Two and a half years ago, the South Taranaki District Council and the Hawera Business Association commissioned a strategy to redevelop Hawera’s town centre. The Campbell Lane project has revitalised the town centre and re-energised private sector investment. The town’s retail tills are busier than before. And Campbell Lane is just...
Budget cuts are making councils in the UK adopt whole new ways of working and the creation of next generation councils. David Hammond calls for more innovation here too.
Imagine a council with a staff-owned mutual company to run some services. Picture several councils in an area pooling their budgets to run services. They’re maybe...
South Taranaki District Council is known for its strong organisational culture and has got the gongs to prove it. Craig Stevenson tells Ruth Le Pla how he focuses on training, pushes staff to respond fast and what it’s like to have worked his way up from the rubbish trucks.
South Taranaki District Council’s chief executive Craig...
Local authorities are pushing to receive part of the royalties gained from the oil, gas and mining activities in their areas. They need the money to help pay for upgrading infrastructure and smooth out boom-bust economic cycles.
Waihi resident Anne Marie Spicer says it’s easy to forget that for your average person, councils and mining...
