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‘Living after midnight’ report highlights local policy
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 2:03 pm | Local Government NZ
LGNZ welcome The New Zealand’s Initiative’s ‘ Living after midnight ’ report as an important step to advance the debate around how councils protect their communities, but also allow the night-time economy to thrive. More >>
LGNZ cautious as government pits potatoes against houses
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 3:24 pm | Local Government NZ
LGNZ will be cautiously assessing the wider implications of the newly proposed National Position Statement on Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL), noting that that it traverses a number of highly complex policy areas including housing affordability and property ... More >>
Move to put pressure on waste producers welcomed by LGNZ
Friday, 9 August 2019, 12:55 pm | Local Government NZ
The launch of a public consultation by the Ministry for the Environment to identify products that should be included in product stewardship schemes is being welcomed by LGNZ, who say that it’s time for a mandatory scheme to incentivise waste minimisation ... More >>
Govt opts for harshest polytech medicine – LGNZ
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 3:26 pm | Local Government NZ
LGNZ is disappointed central government has opted for the harshest medicine to help a minority of ailing polytechs by creating an untested and uncosted mega-institute to run all vocational training in New Zealand. More >>
LGNZ welcomes new regulator, but affordability a concern
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:20 am | Local Government NZ
LGNZ welcomes the establishment of a drinking water regulator, a move councils have long been calling for, and commends central government for strengthening its long-neglected stewardship role in the provision of safe drinking water. “The Havelock North water ... More >>
Push to ensure voters enrolled
Monday, 29 July 2019, 9:25 am | Local Government NZ
Local Government New Zealand calling for all eligible people to take action and enrol to vote in the upcoming 2019 local government elections. More >>
School Strike 4 Climate organisers give politicians a serve
Monday, 22 July 2019, 4:49 pm | Local Government NZ
School Strike 4 Climate NZ organisers Sophie Handford and Raven Maeder delivered a clear message to over 600 local government mayors, chairs, chief executives and councillors at the recent LGNZ conference : make climate change a priority. More >>
Gisborne District Council leads winners in LGNZ awards
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:11 am | Local Government NZ
Gisborne District Council topped the table of winners in the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) EXCELLENCE Awards, taking home overall honours in an outstanding field. More >>
Roadmap for reinvigorating local democracy launched
Sunday, 7 July 2019, 7:07 pm | Local Government NZ
Roadmap for reinvigorating local democracy launched Over 600 local and central government delegates, including the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, were on hand to hear LGNZ president Dave Cull launch a roadmap to greater localism ... More >>
Local government debates remits at AGM
Sunday, 7 July 2019, 6:52 pm | Local Government NZ
Local government debates remits at AGM A record 21 remits were made official Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) policy at LGNZ’s Annual General Meeting today, from a total of 24 remits that were voted on. This year’s remits covered issues as varied ... More >>
Councils to vote on record number of remits at LGNZ AGM
Friday, 5 July 2019, 2:23 pm | Local Government NZ
Councils will vote on a record 24 remits at the Local Government New Zealand Annual General Meeting on Sunday, held in Wellington as part of the 2019 LGNZ Conference. More >>
LGNZ conference focused on returning power to the people
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:05 am | Local Government NZ
Over 550 delegates will attend the 2019 LGNZ Conference in Wellington this weekend, where a roadmap for restoring the balance between local and central government will be unveiled. Under the conference theme of ‘Riding the localism wave: Putting communities ... More >>
Youth Voting to shine a light on local candidates
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 2:00 pm | Local Government NZ
Youth across New Zealand will experience a local council election first-hand as voters in the Youth Voting 2019 programme. More >>
LGNZ Excellence Awards showcase outstanding leadership
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 11:45 am | Local Government NZ
LGNZ Excellence Awards showcase outstanding leadership by local councils The high levels of service local councils provide to communities across New Zealand are again demonstrated through the exceptional range and standard of finalists in the Local ... More >>
Local Government EXCELLENCE awards finalists announced
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 9:30 am | Local Government NZ
Hastings District Council’s ‘Te Ara Kahikatea – Whakatu Arterial Link’ project is a finalist in the 2019 Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) EXCELLENCE Awards. More >>
Local leaders urged to consider election run early
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 3:49 pm | Local Government NZ
Local Government New Zealand is encouraging community-minded leaders to get ahead of the game and start thinking about running for their upcoming local council elections now. “New Zealand is fortunate to have a lot of community-orientated people, who ... More >>
Wellbeing budget promises encourage local government
Friday, 31 May 2019, 9:12 am | Local Government NZ
LGNZ welcomes a budgetary focus on well-being, which provides support for local government’s newly reinstated four well-beings, and a programme of work that promises a more equitable regional transition to a cleaner, greener future. More >>
Regional council compliance, monitoring and enforcement
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 11:24 am | Local Government NZ
An independent report into compliance, monitoring and enforcement (CME) by New Zealand’s regional and unitary councils has found it is in relatively good shape and made recommendations on improvements. More >>
LGNZ see potential in new urban development authority
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 8:55 am | Local Government NZ
A newly announced urban development authority - Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities – has the potential to address our housing crisis, but shouldn’t put regional New Zealand in its blind spot says LGNZ President Dave Cull. LGNZ broadly welcomes ... More >>
Local government Vote 2019 campaign gains major partners
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 5:48 pm | Local Government NZ
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) has signed up a number of major partners for the Vote 2019 campaign to lift nationwide voter turnout in local elections and increase the public’s engagement with their local council. Although local election turnout ... More >>
