Far North District Council has won the Minister of Local Government’s Award for Excellence in Council/Community Relations for its Te Hiku o te Ika Revitalisation Project.
Category: community engagement
Lifting Māori representation in the 2022 Local Elections
With many councils establishing Māori wards last year, Taurikura NZ and Waikato-Tainui have collaborated to develop Maangai Taunaki, a series of waananga to support candidates, campaign supporters and community champions. This information will be of interest to those thinking about standing as a candidate in the 2022 Local Elections.
Highlights from our Future for Local Government roadshow
We’ve now completed our first series of online engagement focused on reimagining the future of local governance. Thanks so much to all who have participated. We would like to share the Roadshow’s introductory video ‘Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga ka ngaro te iwi’ (without foresight or vision the people will be lost), a brief initial summary of what we heard from participants, and some key files that were shared prior to the sessions.
Taituarā Great CD Competition winners announced
Fifty-six councils have entered this year’s Taituarā Great CD Competition. The quality of this year’s entries is very high, but our judges have now selected both a winning and a highly commended council. We hope all councils will be able to learn from these winning entries as well as the other finalists’ Consultation Documents which will shortly be available on our LGSectorGoodToolkit.
Top 10 selected in Taituarā Great Consultation Documents Competition
Ten Long-term Plan consultation documents have been selected as finalists from amongst a record 56 entries in the 2021 Taituarā Great Consultation Documents (CD) Competition. Congratulations to all submitters – we’ve been overwhelmed by the overall high quality of the Plans shared this year.