Andy Asquith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Asquith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | Asquith |
| SIGNATURE | ASQUITH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2829-0455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How do public servants frame and practise empathy
This article examines how public servants use empathy in their work by distinguishing between empathy as a frame or a way of defining phenomena, and empathy as a practice or a concrete way through which care, understanding, and responsiveness are enacted. Drawing on survey data from the public service of New South Wales, Australia, the study identifies five categories of empathetic practice: helping clients, improving communication, facilitating …
Policy‐making, policy‐taking, and policy‐shaping
The COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged nations states across the world. They have implemented lockdown and social distancing and with the development of vaccines have gone to great lengths to build herd immunity for their populations. As place managers, local government has played a variety of roles supporting central government edicts related to social distancing and supporting local businesses impacted by lockdowns. The research reported here com…
Is anyone listening? Inequality in New Zealand’s fully funded hearing aid scheme
This paper explores the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s (MOH) allocation of funding for the Hearing Aid Funding Scheme (HAFS) and the level of service delivery by public and private sectors. The crux of the paper centres on how the system is funded and in what ways the market structure may be affecting access to health care. The study involved three main sampling strategies with primary data being collected from the District Health Board (DHB) c…
Amalgamation and Auckland city
The amalgamation of Auckland's local authorities in 2010 was remarkable for New Zealand. It created a city‐region to address perceived failures arising from trying to coordinate and align leadership and strategic planning while maintaining political accountability within a fractured local government system. The factors leading up to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance in 2009 and its findings that led to amalgamation are examined and the …
Auckland, New Zealand – fair game for central party politics
This paper explores the influence of central party politics in Auckland local government, in New Zealand’s largest city, following the 2010 amalgamation. Political parties have been an accepted and dominant presence in European representative democratic local government, throughout the 20th century. Not so, however, in New Zealand and Australia, where citizens have ‘flocked to the banner “Keep Politics out of Local Government”. Our analysis of th…
The Role, Scope and Scale of Local Government in New Zealand
This article contributes to the current debate as to the role, scope and scale of local government in New Zealand. In 2008, the Nationals Local Government Minister announced his intention to undertake a fundamental review of local government in NZ. This review finally took shape in mid 2011 with the publication of the consultation document ‘Smarter Government, Stronger Communities: towards better local governance and public services’ ( Hide 2011 …
A bullock, a monkey and Robocop
This article examines the implementation of the directly elected mayor (mayor) in England. Following a short examination of the history of the mayoralty, the article addresses the impact of the 2000 Local Government Act. Introduced by a reforming Blair administration, the Act sought to radically transform the ways in which local government in England operated and introduced the concept of the mayor. As we shall see, the introduction of the mayor …
Managing Middle Earth
New Zealand is often seen as a 'test-bed' for public sector management reform. Indeed, much has been written about the machinery and operation of central government, yet little attention has been paid to the actors and institutions of local government. This article, using evidence obtained through a series of semi-structured interviews with serving and former Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in the Auckland region, examines the impact upon local a…
Achieving effective organisational change in English local government
Managing Middle Earth
New Zealand is often seen as a 'test-bed' for public sector management reform. Indeed, much has been written about the machinery and operation of central government, yet little attention has been paid to the actors and institutions of local government. This article, using evidence obtained through a series of semi-structured interviews with serving and former Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in the Auckland region, examines the impact upon local a…
Achieving effective organisational change in English local government
The Role, Scope and Scale of Local Government in New Zealand
This article contributes to the current debate as to the role, scope and scale of local government in New Zealand. In 2008, the Nationals Local Government Minister announced his intention to undertake a fundamental review of local government in NZ. This review finally took shape in mid 2011 with the publication of the consultation document ‘Smarter Government, Stronger Communities: towards better local governance and public services’ ( Hide 2011 …
Policy‐making, policy‐taking, and policy‐shaping
The COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged nations states across the world. They have implemented lockdown and social distancing and with the development of vaccines have gone to great lengths to build herd immunity for their populations. As place managers, local government has played a variety of roles supporting central government edicts related to social distancing and supporting local businesses impacted by lockdowns. The research reported here com…
