Editor Ruth Le Pla Year founded 1964 Country New Zealand | Frequency Monthly Company Contrafed Publishing | |
Categories Local government in New Zealand | ||
New Zealand Local Government is a monthly trade magazine published by Contrafed Publishing, an Auckland-based company. It was first published in 1964. Contrafed Publishing, which also publishes Contractor, Energy NZ, Quarrying and Mining, OnFilm and directory website, The Data Book, purchased the publication from Mediaweb in 2014.
Content
The magazine "provides independent news and feature coverage of the entire local government sector", and it covers topics including "governance, finance and rates, engineering, coastal management, conferences, training and recruitment." According to its website "each issue includes a digest of news reports and personnel changes throughout the country, expert opinions on legislation and legal decisions affecting the sector, as well as feature articles covering the issues of the moment."