Find out how local government works and what councils do. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (NZ Govt).

Address by Dr Marilyn Waring to SOLGM 2001: Absolutely Positively Local Government: Best practice for local government in the new millennium: Wellington. September 10, 2001

Three case Studies by Graham B. Sewell A Research Paper submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Policy (MPP): Victoria University of Wellington: November 1997

Kindly provided by the Kaipara District Council as a working example of a trust deed with the proviso that the document is not to be directly reused.

An exchange of delegation policies, 13 August 2009

Rangitikei District Council

August 2004, ISBN 0-478-18121-3.
This is a good practice guide published under section 21 of the Public Audit Act 2001. First issued: March 1995 (ISBN 0-477-02847-0) Revised: October 1998 (ISBN 0-477-02856-X), September 2001 (ISBN 0-477-02885-3) (Office of the Controller & Auditor-General)

Local Government Commission WELLINGTON March 2003 ISBN 0-478-04957-9

The Local Government Information Series is a programme of research, evaluation and information collection about local government, undertaken by The Department of Internal Affairs. This information is collected as part of the evaluation of local government legislation, and as part of ongoing work on a database for regular reporting on information and analysis about local government.

Paper to the Japan Management Association Municipality ‘Electronisation’ Symposium, Tokyo, 18 November 1999: David Smith, SOLGM Executive Director

The Department of Internal Affairs has commissioned research into long-term overall changes in council representation, including changes associated with council representation review processes.
The Local Government Act 2002 requires that local authorities undertake a representation review at least once every six years. This process consists of reviewing representation arrangements such as the number of councillors for a ward or district, the boundries and number of community boards and the system of voting. This research looks at trends in representation and the way that councils determine and consult on their representation arrangements.

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