Tasman District Council’s Jeff Robinson shared the ups, downs and lessons learnt from council’s bold remake of Richmond’s main thoroughfare. He presented this paper at the recent IPWEA NZ conference in Wellington.
It is a rare opportunity to be asked to completely demolish an existing street and replace it with a design that...
How could local authorities improve how they prepare for, and respond to, the possibility of earthquakes in their regions? Patricia Moore investigates.
Graphic images from September’s earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia are yet another reminder of the fragility of the earth’s crust. Closer to home, the Kaikoura and Christchurch...
In our ongoing series of technical briefings we feature a paper presented at the 2016 IPWEA NZ conference in Auckland. National Policy Statement (NPS) for Freshwater Management 2014 – Key implications for the consenting of municipal wastewater discharges. By Garrett Hall & Chris Scrafton, both from MWH Global in Auckland.
The...
