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BOPLASS councils have jointly participated in a tender for orthophotography with aerial capture to be undertaken during the summer of 2020-21. AAM NZ Ltd have been awarded the contract.

A collective agreement on behalf of the BOPLASS councils has been established to provide access to the full range of catalogues covering all AS/NZS standards.

GIS data and tools are now an integral part of Civil Defence response and the BOPLASS councils have formed a group to work collaboratively on CDEM initiatives.

The Inter-Council Network (ICN) is a shared service high capacity fibre network connecting the majority of BOPLASS councils.

Partnering with MW LASS and being provided as a shared service, BOPLASS councils are now utilising Debt Management Central to provide specialised local government debt recovery services.

BOPLASS represented a collective group of councils in negotiations for placement of councils’ infrastructure insurance into the London markets.

Antenno is a local government communications app that allows councils to push notifications to their communities. 

Push Wireless have been appointed as preferred supplier to coordinate region-wide Radio Telephony services and technologies.

BOPLASS successfully managed a coordinated regional approach to a Provincial Growth Fund application for co-funding for LiDAR capture for the entire Bay of Plenty region.

Substantial savings have been achieved by BOPLASS councils through their ongoing participation in the collective aerial photography programme.