Nine To Noon

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of public affairs firm Capital. Peter Dunne was the leader of United Future and is a former MP and Minister who has worked within both National and Labour governments.

Bill dicusses two topics related to how territory is divided up. First, the announcement that local councils need to come up with plans for amalgamation, and what a recent court ruling says about cross-leases, and what it means for renovations and development for a homeowner.

What was supposed to be a weekend side-hustle has grown into a full-time family affair for Donna-Marie Carr, her husband and their three children.

Tom discusses the $130k spent on bespoke council office art, more than 60 properties ask to have heritage status removed, a campaign to reduce council outsourcing and will the council hike rates on its own AirBnB.

Holly Walker reviews Side Character Energy by Olivia Tolich, published by Text Publishing.