up the
paddle.
Our planet needs change
We are a proven vehicle for delivery, for bringing together the people and experiences and ideas that have made uncommonly great things happen.
We enable people to work together to solve the problem. We are at our best when we turn collaboration into action.
About
us
We exist to make cross-council collaboration happen. We’re here to turn the priorities and ideas of the smart and impassioned people that choose to serve their cities and regions into action.
RSHL is the shared services vehicle for Te Uru Kahika. RSHL is a public limited liability company owned by ten regional and unitary councils. RSHL is a not-for-profit Council Controlled Organisation (CCO).
The governance structure of RSHL includes a Board of Directors appointed by the shareholding councils and a Chief Executive who oversees the day-to-day operation of the company and the various work programmes.
RSHL is a collaboration success story. We enable Te Uru Kahika to achieve more collectively at a lower cost than any one council could achieve individually. RSHL delivers effective solutions and ongoing technology-enabled process improvements. We achieve this by offering greater consistency and shared best practice, as well as delivering tangible benefits through gained experience.
RSHL provides a framework that promotes:
- Shared best practice through collaboration and standardisation.
- Value through economies of scale.
- Greater influence, demonstrating to central government a more cohesive and collaborative sector.
- Responsiveness to legislative change.
- Risk mitigation around the destiny of the sector specific software, through continuity of supply.
- Effective reporting to central government.
Our
services
Regional Sector Collaboration
RSHL is responsible for the management of funding and delivery for regional sector work programmes supporting Te Uru Kahika.
RSHL:
- Collects funding from councils and central government.
- Engages staff and suppliers to deliver services to achieve the outcomes from each of the programmes.
- Provides portfolio, project, vendor and contract management services.
- Reports to Te Uru Kahika on income and expenditure.
IRIS Next Generation
RSHL and the member councils will replace the IRIS software platform via IRIS Next Generation (IRIS NextGen) within the next 2-4 years.
10 councils are working with RSHL and Datacom on the delivery of the IRIS NextGen Programme, under a partnership agreement.
The IRIS NextGen Programme is governed by the IRIS NextGen Steering Group.
IRIS NextGen will be a cloud-based Software as a Service solution (SaaS) based on the Datacom Datascape platform.
IRIS NextGen will deliver a modern software platform to councils, including an online customer portal and a mobile field application. Along with the software solution, the programme will implement consistent “good practice” processes for the sector, alongside integrated change management.
The IRIS NextGen Solution will:
- Make council staff work easier
- Promote operational excellence and efficiency
- Demonstrate collaboration at a sector level
- Ensure the development of the technical solution is fit for purpose.
IRIS
The IRIS Programme delivers the IRIS software platform. IRIS software has been in use for 9 years at 7 councils.
The 7 councils actively collaborate on the use of IRIS and the future development roadmap.
RSHL and the member councils will replace the IRIS software platform via IRIS NextGen within the next 2-4 years.
The IRIS Programme is overseen by the IRIS Advisory Group. This group agrees the roadmap and sets the budgets for the programme.
The very high-level view of IRIS is that it is a core application system supporting the people, places, business objects and workflow process for core council regulatory functions. It integrates with, but does not duplicate, other core councils’ line of business applications and tools including GIS, EDRMS and Financials.
Ma tini ma
mano ka
rapa te whai.
Many hands make light work. Unity is strength.
Who
We are
RSHL is owned by the 10 regional councils and unitary authorities listed below. We are made up of a Board of Directors, Chief Executive, and nine staff supported by Advisory Groups made up of staff from councils.
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