Amalgamation and Auckland city
The amalgamation of Auckland's local authorities in 2010 was remarkable for New Zealand. It created a city‐region to address perceived failures arising from trying to coordinate and align leadership and strategic planning while maintaining political accountability within a fractured local government system. The factors leading up to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance in 2009 and its findings that led to amalgamation are examined and the …
Auckland, New Zealand – fair game for central party politics
This paper explores the influence of central party politics in Auckland local government, in New Zealand’s largest city, following the 2010 amalgamation. Political parties have been an accepted and dominant presence in European representative democratic local government, throughout the 20th century. Not so, however, in New Zealand and Australia, where citizens have ‘flocked to the banner “Keep Politics out of Local Government”. Our analysis of th…
A bullock, a monkey and Robocop
This article examines the implementation of the directly elected mayor (mayor) in England. Following a short examination of the history of the mayoralty, the article addresses the impact of the 2000 Local Government Act. Introduced by a reforming Blair administration, the Act sought to radically transform the ways in which local government in England operated and introduced the concept of the mayor. As we shall see, the introduction of the mayor …
Achieving effective organisational change in English local government
A bullock, a monkey and Robocop
This article examines the implementation of the directly elected mayor (mayor) in England. Following a short examination of the history of the mayoralty, the article addresses the impact of the 2000 Local Government Act. Introduced by a reforming Blair administration, the Act sought to radically transform the ways in which local government in England operated and introduced the concept of the mayor. As we shall see, the introduction of the mayor …
Managing Middle Earth
New Zealand is often seen as a 'test-bed' for public sector management reform. Indeed, much has been written about the machinery and operation of central government, yet little attention has been paid to the actors and institutions of local government. This article, using evidence obtained through a series of semi-structured interviews with serving and former Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in the Auckland region, examines the impact upon local a…
The Role, Scope and Scale of Local Government in New Zealand
This article contributes to the current debate as to the role, scope and scale of local government in New Zealand. In 2008, the Nationals Local Government Minister announced his intention to undertake a fundamental review of local government in NZ. This review finally took shape in mid 2011 with the publication of the consultation document ‘Smarter Government, Stronger Communities: towards better local governance and public services’ ( Hide 2011 …
Auckland, New Zealand – fair game for central party politics
This paper explores the influence of central party politics in Auckland local government, in New Zealand’s largest city, following the 2010 amalgamation. Political parties have been an accepted and dominant presence in European representative democratic local government, throughout the 20th century. Not so, however, in New Zealand and Australia, where citizens have ‘flocked to the banner “Keep Politics out of Local Government”. Our analysis of th…
Amalgamation and Auckland city
The amalgamation of Auckland's local authorities in 2010 was remarkable for New Zealand. It created a city‐region to address perceived failures arising from trying to coordinate and align leadership and strategic planning while maintaining political accountability within a fractured local government system. The factors leading up to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance in 2009 and its findings that led to amalgamation are examined and the …
Is anyone listening? Inequality in New Zealand’s fully funded hearing aid scheme
This paper explores the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s (MOH) allocation of funding for the Hearing Aid Funding Scheme (HAFS) and the level of service delivery by public and private sectors. The crux of the paper centres on how the system is funded and in what ways the market structure may be affecting access to health care. The study involved three main sampling strategies with primary data being collected from the District Health Board (DHB) c…
Policy‐making, policy‐taking, and policy‐shaping
The COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged nations states across the world. They have implemented lockdown and social distancing and with the development of vaccines have gone to great lengths to build herd immunity for their populations. As place managers, local government has played a variety of roles supporting central government edicts related to social distancing and supporting local businesses impacted by lockdowns. The research reported here com…
How do public servants frame and practise empathy
This article examines how public servants use empathy in their work by distinguishing between empathy as a frame or a way of defining phenomena, and empathy as a practice or a concrete way through which care, understanding, and responsiveness are enacted. Drawing on survey data from the public service of New South Wales, Australia, the study identifies five categories of empathetic practice: helping clients, improving communication, facilitating …
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