- Budget 2020 Analysis
- A new path for the Chatham Islands
- Attracting investment to New Zealand’s regions
- 2015 International Year of Evaluation
- The Wealth Beneath our Feet: The Next Steps
- Defining how regions can grow
- Evaluating Stump to Pump
- Crown Manager report: The Next Steps
- Supporting Economic Excellence
- At the forefront of regional economic growth
- Partnering with Local Government
- Designing and managing the justice sector budget round
- Lessons from an insurance approach to welfare
- Building regional growth - partnering with EDANZ
- MartinJenkins comes of age
- Supporting economic excellence - Part 1
- Partnering with Local Government - first part
- Working together towards regional economic growth
- MartinJenkins and the Southern Response inquiry
- Kevin Jenkins' space odyssey
- ARTICLE ARCHIVE
Crown Manager report: The Next Steps
MartinJenkins director Doug Martin has delivered his final report to Christchurch City Council as Crown Manager for the city’s building consenting functions.
The report was released on Thursday 9 April by Local Government Minister Paula Bennett and Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith.
Substantial progress was made during Doug Martin’s tenure, said Mrs Bennett, leading to the council’s reinstatement as a Building Consent Authority in December 2014.
Doug Martin served as Crown Manager from July 2013 to December 2014, the first ever such manager appointed under the new intervention powers created in the Government’s 2012 local government reforms.
Dr Smith said on the report’s release that “the Crown Manager, the building consent team, the Mayor, Council and Chief Executive all deserve praise for the work that has gone into getting this critical service back on track”.
Both Ministers noted the constructive recommendations in the report, which set out further steps for the central government and the council to take, and lessons to share.
See the Ministers’ joint media release here.
Progress on the recommended programme of work is noted in this Christchurch City Council release.
The report is found on the DIA website.