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Local Government NZ Welcomes Second Leg

Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 11:53 am | Local Government NZ

The enactment today of the Local Government (Rating) Bill will be welcomed by local communities. More >>

Transport Package Welcomed

Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:24 am | Local Government NZ

Grahame Hall, Local Government New Zealand spokesperson on transport and Mayor of Rotorua, says that local government welcomes and is generally supportive of the transport package announced by the Government. More >>

Local Government NZ Heads to Privy Council

Thursday, 14 February 2002, 11:24 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand today announced it will be appealing the Court of Appeal decision in the “apportionments case” to the Privy Council More >>

Weakness In The Face Of Scaremongering

Thursday, 31 January 2002, 10:31 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand today expressed strong disappointment at the Government’s decision to reject a room tax as ‘weakness in the face of scaremongering’. More >>

LGNZ Pays Tribute to ‘One of the Best’

Thursday, 24 January 2002, 11:38 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand Pays Tribute to ‘One of the Best’ For immediate release on 23 January 2002 More >>

Prohibition of Liquor

Friday, 21 December 2001, 2:15 pm | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand Chief Executive Peter Winder has today advised all local authorities to be very careful with the application of the Local Government (prohibition of liquor in public places) Amendment Bill. More >>

Central/Local Government Forum

Thursday, 13 December 2001, 4:40 pm | Local Government NZ

The Forum is held bi-annually and is co-chaired by the Prime Minister and the President of Local Government New Zealand. More >>

Councils provide rural bandaid

Wednesday, 28 November 2001, 5:35 pm | Local Government NZ

Councils in some rural areas are so concerned about losing doctors and basic medical care in their areas they have had to step in to stop an already big problem getting worse. More >>

National Council of Local Government NZ Elected

Wednesday, 28 November 2001, 9:54 am | Local Government NZ

National Council of Local Government New Zealand elected For immediate release on 26 November 2001 More >>

Project Moves Biodiversity Another Step Forward

Friday, 23 November 2001, 11:23 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand will launch today a project that aims to help councils work with their communities and other agencies to address biodiversity issues on land outside the conservation estate. More >>

Communities Express Their Sympathy To US

Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 11:26 am | Local Government NZ

Basil Morrison, President of Local Government New Zealand, today presented the United States Ambassador, Mr Charles J Swindells, with over 50 condolence books containing messages of sympathy regarding recent events from the communities of New Zealand. More >>

Gaming Decisions Rest With Community

Thursday, 18 October 2001, 10:20 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand congratulates the Government for taking account of the community’s desire to be consulted and have a say in decisions about the location of casinos and gaming machines in our cities and districts. More >>

Review Provides Power For Councils To Grow Up!

Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 10:35 am | Local Government NZ

‘When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to think as a child, to reason as a child. But now that I’ve become a man, I have put away childish things. 1Cor 13. Local government Mayors and CEOs have been urged by the keynote speaker at the ... More >>

Sustainable Development Needs Local Input

Monday, 16 July 2001, 6:00 pm | Local Government NZ

Central government has invited local government to help draft a national Sustainable Development Strategy for New Zealand. More >>

Local Government News - Issue 52

Friday, 15 June 2001, 5:34 pm | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand President Basil Morrison said yesterday's Forum with central government was a true reflection of the partnership principle that this Government is operating under. More >>

Review Is About 'Clarity - Not Clout'

Thursday, 14 June 2001, 2:22 pm | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand today warmly welcomed the Government’s release of its consultation document “Reviewing the Local Government Act 1974’ and said the review was about clarity - not clout - for the local government sector. More >>

Consultation Document Nears Completion

Friday, 25 May 2001, 4:45 pm | Local Government NZ

The public consultation document on the Review of the Local Government Act will be officially launched on 14 June 2001. More >>

From ‘Challenging’ to ‘Brilliant’

Monday, 19 March 2001, 11:48 am | Local Government NZ

Local Government New Zealand today launched four projects that are going to make the jobs of planning and using the Resource Management Act a lot easier. More >>

Tomorrow’s Mayors

Wednesday, 7 March 2001, 4:37 pm | Local Government NZ

This is the view of Margaret Evans, and with 25 years in local government – including election in 1974 as the country’s youngest councillor and later as the first woman mayor – she should know. More >>

Legislative Reform Newsletter No 2

Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 7:17 pm | Local Government NZ

The Department of Internal Affairs and Local Government New Zealand are in top gear in the policy development phase of the legislative review. In the next 6-8 weeks Cabinet will consider a suite of up to 17 papers on various aspects of the Local ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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