Trends

• ​Five global megatrends — PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) New Zealand has identified five global megatrends: demographic and social change; shift in global economic power; rapid urbanisation; climate change and resource scarcity; and technological breakthroughs.
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• How will councils adapt to the five big trends — Many of the trends outlined in the LGNZ paper 'The 2015 challenge: future proofing our communities' have significant potential to increase inequality in New Zealand.
  
  
• New Zealand's population trends — implications for councils — More people are living in cities, and fewer now live in rural and regional areas.