Archive for June 2009

In the first half of every year Local Authorities go through a massive process to define the services they provide and how they will charge for them, by consulting around and producing a Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP). This process is defined by the Local Government Act 2002 and was designed to create more…

Here’s an editorial I (Michael) wrote for the NZIS Survey Quarterly (Dec 2007) following the South East Asian Survey Congress in Oct 2007 : A big here and a long now The recent conference in Christchurch provided lots of food for thought.  Developing Sustainable Societies was the theme and this was delivered and reinforced by…