Changing local political leadership: The New Zealand mayor in contemporary local governance

Political Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-64

  Cheyne, Christine ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Leadership style; Local political leadership; New Zealand mayors

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544383970     PISSN: 00323187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003231870405600207     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Philip Matthews, 'Civil War', Listener, 11 May 2002, p. 22.
2. Richard Mulgan, 'One Cheer for Hierarchy: Accountability in Disjointed Governance', Political Science, Vol. 55, No. 2, (December 2003), pp. 6-7.
3. Joachim Jens Hesse and Laurence J. Sharpe, 'Local Government in International Perspective: Some Comparative Observations', in Joachim Jens Hesse (ed.) Local Government and Urban Affairs in International Perspective: Analyses of Twenty Western Industrialised Countries (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991).
4. E.G. Page and Michael Goldsmith, Central and Local Government Relations: a Comparative Analysis of Western European Unitary States (London: Sage, 1987).
5. Page and Goldsmith, Central and Local Government Relations.
6. Oliver Borraz and Peter John, 'The Transformation of Urban Leadership in Western Europe', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, (March 2004), pp. 107-20.
7. This includes, for example, the initiatives for more vertical and horizontal integration arising from the Review of the Centre. See State Services Commission, 'Report of the Advisory Group on the Review of the Centre', 2002, http://www.ssc.govt.nz/display/document.asp?NavID=105&DocID=2429.
8. Under the Local Government Act the local authority employs the Chief Executive, who in turn employs all other staff on behalf of the authority.
9. James H. Svara, Official Leadership in the City: Patterns of Conflict and Cooperation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), p. 51.
10. Gerry Stoker and Harold Wolman, 'Lesson Drawing from U.S. Experience: an Elected Mayor for Britain's Local Government', Public Administration, Vol. 70, No. 2, (Spring 1992), pp. 241-68.
11. The number of wards, however, may be quite small; in several local authorities there has been an amalgamation of several small urban wards into a single large urban ward.
12. Upon their election, all members must make a declaration that they will perform their duties faithfully and impartially, and according to their best skill and judgement in the best interests of the city.
13. This role may involve promoting the community and representing its interests. Such advocacy will be most effective where it is carried out with the knowledge and support of the Council.
14. These arrangements apply to territorial local government (i.e., city and district councils). In regional councils, the presiding member of the council (the Chairperson) is not elected by voters at large, but by and from the members of the council.
15. John P. Kotter and Paul R. Lawrence, Mayors in Action: Five Approaches to Urban Governance (New York: Wiley, 1974).
16. Poul Erik Mouritzen and James H. Svara, Leadership at the Apex: Politicians and Administrators in Western Local Governments (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002). The fourteen countries are: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
17. Peter John, 'Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance: Britain and France Compared' (paper presented at the International Seminar on 'Governing Cities: International Perspectives', Eurovillage, Brussels, 18-19 September, 1997). See also Steve Leach and David Wilson, Local Political Leadership (Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000) and Clarence Stone, 'Political Leadership in Urban Politics', in David Judge, Gerry Stoker, and Harold Wolman (eds.), Theories of Urban Politics (London: Sage, 1995). Stone draws heavily on James MacGregor Burns, Leadership (New York: Harper and Row, 1978).
18. Peter John, 'Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance: Britain and France Compared' (paper presented at the International Seminar on 'Governing Cities: International Perspectives', Eurovillage, Brussels, 18-19 September, 1997). See also Steve Leach and David Wilson, Local Political Leadership (Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000) and Clarence Stone, 'Political Leadership in Urban Politics', in David Judge, Gerry Stoker, and Harold Wolman (eds.), Theories of Urban Politics (London: Sage, 1995). Stone draws heavily on James MacGregor Burns, Leadership (New York: Harper and Row, 1978).
