Welcome to Taituarā
Taituarā — Local Government Professionals Aotearoa is the national membership organisation for local government professionals.
Our focus is on providing professional leadership, promoting innovation and excellence in management practice and developing local government capability to enhance service delivery to our local communities, throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
Recent articles
Simon Mutonhori from Wairoa District Council was winner of a Marsh Overseas Manager Exchange in 2021. He is currently visiting local government counterparts in Texas. In this dispatch he looks at how his host region deals with the increasingly severe flooding events it is experiencing due to climate change.
“The introduction of the Water Services Entities Bill marks the mid-point of the three waters journey” says Raymond Horan, Chief Advisor of Taituarā. “This includes improvements to the current Bill and the development of the second Bill slated for introduction towards the end of September”.
Taituarā is pleased to be partnering with AskYourTeam to launch an annual health, safety and wellbeing survey to enable Councils to measure staff wellbeing. For the first time, a sector-wide snapshot on the wellbeing of the local government workforce will be generated through the collective insights the high-level data will provide.
Events
Taituarā offers a wide range of events each year encompassing webinars, conferences, online forums, networking activities, and leadership courses.
Upcoming events
Registrations are open for our 2020 Annual Summit (sponsored by Simpson Grierson)
This is the first Community Plan Forum following the 2021-31 Long-term Plan. This will be a great opportunity to reflect on the experiences of this year’s work – what worked, what didn’t, and how Taituarā might support you with your council’s future Long-term Plans.
Member profiles
There are Taituarā members working in councils all over Aotearoa New Zealand. Whether it’s in democratic services, civil defence, planning, community engagement, environmental engineering, building services or another of a enormous range of fields, our members are making huge contributions to their communities. Each fortnight we feature a different member.
Meet Taituarā member Anita Reedy-Holthausen
Director of Engagement and Māori Responsiveness at Gisborne District Council
Meet Taituarā member James Jefferson
Group Manager Regulatory Services at Kāpiti Coast District Council
Meet Taituarā member Helena Williams
Manager Venues and Events at New Plymouth District Council