local government funding

Negotiations start for 'city and regional deals' as Government signs MoU with Auckland, Otago/Central Lakes and Western Bay of Plenty

Negotiations start for 'city and regional deals' as Government signs MoU with Auckland, Otago/Central Lakes and Western Bay of Plenty

Generation Rent author Shamubeel Eaqub on where renting's at in NZ, where it has come from and where it's heading

Generation Rent author Shamubeel Eaqub on where renting's at in NZ, where it has come from and where it's heading

‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’

‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’

A lack of trust and inadequate funding means there need to be many changes to local government, according to a specialist panel

A lack of trust and inadequate funding means there need to be many changes to local government, according to a specialist panel

Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says review will focus on how New Zealand's system of local democracy needs to evolve over the next 30 years

Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says review will focus on how New Zealand's system of local democracy needs to evolve over the next 30 years

National proposes giving councils $50,000 to spend on infrastructure for every building consent issued above historic averages

National proposes giving councils $50,000 to spend on infrastructure for every building consent issued above historic averages

Raf Manji on the lessons from Christchurch for a COVID-19 world, and a lesson from Japan pointing the way to fixing local government funding and building infrastructure

Raf Manji on the lessons from Christchurch for a COVID-19 world, and a lesson from Japan pointing the way to fixing local government funding and building infrastructure

Local Government New Zealand pushing case for central government to devolve more power to local government as Productivity Commission report on local government funding nears

Local Government New Zealand pushing case for central government to devolve more power to local government as Productivity Commission report on local government funding nears

NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton highlights the risk ratepayers have if local Councils get into financial trouble and says we all need to keep an eye on whether Council debt-funded projects make sense

NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton highlights the risk ratepayers have if local Councils get into financial trouble and says we all need to keep an eye on whether Council debt-funded projects make sense

Central govt asks Productivity Commission to probe local govt funding; acknowledges some of the councils facing the biggest cost increases have shrinking rating bases

Central govt asks Productivity Commission to probe local govt funding; acknowledges some of the councils facing the biggest cost increases have shrinking rating bases