOVERNMENT
By Dr Jean Drage, local government sector expert. It’s election year again for our local councils. In October, we will once again consider just who...
Tag : local democracy
Partnership platitudes
By Peter Dunne. Just three weeks ago [early October 2021] the Minister of Local Government received the interim report of the Future for Local Government...
Fixing local government: get the basics right
By Monique Poirier, campaigns manager, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The case for local government boils down to the belief that a local community has a better...
Representation reviews
Gavin Beattie of the Local Government Commission sets out important procedural matters for councils when considering feedback from their communities on their initial representation review...
Representation reviews
Is your council fairly and effectively representing the community? In 2018, 57 councils are required to review their representation arrangements to apply at the next...
Councils found wanting under LGOIMA
Chief ombudsman Peter Boshier is warning councils there will be a tighter focus on their obligations under Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA)....
The PSA’s watch-list
Water management and control, equal pay and the policy priorities put forward in the central government elections are on the PSA’s watch-list for 2017. Glenn...