An address to the 2002 CLAIR Forum, delivered on 6 December 2002. The address provides a brief history of local government in New Zealand, as well as an overview of its functions, powers and accountability mechanisms. It also examines the Local Government Bill as it then stood, arguing that it...

A presentation to the Regional Councillors Forum, delivered on 4 September 1999. The address expounds the various problems besetting the Local Government Act 1974, with an emphasis on its bulk and complexity. It evaluates whether a power of general competence could be the solution to these problems