Category: New Zealand Issues

OPEN LETTER: Getting Local Government ‘Back on Track’

Oct 25, 2024

Kāpiti Coastal Advisory Panel and managed retreat: June 2024 updates

Jun 30, 2024

BOP Times Article: Tauranga raised pedestrian crossing ripped out after vibration issues, returned to original design

Nov 2, 2024

Democracy Project Article: When Unelected officials dominate the local democratic process

Jul 25, 2024

AA on Road Pricing: Members Views and the Association’s Position

Nov 2, 2024

Who is Taituarā (SOLGM)?

Jul 26, 2024

Crown Observer to monitor Wellington City Council

Nov 4, 2024

OPINION: Luxon Nails Councils

Aug 27, 2024

New Zealand Issues

CANDIDATE OPINION: Robert Coe

Jun 30, 2024 | Elections, Health and Safety, Law and Legislation, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Rates Increases, Safety and Well-being, Tauranga City, Tauranga City Council Election 2024, Three Waters, Water Fluoridation

Robert Coe’s Invited Opinion Piece [All contactable candidates for the 2024 Tauranga...

New Zealand Issues

Crown Observer to monitor Wellington City Council

Nov 4, 2024 | Article, Asset Sales, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Greater Wellington Region, Hamilton City, Local Government Reform, New Zealand Issues, News, Three Waters, Wellington City

Summary On the 22 October 2024 Local Government Minister Simeon Brown announced that he was...

Additional Posts

US court ruling on fluoride in drinking water being a health hazard

Oct 1, 2024 | Article, Auckland City, Cities, Cities and Regions, Council Spending, Dunedin City, Greater Wellington Region, Hamilton City, Health and Safety, Hutt City, International, Invercargill City, Law and Legislation, New Plymouth District, New Zealand Issues, News, Palmerston North City, Porirua City, Safety and Well-being, Three Waters, Upper Hutt City, Waikato Region, Waipa District, Water Fluoridation, Wellington City, World Health Organisation

A major US court ruling on water fluoridation has judged that fluoridation of drinking water at...

“Stop Water Fluoridation” petition (closes 19 Nov 2024)

Oct 1, 2024 | Auckland City, Cities, Council Spending, Dunedin City, Greater Wellington Region, Hamilton City, Health and Safety, Hutt City, Invercargill City, New Plymouth District, New Zealand Issues, News, Palmerston North City, Petitions, Porirua City, Safety and Well-being, Taking Action, Three Waters, Upper Hutt City, Waikato Region, Waipa District, Water Fluoridation, Wellington City

This petition to parliament is due to close on 19 November 2024 (11:59 pm). Go to this link to...

Ombudsman surveying public on OIA/LGOIMA and council transparency (closes 29 November 2024)

Sep 30, 2024 | Auckland City, Consultation, Freedom of Expression, Greater Wellington Region, Hutt City, New Zealand Issues, News, Official Information Act, Porirua City, Taking Action, Three Waters, Upper Hutt City, Wellington City

The Chief Ombudsman is undertaking self-initiated investigations into the official information...

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

Sep 3, 2024 | Article, Auckland City, Council Funding, Council Spending, Hamilton City, Incoming Legislation, Internet of Things, Mode Shift, New Zealand Issues, Opinion, Professional Managerial Class, Road Pricing and Congestion Charges, Smart Cities (+ 20-minute Cities), Surveillance, Taking Action, Tauranga City, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

By John McDonald (CityWatch NZ Editor and 2024 Hamilton East Ward By-election Candidate) With the...

Articles covering PM Luxon’s speech to LGNZ (August 2024)

Sep 2, 2024 | Article, Cities, Code of Conduct complaints, Core Services, Council Debt, Council Finances, Council Funding, Council Meetings, Council Spending, Freedom of Expression, Incoming Legislation, Law and Legislation, LGNZ, Local Government Reform, New Zealand Issues, News, Opinion, Overview, Professional Managerial Class, Rates Increases, Regions, Three Waters, Transport and Roading, Wellington City

Summary Prime Minister Christopher Luxon gave a speech at the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ)...

Category: New Zealand Issues

OPEN LETTER: Getting Local Government ‘Back on Track’

Kāpiti Coastal Advisory Panel and managed retreat: June 2024 updates

BOP Times Article: Tauranga raised pedestrian crossing ripped out after vibration issues, returned to original design

Democracy Project Article: When Unelected officials dominate the local democratic process

AA on Road Pricing: Members Views and the Association’s Position

Who is Taituarā (SOLGM)?

Crown Observer to monitor Wellington City Council

OPINION: Luxon Nails Councils

New Zealand Issues

CANDIDATE OPINION: Robert Coe

OPINION: Hamilton City Council Borrowing to Increase

Newsroom article: Three Waters repeal forces councils to hike rates by a third

Kāpiti Coastal Advisory Panel and managed retreat: June 2024 updates

OPINION: Councils are Out of Control

New Zealand Issues

Crown Observer to monitor Wellington City Council

AA on Road Pricing: Members Views and the Association’s Position

BOP Times Article: Tauranga raised pedestrian crossing ripped out after vibration issues, returned to original design

OPEN LETTER: Getting Local Government ‘Back on Track’

OPINION: Building on Weak Foundations

Additional Posts

US court ruling on fluoride in drinking water being a health hazard

“Stop Water Fluoridation” petition (closes 19 Nov 2024)

Ombudsman surveying public on OIA/LGOIMA and council transparency (closes 29 November 2024)

OPINION: The Slippery Slope is a Strategy, not a Fallacy

Articles covering PM Luxon’s speech to LGNZ (August 2024)

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