Local Government New Zealand Major Issues Seminar: Regional Economic Development.
Last week I attended a Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) seminar on Regional Economic Development. LGNZ had invited some prominent speakers including Shamubeel Eaqub, principal economist at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Development and author of the recently published book Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand. The other speakers, both MPs with portfolios...
TalentNZ Tour: Tauranga Wednesday 12 March
The Institute completed the first leg of its TalentNZ Tour yesterday. The Northern Shore location of Tauranga was bright and breezy when Wendy McGuinness arrived mid-week accompanied by Janice Feutz of CORE Technology one of our 30 kiwis interviewed in the TalentNZ Journal. She added a personal note to the presentations, speaking of her history...
Courtesy Goes A Long Way
On Wednesday we presented our submission to the Wellington City Council on their Draft Long Term Plan 2020-22 for the city. We were really interested in the presentation from the another submitter – Allan Brown, Chair of the Great Harbour Way Trust – who discussed the progress of the Great Harbour Way project which will provide a safe and continuous ...
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