About Us
The Local Authority Property Association is a specialist area of property management and property consultancy.
A relatively small number of operators in this niche industry collectively manage the country’s largest and highest-valued property portfolios, dealing with property risks that have some of the most major and widest-felt impacts. Yet the specialist skills needed to properly implement roles in this sector are only briefly taught in tertiary courses and not heavily supported by professional associations, due to the relatively small number of workers in this area. LAPA exists to meet these needs.
If you work in the field of Local Government Property at any level and in any role, you are important to us, and we are important to you. We have made it easy to join our association, so do give this worthwhile opportunity your consideration.
Our History
In 1991, six local government property employees met together in Palmerston North to exchange ideas and work experience. News of that meeting spread and so began an annual get-together of local government property employees.
Numbers grew, corporate sponsorship was offered for what had become known as ‘The Annual Local Government Property Conference’.
The Local Authority Property Association (Inc) was rectified and established at the 2005 Conference appropriately in Palmerston North where it all began.
LAPA was incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 on June 13th 2006 | View Certificate of Incorporation
We connect people and create places with our property, planning, landscape architecture, urban design and GIS services.
We are a global team of architects, urban designers, engineers, space planners, interior designers, property consultants and project managers. Many of our people are recognised globally as leaders in their fields.
Lighting Revolution is the technical and local distribution agent for Hunza and LuxR New Zealand made exterior and Landscape lighting.
Global Seismic Data is Software as a Service (SaaS) company providing Structural Health Monitoring of building movement and behaviour, collecting data that allows informed decisions to be made in near to real-time for life safety, building structural health, reductions in business interruption and business continuity.
Loop Technologies provides a suite of electronics services for government, local bodies and commercial organisations.
Our Property Brokers family is now over 600 strong, with over 40 branches across the country. Still doing business with a handshake, we sell thousands of properties a year, combining our local knowledge and passion with market leading expertise and reach – both nationwide and across the globe. No one knows property in the regions better than us. We have experience and expertise across all your property needs: residential, lifestyle, rural, commercial and property management. So, no matter what area of property you need help with, you can deal with the same company with the same high level of service, the same values and the same True Team approach. We’re proud to be here.
For over 70 years Resene has forged a reputation of excellence and quality in manufacturing products designed to meet the demanding standards of architects, engineers, property owners and managers. The Resene range includes paint and specialist coating products for residential and commercial buildings. Resene is also renowned for it’s environmental friendliness. To reinforce this position we joined the Environmental Choice Programme is 1996.Resene’s commitment to this programme and our continuous development process to reduce the risks our products may present to our customers will ensure that safer, professional quality paint is available to everyone.
Resco specialises in tough Compact Laminate restroom and ablution area partitions and wall linings for high use and abuse areas. Councils love our cost-effective products as they are water, impact, bacteria and graffiti resistant meaning they are extremely low maintenance; there is a demonstrable saving in ongoing maintenance and cleaning costs. Enduring and stylish Resco products not only function well but ensure your facilities look great for years to come. We supply and install throughout NZ.
Exeloo crafts public toilet systems with true innovation and a design excellence that is second to none
Calibre is a leading provider of professional infrastructure and built environment solutions across a wide range of markets. We are involved in delivering a wide variety of Engineering and Asset Management consultancy services to New Zealand’s Local Authority sector.
Urban mobility is our business… we move 1 billion people per day. Mobility is an essential requirement of the world in which we live and work. Schindler elevators, escalators, moving walks and services are engineered to provide urban mobility that’s efficient and sustainable. Schindler accompanies the development of buildings from planning to construction to daily operation and helps to maintain their value over time.
