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National News

Potential for Overseer to improve water quality

12 December 2018

A report on whether a farm management tool used to calculate nutrient runoff could be used more widely to better inform water regulation is welcomed by LGNZ, who say that...

Young and vulnerable shouldn’t shoulder sea-level rise burden

LGN 4871 Climate change impacts Image 1 Web4

6 December 2018

A report released this morning by the Deep South National Science Challenge[https://www.deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/projects/how-should-risks-sea-level-rise-be-shared] supports LGNZ’s call for a national framework to deal with sea-level rise, saying that New Zealand’s youngest and...

Central & Local Government partnership provides boost for tourism

26 November 2018

A collaboration between central and local government on a review of the Tourism Infrastructure Fund, with nine changes announced today, will assist small communities struggling with the volume of tourists...

Councils see Urban Development Authority as key to fixing housing woes

24 November 2018

LGNZ welcomes the establishment of the Housing and Urban Development Authority, noting that housing affordability is a wicked problem for New Zealand that can only be tackled through a partnership...

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