Governance design

(in date order)

Setting New Standards of Governance for the Public Sector April 2003
Conference paper
A paper to the Governance and Accountability in the Public Sector Conference held in Wellington.

Local Government Bill: Council-Controlled Organisations January 2002
Report
CLIENT: Local Government New Zealand
A report for Local Government New Zealand on implications of Part 4 of the draft Local Government Amendment Bill.

The Application of the Trust Model in the Local Government Sector:  A Scene Setting Overview of the Trust Model August 2000
Seminar paper
A paper presented to a Society of Local Government Managers / Local Government New Zealand seminar.

Assessing the Effectiveness and Future Viability of Trusts in the New Competitive Market July 2000
Conference paper
A paper to the Electricity Industry Reform Conference in Wellington.

Ownership Matters: A Government Perspective June 2000
Article
An article published in the NZ College of Management's Development Digest by Adrienne von Tunzelmann, McKinlay Douglas Ltd and Jenny Boshier, Assistant Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Globalisation, Subsidiarity and Enabling the Governance of our Communities June 1999
Forum paper
A paper for the Community Government Forum in Christchurch, as part of ongoing work on the growing importance of local governance - the shift from the centre to the periphery of the locale of key governing decisions.

Putting the Community into the Community Trust of Southland June 1999
AGM address
An address to the 1999 Annual General Meeting of the Community Trust of Southland, based on Peter McKinlay’s book 'Public Ownership and the Community', to stimulate debate within the Trust on governance, accountability and co-ordination with other local public entities.

Public Ownership and Accountability May 1999
Seminar presentation
A presentation to the Wairarapa Funders Seminar providing an overview of issues raised by the ownership and management of public wealth through local and regional trusts.

Corporate Governance April 1996
Note
MDL has developed a specialist capability in corporate governance, taking a comparative institutional approach. This note provides an overview of that capability.