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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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...
Reading and family to replace PUBLIC LIFE
Lyn Patterson has been the incumbent Mayor of Masterton for almost nine years, but has decided not to seek re-election this year despite her ongoing...
A district mayor’s perspective
Greg Lang, the first term mayor of Carterton, a small rural town in the central North Island talks with Richard Silcock about his role representing...