{"id":94,"date":"2013-09-17T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.95\/wordpress\/flat-theme\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:07:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What we are<\/h1>\n<p>The Local Government Collaboration Portal&nbsp;is an initiative instigated by Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services (BOPLASS), and our purpose is to accelerate growth of shared service strategies and projects throughout local government in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>We want to connect passionate leaders in local government who wish to achieve more and spend less; know who is doing what shared projects; collaborate with others who have the same priorities for action; and inspire lifelong learning by advancing knowledge of those working in a public service context.<\/p>\n<p>On this site, you\u2019ll find a range of case studies that demonstrate how to create and leverage partnerships that achieve outcomes more pragmatically, faster and cheaper than conventional processes.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to register and access our \u2018Project Room\u2019 portal \u2013 a gateway to a secure collaborative space for local government employees and their project partners to manage their projects.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to know more please&nbsp;<a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/contact-boplass\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Meet The Team<\/h1>\n<p>While many people in local government are responsible for the great outcomes reported in this site our team is responsible for providing a place to make contacts, work together and to tell the stories of the good work done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix divider-lg \"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"team row\">\n        <div  class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n      <div class=\"center team-member\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Irena_Bragg-e1547603806376.jpg\" alt=\"?php echo $value->post_title; ?>\"><\/p>\n        <h4>\n          Irena Bragg                    <br><small class=\"designation muted\">Collaboration Portal Administrator, BOPLASS<\/small>\n                  <\/h4>\n\n        <p><\/p>\n        <div class=\"social-btns clearfix\">\n                            \n                                    \n              \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!--\/.col-->\n        <div  class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n      <div class=\"center team-member\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/niki_tzirtzilakis-e1547603756878.jpg\" alt=\"?php echo $value->post_title; ?>\"><\/p>\n        <h4>\n          Niki Tzirtzilakis                    <br><small class=\"designation muted\">Company Administrator, BOPLASS<\/small>\n                  <\/h4>\n\n        <p><\/p>\n        <div class=\"social-btns clearfix\">\n                            \n                                    \n              \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!--\/.col-->\n        <div  class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n      <div class=\"center team-member\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Charlie-Burns.jpg\" alt=\"?php echo $value->post_title; ?>\"><\/p>\n        <h4>\n          Charles Burns                    <br><small class=\"designation muted\">Project Manager<\/small>\n                  <\/h4>\n\n        <p><\/p>\n        <div class=\"social-btns clearfix\">\n                            \n                                    \n              \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!--\/.col-->\n        <div  class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n      <div class=\"center team-member\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Grant-Probert.jpg\" alt=\"?php echo $value->post_title; ?>\"><\/p>\n        <h4>\n          Grant Probert                    <br><small class=\"designation muted\">IT Manager, BOPLASS<\/small>\n                  <\/h4>\n\n        <p><\/p>\n        <div class=\"social-btns clearfix\">\n                            \n                                    \n              \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!--\/.col-->\n        <div  class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n      <div class=\"center team-member\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Stephen-Boyle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"?php echo $value->post_title; ?>\"><\/p>\n        <h4>\n          Stephen Boyle                    <br><small class=\"designation muted\">Chief Executive, BOPLASS<\/small>\n                  <\/h4>\n\n        <p><\/p>\n        <div class=\"social-btns clearfix\">\n                            \n                                    \n              \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><!--\/.col-->\n      <\/div><!--\/.team-->\n\n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139,"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborate.org.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}