Media releases

LGNZ President Stuart Crosby says the new Infrastructure Strategy is an important step towards addressing the critical issues.

Three Waters Governance Working Group recommendations provide much-needed momentum, as well as certainty for ratepayers.

Te Uru Kahika acknowledges today’s Environment Aotearoa 2022 Report.

Upper Hutt City Council is commended for its careful leadership as it reorients to manage rapid change and growth.

Te Uru Kahika is urging central government to prioritise sustained co-investment in flood protection across New Zealand.

Government announcement that councils can now apply for the Three Waters reform better-off package is good news for communities.

LGNZ welcomes the Three Waters Representation, Governance and Accountability Working Group recommendations.

LGNZ highly commends Central Hawke’s Bay District Council’s leadership and commitment to delivering for their community.

LGNZ's CouncilMARK programme gives Mackenzie District Council’s performance a tick of approval in its second assessment.

Te Uru Kahika appoint Dr Chris Daughney as the sector’s inaugural Chief Science Advisor.

When council buildings close, communities lose access to spaces to meet, socialise and access services.

LGNZ welcomes the establishment of a joint working group to resolve councils’ concerns with the Government’s three waters reform.

4th annual report of NZ's environmental first responders/enforcement officers shows a trend toward stronger regulation.

Think Rural is the brainchild of LGNZ’s Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ), with funding from the Ministry of Social Development.

LGNZ says it is disappointing that the government has mandated the reforms.

More planning reform is unlikely to fix the housing crisis without addressing how we sustainably fund infrastructure.

MTFJ is celebrating a successful year having placed over 1300 youth and Covid-displaced workers into sustainable employment.

Future for Local Government Panel’s interim report is a great start and can go further.