Dale Williams
Controlling Bay of Plenty's Wallabies
Standing at the wallaby-proof fence in Rotorua biosecurity expert Dale Williams gives an update on efforts to control the pest. Audio
Wairarapa libraries wiping debt, scrapping library fines
No more throwing the book at those who don't bring back a book on time, for library users in the Wairarapa.
Wairarapa Councils are looking to get rid of overdue library fines and wipe existing debts.
…Another look at the work-for-the-dole minimum wage idea
The former Otorohanga mayor who got his town down to zero unemployment on Shane Jones' comments about young people on the unemployment benefit. Audio
Violent Kaikohe events just a 'glimpse' of what's to come
Northland mayor John Carter wants his council, rather than Wellington bureaucrats, to take control of Kaikohe's future, as Laura Tupou reports. Audio
Wallaby Survey - Dale Williams
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is teaming up with DOC to survey how many wallabies are on the loose in the Rotorua region. The dama wallabies were released near Lake Okareka in 1912 and since… Audio
Small is Beautiful Q&A
Kim Hill receives questions from the audience for the panel. Audio
Small is Beautiful
The link between economic and environmental health in New Zealand, in particular in the regions and smaller centres. The panellists are Lawrence Yule, mayor of Hastings, and president of local… Audio
Taskforce for Jobs celebrates youth employment rise
The Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs says falling youth unemployment is reason to celebrate. Audio
Quake-strengthening legislation may hurt provincial towns
Provincial towns and rural communities around the country say they will be financially ruined under proposals to strengthen buildings following the Christchurch earthquakes. Dale Williams is Mayor of… Audio
Mayor's tattoo
Many politicians leave office with a few battle scars. Otorohanga mayor, Dale Williams will leave office at the end of his term this year with some marks of his own. He's just finished getting a… Audio
Mayors on need for job creation
The mayors of Grey and Otorohanga districts, Tony Kokshoorn and Dale Williams respectively, say more needs to be done by central government in the role of job creation. Audio
Claims youth employment Government funding under threat
Dale Williams Otorohanga mayor and chair of the Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs; Andrew Wade, a Dargaville businessman who spearheaded the establishment of the Employers Initiative Group in the town; and… Audio
The first stage of the Government's welfare shakeup
Dale Williams, Otorohanga mayor and head of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, which has been assisting Social Development Minister Paula Bennett's office on welfare policy; Lyn Dalton, a Lower Hutt… Audio
National's youth welfare policy proposal
With Dale Williams - Otorohanga mayor and head of the Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs, which has been assisting Social Development Minister Paula Bennett's office on National's welfare policy. Felicity… Audio
Dale Williams: youth in Otorohanga
Mayor of Otorohanga, which has had great success in recent years with its youth programmes, minimising youth offending and unemployment. Audio
Mayor of Otorohanga outraged at Telecom 111 fault
The mayor of Otorohanga is outraged at a Telecom error that left his district without the 111 emergency service for three hours earlier this week. Audio
Axing of Enterprising Communities prompts funding fears
Local body and Maori leaders are protesting at the Government's dumping of a job creating scheme as part of its"reprioritising"spending. Audio
