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245			_aBridging a strategic gap: a think tank for local government in New Zealand
260			_c2016
300			_ap.131-137.
362			_aJun
520			_aThis discussion addresses an initiative to establish New Zealandﾒs first think tank focused specifically on local government. It considers how two councils, Rotorua Lakes and Waipa, identified a strategic gap in their policy capability and saw the need for a collaborative approach to addressing it. The think tank is expected to take a long-term strategic approach by facilitating access by New Zealand councils to international experience and research, and by working with councils to develop responses to major long-term trends, including demographic change and the impact of technological change on local employment markets. - Reproduce
650			_aLocal government - New Zealand
650			_aLocal government
773			_aAsia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
909			_a111987
999			_c111982 _d111982