19. Peter John, 'Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance: Britain and France Compared' (paper presented at the International Seminar on 'Governing Cities: International Perspectives', Eurovillage, Brussels, 18-19 September, 1997). See also Steve Leach and David Wilson, Local Political Leadership (Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000) and Clarence Stone, 'Political Leadership in Urban Politics', in David Judge, Gerry Stoker, and Harold Wolman (eds.), Theories of Urban Politics (London: Sage, 1995). Stone draws heavily on James MacGregor Burns, Leadership (New York: Harper and Row, 1978).
20. Peter John, 'Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance: Britain and France Compared' (paper presented at the International Seminar on 'Governing Cities: International Perspectives', Eurovillage, Brussels, 18-19 September, 1997). See also Steve Leach and David Wilson, Local Political Leadership (Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000) and Clarence Stone, 'Political Leadership in Urban Politics', in David Judge, Gerry Stoker, and Harold Wolman (eds.), Theories of Urban Politics (London: Sage, 1995). Stone draws heavily on James MacGregor Burns, Leadership (New York: Harper and Row, 1978).
21. Department of Internal Affairs, Local Government Act Review: Consultation Document (Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, 2001), p. 25.
22. Department of Internal Affairs, Local Government Act Review: Consultation Document, p. 25.
23. William Genieys, Xavier Ballart, and Pierre Valarie, 'From "Great" Leaders to Building Networks: the Emergence of a New Urban Leadership in Southern Europe?' International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, (March 2004), pp. 183-99, pp. 193-4.
24. See, for example, Robin Hambleton and David Sweeting, 'U.S.-style Leadership for English Local Government?' Public Administration Review, Vol. 64, No. 4, (July/August 2004), pp. 474-88; Leach and Wilson, Local Political Leadership.
25. See, for example, Robin Hambleton and David Sweeting, 'U.S.-style Leadership for English Local Government?' Public Administration Review, Vol. 64, No. 4, (July/August 2004), pp. 474-88; Leach and Wilson, Local Political Leadership.
26. David Sweeting, 'Leadership in Urban Governance: the Mayor of London', Local Government Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1, (Spring 2002), p. 3.
27. Borraz and John, 'The Transformation of Urban Leadership in Western Europe'.
28. Further information about the PLUS project can be found at http://www.plus-eura.org/.
29. Elinor Ostrom, Roy Gardner, and James Walker, Rules, Games and Common Pool Resources (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994).
30. The statutory separation of the roles of political and managerial leaders limits involvement by the Mayor (and other elected members) in matters of internal management in local government in New Zealand.
31. The virtual absence of formal parties in local authorities in New Zealand means that the behaviour of elected members is not governed by accountability to party policies.
32. The following local authorities adopted their first LTCCP by the earlier deadline (1 July 2003): Dunedin City, Hutt City, Manukau City, Waitakere City, Wanganui District, Wellington City, Western Bay of Plenty District, and Greater Wellington Regional Council.
33. Pacific Rim Instititute of Sustainable Management and Stephen Knight, Here Today, Where Tomorrow? (Auckland: Sustainable New Zealand, 2001), p. 67.
34. See, for example, Bjorn Malbert, 'Participatory Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development: Reflections on Practice in Seattle, Vancouver and Waitakere', Planning Practice and Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, (May 1998), pp. 183-9.
35. Team West candidates won ten of the 15 seats on council, 17 of the 22 seats across the city's five Community Boards holding every seat on two of them - and the two Waitakere seats on the Auckland Regional Council.
36. Pacific Rim Instititute of Sustainable Management and Knight, Here Today, Where Tomorrow?, p. 60.
37. The speakers included Dr Morgan Williams, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; Professor Ian Pool, Professor of Demography at Waikato University; and Rod Oram, an economics commentator.
38. For some time the Mayor of Christchurch had given explicit support to this view of the role of local government. See, for example, Mike Richardson, 'Taking the Canterbury Communities into the New Millennium: the Role of Local Government' (paper presented at the Forum on the Future of Government, Christchurch, 2-3 June, 1999).
39. John, 'Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance', p. 2.