This report looks at the fiscal stability of Local Government in New Zealand. The report provides an independent review of the trends reported and the conclusions drawn in three papers: the Better Local Government discussion document (NZ Govt. March 2012) the Cabinet paper the accompanying Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for Better Local Government (dated 16 March 2012).  
The recent Greek debt crisis highlighted the need for a robust fiscal policy regime. New Zealand's P...
Purpose: Considering the increased financial responsibility of local government (LG), the impact of ...
The manner in which central and local governments engage has taken on extra salience in recent years...
August 2007 saw the release of 'Funding Local Government', the report of the Local Government Rates ...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a ‘work in progress’ report on some initiatives emerging fro...
A striking feature of local government reform in many Commonwealth countries has been a heavy relian...
Over the past decade or so there has been considerable attention given to the state of Australian lo...
Local Goverment New Zealand (LGNZ) commissioned this paper which takes a high-level look at the...
This is the final report in a New Zealand Initiative series on local government. It aims to restore ...
The Office of the Auditor-General has investigated the state of the infrastructure, the maintenance ...
The multi-faceted problem of local government finance has attracted increasing attention in the new ...
The New Zealand Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme develops emerging agribusiness leaders to help shape...
Designing funding policies to serve all the local and regional councils in New Zealand is challengin...
New Zealand is unusual in that nearly 60% of local services are funded from property taxes. These ar...
This report highlights the unprecedented fiscal challenges that New Zealand politicians will face in...
The recent Greek debt crisis highlighted the need for a robust fiscal policy regime. New Zealand's P...
Purpose: Considering the increased financial responsibility of local government (LG), the impact of ...
The manner in which central and local governments engage has taken on extra salience in recent years...
August 2007 saw the release of 'Funding Local Government', the report of the Local Government Rates ...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a ‘work in progress’ report on some initiatives emerging fro...
A striking feature of local government reform in many Commonwealth countries has been a heavy relian...
Over the past decade or so there has been considerable attention given to the state of Australian lo...
Local Goverment New Zealand (LGNZ) commissioned this paper which takes a high-level look at the...
This is the final report in a New Zealand Initiative series on local government. It aims to restore ...
The Office of the Auditor-General has investigated the state of the infrastructure, the maintenance ...
The multi-faceted problem of local government finance has attracted increasing attention in the new ...
The New Zealand Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme develops emerging agribusiness leaders to help shape...
Designing funding policies to serve all the local and regional councils in New Zealand is challengin...
New Zealand is unusual in that nearly 60% of local services are funded from property taxes. These ar...
This report highlights the unprecedented fiscal challenges that New Zealand politicians will face in...
The recent Greek debt crisis highlighted the need for a robust fiscal policy regime. New Zealand's P...
Purpose: Considering the increased financial responsibility of local government (LG), the impact of ...
The manner in which central and local governments engage has taken on extra salience in recent years...