Local Government New Zealand

The organisation that represents the interests of local councils.

Local government online

A portal to local-government websites around New Zealand.

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Drage, Jean. Weaving a new pattern: women political leaders in local government. Wellington: Local Government New Zealand, 1997.

Drage, Jean, ed. Empowering communities?: representation and participation in New Zealand’s local government. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2002.

Drage, Jean, Jeff McNeill, and Christine Cheyne, eds. Along a fault line: New Zealand’s changing local government. Wellington: Dunmore, 2011.