By Lindsay Pica-Alfano, founder of Govlaunch a free resource for local governments to share and discover innovative projects and tools. The secret to innovation is...
Councils from Thames-Coromandel, Queenstown, Marlborough, Rotorua and Auckland have to find fair ways to fund tourism infrastructure. David Hammond looks at some of the options....
David Hammond argues that a travel tax must benefit all communities. New Zealand communities celebrate with the tourism sector the success of our 2015 visitor...
Are councils willing or able to change the governance relationships they have with their communities? Thames-Coromandel District Council chief executive David Hammond looks at models...
So many senior people in local government have told us how much they rely on the all-round wonderfulness of their executive and personal assistants that...