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$10b transport plan gets tick from Canterbury mayors
19 Apr 2024The plan includes the proposed Woodend Bypass and a second Ashburton bridge as key projects.
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Invercargill down to just one parking warden
17 Apr 2024A councillor says delivery drivers are openly flouting parking rules in the absence of anyone to police them.
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NZ's biggest tsunami siren replacement project underway
16 Apr 2024Replacing 205 New Zealand-made sirens with only 94 Danish-designed sirens will not mean loss of public safety, Civil Defence says.
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‘Corrosive obsession with a person’s race’: David Seymour on Māori Wards
12 Apr 2024ACT Party leader David Seymour would vote against Māori wards if his home council were to hold a referendum on them.
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Level of contamination ‘not known’ in about 70 percent of West Coast sites
16 Apr 2024There are still big gaps in the knowledge about the number of contaminated and environmentally hazardous sites on the West Coast.
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Burials and housing: The fees set to rise in Masterton
12 Apr 2024Dying is proving to be a pricey task, with the Work and Income Funeral grant failing to cover burial costs in Masterton.
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'Devastated': Widow pleads for late husband’s dream to be realised
12 Apr 2024The wife of a late Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband's dream of a skatepark.
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Māori reconnecting with the night sky
9 Apr 2024Mana whenua are rediscovering a connection with the night sky, a Māori astronomer says.
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'Big bureaucracy': Rising council staff numbers called out
11 Apr 2024An increase in West Coast Regional Council staff numbers to almost 80 has been called out by a senior councillor.
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Ōtara is for Ōtara': Local board opposes boundary change
11 Apr 2024A move into Papatoetoe would cut through South Auckland communities, the board chair believes.
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'We will not be silenced': Gisborne council backs Māori wards
8 Apr 2024Gisborne District Council has shown its support for retaining Māori wards as the government looks to bring back binding referendums.
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Ngāi Tahu reaches out to councils on Three Waters replacement
4 Apr 2024The move to help find solutions for ageing water infrastructure has the support of North Canterbury's mayors.
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Local board shake-up 'detrimental' to South Auckland communities
9 Apr 2024Two local representatives are pushing back against Auckland Council's proposal to combine boards to cut costs.
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The region with a targeted rates increase of 539 percent
9 Apr 2024West Coast ratepayers face targeted rates well above the 27 percent or 44 percent general rates increase proposed by the regional council - particularly in Westport.
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Ratepayers must decide: 27% rates hike, or 44%?
8 Apr 2024West Coast ratepayers face an either 27 percent or 44 percent rates hike after increases were "held artificially low for too long".
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor
5 Apr 2024Masterton's mayor says holding a referendum for an already established Māori ward is an expense "we don't need" for an issue that has already been debated.
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Whanganui eyes $16m in asset sales to offset rates
5 Apr 2024Whanganui council is seeking ratepayer support to sell $16 million of assets in the next year to keep its rates increase to 10.6 percent, but is not yet sure which ones.
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'Bolshie approach' over pampas grass upsets West Coast landowners
5 Apr 2024Ikamatua landowners ordered to remove pest pampas grass by the West Coast Regional Council are upset at a "bolshie approach".
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Water group vows to fight fluoridation order
4 Apr 2024Kawerau is one of 14 councils that has been directed to add fluoride to its water supply by the Director General of Health.
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Transport leader says 10-week SH1 closure not justifiable
5 Apr 2024A transport leader has slammed NZTA Waka Kotahi's 10-week closure of State Highway 1 over the beleaguered Brynderwyns, saying it is a fiasco and not justifiable.
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Council's own expert at odds with it over mine
5 Apr 2024West Coast councillors are not happy after their own expert consultant expressed a view there was "no need" for a controversial sand mine proposal.
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Labour MP slams Invercargill Mayor over youth offending stance
4 Apr 2024Mayor Nobby Clark told RNZ it made no difference if someone was 11 or 12 years of age when it came to justice for "adult crimes".
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'We're a silent minority': Disabled Strategy 10 years out of date
3 Apr 2024Members of the disabled community in Gisborne have met with the council to address the city's disability strategy being 10 years out of date.
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Waingawa water project gets green light
29 Mar 2024Councillors have voted to progress a $2.77m water project, despite being advised on two occasions not to.
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