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Logan’s first meeting as a Mayoralty candidate for the 2025 election where he explains how councils set rates and discusses … Continue ReadingGrey power meeting Hokitika 15 Aug 2024

Councils and the local government funding agency (LGFA) answer this question with a “no” and factually they are correct. In … Continue ReadingCouncil Spending and Debt- Do ratepayers have a personal liability

How councils determine rates The Act relating to rates is the “Local Government (Rating) Act 2002”, this Act is used … Continue ReadingHow Councils determine rates

This is the question I find myself asking of late, with another uninformed set of decisions that have led to … Continue ReadingWho signed off on those projects?

Taking Back your councils is an education piece on the influence and control non-elected organisations have on councils and how … Continue ReadingVlog Taking Back your Councils part 1. Teviot Valley

A Village, or your neighbourhood, spends a lot of time on social media, which has led to feelings of loneliness, … Continue ReadingHow to start villages to build your region

Many governments are focused on geopolitics (competing economies between countries) or their own Gross Domestic Product (GDP) basically their own … Continue ReadingWhy local economies are the key to resilience for New Zealand

There was no point my friends and I going to win the war if when we came home you all … Continue ReadingWinning the War, Winning the Peace