MTfJ: Tackling youth unemployment needs national approach say mayors
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs is calling for a national youth transitions strategy and action plan to more strongly support youth employment.
Auckland CCO Boards appointments announced (beehive.govt.nz)
The list of directors and chairs for the Auckland Council's new council controlled organisations was agreed to by Cabinet last week, Minister for Local Government Rodney Hide said.
New publication from the Office of the Auditor-General on Performance Measures
Since reform in 1989 one of the challenges to corporate planners and nearly everyone else who works in local government has been how to define meaningful performance measures to by which to measure the effectiveness of council services.
Women in Politics - a timely report from Oz
In order to mark 2010 as the year for women in local government the Australian Local Government Association has published a report entitled "Women in Politics", a particularly relevant topic given that this is also election year in New Zealand.
LGOL: One-stop candidate portal a first
A one stop online shop for candidates in this year's local body elections has been launched by Local Government Online.
