Newsletters

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - November 2010 (PDF 330KB)
Post Election New Council snapshot briefings, Assets and Depreciation Publication and LGNZ Depreciation project, Local Government Finance Conference.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - August 2010 (PDF 324KB)
We live in interesting (challenging times). So ... nothing different from other years! Increasingly, affordable, independent and reliable information is necessary with which to construct valid local government analysis and policy positions.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - July 2010 (PDF 544KB)
Announcement to all TLA management. A Totally NEW ... 'Assets and Depreciation' publication.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - December 2009 (PDF 325KB)
2010 'Base Stats with Trendz' reports ... contrasted with Benchmarking

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - July 2009 (PDF 421KB)
Forensic Cost Accounting the first step for Council Benchmarking

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - May 2009 (PDF 288KB)
Interesting times ... How does your council compare? Can you prove your worth?

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter -  October 2008 (PDF 325KB)
Benchmarking ... 'Base Stats' are not!, Remuneration and Rating expert support, Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy, 'Base Stats with Trendz' ... the 2006 to 2009 three year subscriptions.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter -  June 2008 (PDF 350KB)
'Base Stats' Developments, North American Recruitment, Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Royal Commission Data Requirements, Ability to Pay Surveys.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter -  February 2008 (DOC 142KB)
'Base Stats with Trendz' 2008 Reports, New data, remuneration survey, rates survey, household economic information, StatsNZ local government information, Auckland Regional reorganization … Royal Commission, Unitaries and Regional groupings.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter -  August 2007  (PDF 181KB)
Council Performance Improvement (CPI) Package, Data Mining and the Local Government Database, Frontier Center's Local Government Performance Index.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter -  April 2007  (PDF 118KB)
Canadian local government assignment, Presentations in April, Local govt excellence program, Rating data package.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - December 2006 (PDF 544KB)
Hutt city council ... a performance champion, Special offer, Canadian and Iraq adventure, Final PFI project findings, Taupo LTCCP strategic financial planning workshop, SOLGM speaking engagement, Wellington finance forum.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - August 2006 (PDF 244KB)
Final prospective financial information (PFI) project and the rates surveys, Wellington PFI findings workshop, 'Base Stats' products and services catalogue.

'Base Stats with Trendz' Newsletter - May 2006 (DOC 71KB) (PDF 88KB)
Tour report, 'Outcomes-Results', 'Base Stats with Trendz' multi disciplinary data and their multi uses, The 10 biggies, Future base stats enhancements, PFI project, Data mining the NZLG database.