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"Going Outside the Square" with individualised Annual Plans The Hurunui District Council has developed an innovative way of communicating with ratepayers about the Draft Annual Plan and making it easier to understand.....

Communication Plan: Environment Bay of Plenty

Community Consultation Policy - "Engage, Participate, Influence!": Auckland Regional Council 

Good Practice for Managing Public Communications by Local Authorities April 2004: Local authorities will have to determine what practical application they make of our good practice guidance in particular situations. We recommend that the adoption and application of the guidance in this publication be incorporated in a formal communications policy... (Office of the Controller & Auditor-General)

Good Practice Participate: Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Guidance to Departments in Relation to Crown Entities Developed by the Treasury and the State Services Commission. Published May 2006. ISBN 0-478-18297-X.

GVTV GVTV is a video series about the issues, people and ideas that have an impact on the Greater Vancouver region. Broadcast on the Web and on Shaw Cable 4, the series provides citizens of the Lower Mainland with information that gives context to the municipal policy decisions that affect their lives 
 
Prioritising community outcomes using preference voting: Paul Killerby, Rotorua District Council; Warwick Lampp – electionz.com 

Achieving public sector outcomes with private sector partners February 2006: This report draws on the experience of overseas jurisdictions, and provides examples of partnering arrangements that have been entered into in this country. The aim is to inform leaders and decision-makers about the key issues they need to consider across the public sector and for individual projects... (Office of the Controller & Auditor-General)

Outsourcing and Alternative Service Delivery Methods/Entities (Waitaki District Council (Trevarthan) 2003)

Standard & Poor's New Zealand Public Sector Entities - Industry Report Card, 30 July 2004