Colin Smith

Over 50 years, I have been involved with the Rodney County Council, the Rodney District Council and, finally, the Auckland Supercity. During the tenure of...

The local board has nine focused and passionate board members who are prepared to listen to the people. They are committed to their communities and...

I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Wellsford people for the effort that they have undertaken to help each other and tourists...

Cleisthenes, an ancient Athenian philosopher, invented the term “democracy” in the 5th century, moving from an aristocratic system (ruling by the elite) to ruling by...

“Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise,” said Michael Jordan, six times MVP National Basketball Association, 14 times NBA...

In 1215, King John looked wearily over the feudal kingdom of England with exasperation. He had commanded exorbitant taxes and confiscation of land and property...

Well, the local body elections are due this year and we are into the last year of the three-year Rodney Local Board plan. In 2018,...

In my 45 years of kicking around local government, I have never seen such high levels of community engagement in local affairs. Now, more than...

After being on ratepayer associations and other organisations dealing with councils, it is very different having to understand how the system works. After eight weeks...

Ten years into the Supercity and how has it panned out? Unfortunately, Wellsford was slow to get off the mark as people in Wellsford did...