Peter McKinlay lays out the options now unfolding for local government and warns that other entities already see the opportunities for change.
The relative status quo of local government’s relationship with its communities has been coming under increasing challenge. The largely top-down delivery of a reasonably well understood range...
Carbon Landscape Collective founder Craig Pocock was back in this country last year to present the Carbon Landscape Roadshow. Here are his observations.
Definition
The carbon landscape identifies the carbon cost of design, implementation and management of public spaces and landscapes including the disproportionately high carbon cost...
SIR BOB HARVEY / HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION
Why must we have postal voting in a digital age?
They come around quickly don’t they? No sooner have you got your feet under the council table, a couple of cosy chairmanships, people start to like you, even stop you in the street telling you what a great job you are doing and suddenly...
Central & local government roles
The Policy Observatory at Auckland University of Technology has a series of publications on some local government governance issues, which diagnose problems and suggest solutions. In particular, the authors ask what the role for local government is and question how to get the central/local mix...
Last year SOLGM honoured ALGIM CEO Mike Manson for his 40 years of work in local government. Mike spoke with Ruth Le Pla about how the sector has changed and his predictions for local government IT of the future.
Tick that
Asked to name the biggest challenges that technology has resolved during his 40-year career in local government,...
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 decide how to pay for it. I am no expert on climate change but I have little time for the sceptics and there is no doubt that the time for action is upon us. At the end of January LGNZ, as part of its Climate...
By Elizabeth Hughes –Elizabeth Hughes Communication.
Imagine going on a date with local government.
Local government dating profile: His* photo is slightly out of focus (he’s new to selfies). Clearly visible in the background is a pile of clothes he tried on and discarded before finally deciding that the polo shirt would send the...
Constructive alternatives
As the need for more infrastructure projects around the country gains momentum, Wayne Scott from the Aggregate and Quarry Association calls for a closer dialogue with local government.
If you are involved with any council budget for infrastructure, you’re likely to be well aware that the price of the...
SOLGM CEO Karen Thomas reflects on the 2018 local government year and predicts what the incumbent government will bring about next.
This time last year I wrote a similar predictions piece against a backdrop of a newly-elected parliament, a change of government (in some ways unexpected) and a policy community coming to grips with what it...
Check out the relevance index and the participation gap.
Let’s face it. People just do not care about local government. While this is not a news flash, there is evidence of situational blindness affecting many who work and serve in the sector when presented with this fact. As the 2018-28 LTP process draws to a close and the build-up...
