Stop dragging treaty into policies where it’s of dubious value
By Shane Jones, former Labour MP and NZ First MP. As the Covid virus continues to move through the community, another virus spreads across our...
Tag : Three Waters
Let’s talk about the future of local government
Stuart Crosby is the president of Local Government New Zealand, a current Bay of Plenty Regional councillor, and was the Tauranga Mayor from 2004 to...
Water management in the Netherlands
Marta Karlik-Neale moved to the Netherlands recently. She says that in some areas of New Zealand we will have to learn to live with water...
A question of balance
Central & local government roles The Policy Observatory at Auckland University of Technology has a series of publications on some local government governance issues, which...
Hells bell. Will we drown?
Legal framework unfit to cope with costs of sea level rise. So much for the debate on whether climate change is real. Now we must...
Gear up for an interesting year in local government
SOLGM CEO Karen Thomas reflects on the 2018 local government year and predicts what the incumbent government will bring about next. This time last year...
The view from the top
Infrastructure, funding, regional development and civic participation will be priorities for 2018, while the four wellbeings could be reinstated. The Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister for...
It’s time to decide how infrastructure is funded
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand The national surge in infrastructure investment and election promises to invest more are good news for...
Flooding and Funding
Urban stormwater is often referred to as the “poor cousin” of the three waters, with limited funding available compared to water and wastewater. The exception...