New Zealand Post Group Local Government Excellence Awards 2010

Entries are now open for the 2010 New Zealand Post Group Local Government Excellence Awards.

The entry information brochure and entry templates can be downloaded from SOLGM:

Information brochure (pdf 1.86mb)

Entry templates

The categories this year are:

• Joined Up Local Government;
• Improved Local Regulation;
• Council-Community Relationships; and
• Building Organisational Capability.

Government agencies that are working with local authorities on issues or projects that they believe are innovative or leading practice may like to talk to their local authority partners about these being entered in this years’ awards.

New Zealand Post Group Local Government Excellence Awards 2009

All entries from the 2009 awards are now available online at www.solgm.co.nz.

The awards attracted a record 45 entries. The overall award winner was Porirua City for its Villages Planning Programme. The full list of entries (by category) were:

Building Organisational Capability Category

• Wellington Regional Council - Project Model Excellence
• Manukau City Council - Your Property and Asset View
• Manukau City Council - Connecting Staff to Work Life Balance
• Upper Hutt City Council - Remembering our loved ones in the 21st Century- Upper Hutt’s Cemetery Mapping and Imaging Project
• South Taranaki District Council - Insite
• Auckland City Council - Human Resources Information Systems
• Rotorua District Council - Purchasing Matters
• Rotorua District Council - SuperService
• Waitakere City Council - Building Contract Capability
• Taupo District Council - East urban lands
• Tararua District Council - Tararua Inter-Town Fibre

Council - Community Relationships Category

• Hutt City Council - Connecting with communities through conversations – Vision CBD 2030 Project
• Hutt City Council - Leisure Active Fitness Suite
• Manukau City Council - Response to Slip at Kawakawa Bay
• Dunedin City Council - www.dunedin.govt.nz increasing the accessibility of information to the community
• Porirua City Council - Villages Planning Programme
• Waitakere City Council - Massey Matters
• Rodney District Council - Citizen E-engagement
• Hurunui District Council - Hurunui Youth Programme
• Horowhenua District Council - Life to the Max Horowhenua (LTTM)
• Tasman District Council - Tasman Draft Ten Year Plan 17 Settlements Document
• E Waikato - Waikato Regional Energy Strategy
• North Shore City - In2it - Youth Destinations Project
• Horowhenua District Council - Plan Change 20
• Upper Hutt City Council - Tell us how it is ...
• Hutt City Council - Big Splash Naenae
• Kaipara District Council - Kaipara's Future - Working Together
• South Waikato District Council - Dairy Push
• South Waikato District Council - Trade Training Centre
• Nelson City Council -Nelson Youth Council
• Whakatane - Community Consultation model
• Waitaki District Council - Graffiti Eradification
• Tararua District Council - Tararua Inter-Town Fibre
• Christchurch City Council - “Matariki” and “Matariki at the Marae”

Improved Local Regulation Category

• North Shore City Council - A new approach to erosion and sediment control on small development sites
• Rodney District Council - Integrated case management
• Waitaki District Council - Graffiti Eradification
• Tararua District Council - Tararua Inter-Town Fibre

Joined Up Local Government Category

• Dunedin City Council - Tertiary Precinct Development Plan
• Auckland Councils - Auckland region graffiti free project
• Stratford District Council - Stratford TET Home Safety Project
• Hutt and Upper Hutt City Councils - Fit for Funding
• Rodney District Council - Grenade SLOW DOWN
• New Plymouth District Council - New Plymouth District Alcohol Strategy
• Kaipara District Council - K-Cop