Manawatu District Council CE Lorraine Vincent is keen for councils to stay relevant and resilient. She sat down for a chat with Ruth Le Pla.
Lorraine Vincent would be a fun travelling companion. Not that she’s asked me, of course, so no rumours, please. Still, I reckon I’d run the serious risk of getting dragged off to check out...
Auckland Council recently invited Local Government Magazine to join a two-day think-tank looking at how the infrastructure that council provides affects liveability for everyone in the city.
Local Government Magazine sat in as people from council, CCOs, other local authorities, universities, consultancies and contracting firms openly...
Local Government Magazine has been hanging out with the Auckland Council family , friends from other councils, universities and other plugged-in folk at a two-day think-fest looking at how the infrastructure that council provides affects liveability for everyone in the city.
Together they generated a huge number of ideas on everything...
Opus International Consultants partner Philip McFarlane reports that for every $1 invested in resilience projects, it’s possible to get returns of between $5 and $10.
“The United Nations quotes figures of a $10 return for every dollar spent,” he says. “And in the United States they talk about improvements to levies for stopbanks...
