Allowing iwi authorities to participate in resource management and decision-making processes is not the same as handing decision-making over to unelected parties, says Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O’Reilly.
This latest attempt to “fix” the Resource Management Act (RMA) contains a variety of controversial changes and has taken...
Resource legislation, new minister and elections: Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O'Reilly looks into the year ahead.
As I sit to write this piece on a wild, wet and windy start to the new year, I wonder what there really is left to say about local government that has not been said already. The answer is, of course, nothing at all....
On the fifth birthday of what has been described as New Zealand’s most radical local governance restructure – the creation of Auckland City, Vicki Jayne looks at what has so far been learnt from the process of creating Australasia’s biggest council.
If size were the primary criteria of success, there’s no doubt Auckland City is...
