Mayoral power and the attraction of a benevolent dictator
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel at Tompkins Wake. Nigel Clark’s guest editorial in the December 2024 issue of Local Government magazine got me thinking. The...
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The public knowledge gap
By Elizabeth Hughes. There are millions of ‘how to’ clips on YouTube covering everything from how to tie your shoelaces to how to make a...
Fundamental change – front and centre
By Paula Southgate, mayor, Hamilton. I doubt many people would have left the 2021 LGNZ conference feeling entirely comfortable. I didn’t. Most people find change...