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Local Government Seminar 19 June 2009
The Super City Select Committee - the process and the issues.This Seminar brings together the expertise of Kensington Swan's local government, infrastructure and government relations teams, and the research and policy skills of the Local Government Centre to provide you with a unique opportunity to consider how best to prepare and present your select committee submission. For more details and to download your registration form click here.
Local Economies Seminar
TOWNS & CITIES NEW ZEALAND are holding a Local Economies #1 Seminar 2009 on Thursday 13 August, 2009 at Opotiki Museum, Church St, Opotiki. For more information and to register download flyer here. (pdf 40kb)
Updated Media Reports (20 May)
There have been a number of media reports that IPP have been involved with in relation to the Royal Commission report. Download the links to these reports here. (24kb Word doc)
Local Government Conference 28 April 09
Governance for Auckland - What the Royal Commission Report means for you. This conference was your opportunity to hear both what the Royal Commission recommended and why, and the views of a range of outstanding business, community and academic leaders on what this means for the Auckland region. Presentations and papers now available on the conference website. Click here to go to site.
Child Impact Assessment
Under-20-year-olds comprise nearly 30% of the total population, yet their interests are seldom considered by decision-makers. Using a Child Impact Assessment approach involves assessing a proposed policy, decision or activity to determine its likely impact on children.
This report explains why and how to make this approach happen in local councils.
Ethnic Women's Network Project
The Institute of Public Policy recently evaluated the Ethnic Women’s Network Project in NZ. The women involved in the networks have been significantly strengthened and have appreciated the opportunity to learn about other cultures living in their new country. Involvement in the network has also connected the women with New Zealand’s government and community-based institutions. The women’s insightful contributions into strategic public policy debates have been noted by various agencies as being of high value in progressing their understanding of issues. The ethnic women members have also generously assisted many agencies including New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and other central government departments, local councils, and various community organisations to successfully navigate into ethnic communities, and this has been of huge benefit for those agencies and their associated work outputs. The full report is now available here.
08 Annual Report
The Institute of Public Policy's 2008 Annual Report is now available to be downloaded here. (pdf 4.6mb)

1 Dec 2008 Local Government brief for incoming Minister

AUT University's Local Government Centre has provided the incoming Minister of Local Government, Rodney Hide, with an independent perspective on the principal issues confronting the local government sector. The document focuses on the role an effective local government sector can play in addressing the current economic crisis.
Areas covered in the briefing document include:
Governance of Metropolitan Auckland - the Royal Commission, Resource management, Infrastructure development, Funding Compliance, The ageing population, The leaky homes crisis. Download the brief here.
Pacific Gender and Effectiveness Case Studies
Marilyn Waring and Nic Mason from AUT University, with Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop from Victoria University, Wellington, and Elizabeth Reid from Australian National University, Canberra, have been researching a sample of NZ and Australian-funded aid projects in the Pacific - in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. They have been assessing the aid projects through gender equality and aid effectiveness lens. The aim of the research is to provide recommendations for practical ways in which NZAID and AusAID can strategically advance gender equality in the future through existing aid effectiveness principles.

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