Writing and editing services for New Zealand councils
My writing and editing services
I work with council staff who have expertise in infrastructure, parks and environmental management.
My clients have a lot of responsibilities and don’t have time to complete all the reports, plans and strategies on their to-do list. My research, writing and editing services help them to progress their projects by delivering high quality documents on time, to support decision making and consultation processes.
Professional writing services for councils
- reports
- business cases
- infrastructure strategies
- strategic policies and processes
- action plans
- consultation documents
- guides.
Professional editing services for councils
My editing experience includes the following types of documents:
- reports
- asset management plans
- resource management documents
- long term plans
- annual plans and annual reports
- state of the environment reports.
Writing and editing climate change documents
My experience with climate change documents includes:
- developing a climate action plan
- discussing climate change issues and strategies responses in infrastructure strategies and reports
- considering climate change issues related to freshwater and natural hazards planning.
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Helping council staff to be successful
I have been providing writing and editing services for council staff since 2014. My clients are usually juggling multiple projects and have significant demands on their time, which makes it difficult for them to find extended, uninterrupted periods of time to write and edit complex documents. I work alongside my clients to understand the issues and options under consideration, and then return to my quiet home office to write documents on their behalf. My clear, concise writing style supports both decision-making and consultation processes.
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Eight ways to get started on your 2021 infrastructure strategy
It's time for councils to pick up their 2018 infrastructure strategies and decide how to go about updating and improving them. Key steps in the process are: scopinginterviews with staff to identify what has changed since the 2018 strategy was draftedputting it all...
How to meet your deadlines during the Christmas countdown
There’s no such thing as a free dog. There's also no such thing as a free Christmas holiday — the price of entry is taking part in the extreme sport of getting everything done by Christmas. But back to the 'free' dog. When we were given Max I didn’t know he would need...
Writing an asset management plan?
Asset managers around New Zealand are beginning the process of reviewing and updating their asset management plans to support the 2021 Long Term Plan process. Here’s some great advice I picked up on asset management plan writing during a training day with Ross Waugh,...