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Staff caught speeding 856 times in council cars
13 Sep 2024Environment Southland staff exceeded the speed limit by more than 20km/h nearly 30 times in just three months.
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Kaipara Council says Māori ward should not return, even if consultation breach found
12 Sep 2024Kaipara District Council says it should not have to rescind its decision to abolish its Māori Ward if the High Court finds it has breached consultation requirements.
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'My dog isn't a dangerous dog' - Owners fail in appeal after child bitten
14 Sep 2024Onyx bit a girl's lip, but he isn't dangerous, his owner says.
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‘Bitter disappointment’: Iwi, councils rally around mill workers
11 Sep 2024Ngāti Rangi says the community has drawn together, the iwi had fought to find a way to keep the mills going.
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Homeowners pleased with extra funds for Sounds road rebuild
10 Sep 2024Homeowners in the Kenepuru Sound are "very pleased" more funding will be pumped into an effort to fix damaged roads in Marlborough.
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Environmental group challenges forestry claims
12 Sep 2024Gisborne forestry firms are claiming economic strain from tight regulations, but environmentalists say the forestry industry needs to look at its own failings.
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West Coast’s worst kept secret: Don’t mention the ‘A’ word
11 Sep 2024The possibility of council amalgamation on the West Coast - otherwise known as local government reform - has surfaced publicly this week at council meeting.
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Most dumped areas in Auckland revealed
11 Sep 2024More than 16,000 reports of illegal dumping were received between 2023 to 2024 but some subrubs are worse than others.
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Rainbow crossing for Tauranga a ‘symbol of diversity and belonging’
11 Sep 2024Tauranga getting a rainbow pedestrian crossing after a six-year campaign is a sign it is "growing up".
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Calls for 4WD drive ban on Canterbury ‘river road’
11 Sep 2024The Waimakariri District Council will consider a proposal from DOC to close the upper Ashley Rakahuri River to vehicles while birds are nesting.
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'Lazy, reckless, disastrous': Board chair belittles own council
10 Sep 2024Katie Allan got the top role after the controversial overthrowing of the previous chair.
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Greytown water work needs millions
9 Sep 2024Residents are now being asked what multimillion dollar solution they would prefer for Greytown.
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Highway median barriers hit farmers in the pocket
7 Sep 2024Median barriers on SH2 near Katikati are "severely limiting" access and hurting horticultural and agricultural businesses, farmers say.
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NZTA agrees to cover $100m of Marlborough Sounds roads recovery
9 Sep 2024Repair work in the Marlborough Sounds will "accelerate" after the NZTA board approved $100m in funding.
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Tagging troubles: The city where graffiti reports tripled in a year
6 Sep 2024Graffiti more than tripled in Rotorua in the year to 30 June - costing ratepayers more than $100,000.
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Call for safer crossings: 'Our children are not skittles'
8 Sep 2024Auckland Transport is being urged to rethink its approach to a roundabout that has seen 50 crashes in five years.
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Government's 'nice-to-have' rhetoric unfair to councils, mayor says
6 Sep 2024Jamie Cleine says government 'rhetoric' regarding council spending is stirring up feeling against councils.
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What is a 'toilet tax' and why is it affecting some schools?
4 Sep 2024The disparity between what schools are paying to councils means some are forced to dip into funds set aside for learning.
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'Kick in the guts': Rates shock for property owner
4 Sep 2024Retired businessman Clive Wickham says his rates have jumped more than 20 percent.
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South Auckland tops list for worst cases of roaming dogs
3 Sep 2024South Auckland has the highest number of roaming dogs in the region, figures have revealed.
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Three mayors air Three Waters woes with Taumata Arowai boss
5 Sep 2024West Coast mayors are welcoming an apparent rethink on the way they deliver water services, but affordability is still the big issue.
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Dog attacks on vineyard sheep an 'accident waiting to happen'
5 Sep 2024An animal control manager in Marlborough says there have been six attacks on sheep in the past year and often "three or four or five" were attacked at once.
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Vaping at high school drops after sensors installed
5 Sep 2024Rangiora High School installed sensors with cameras in toilet corridors.
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Blame government for costs of Māori ward vote, mayor says
4 Sep 2024A deputy mayor says she its disappointed the council has been forced to relitigate decisions it made last year.
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