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Neighbour wants Kāinga Ora to help double glaze home if townhouses built
10 Oct 2023A Blenheim homeowner wants Kāinga Ora to help double glaze their house if they build a two-storey property beside them, claiming it will block the sun into their "already cold" home.
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Potential obstacles to National's promise to increase speed limits
9 Oct 2023National wants to scrap lower speed limits on highways, saying economic impacts should be considered as well as road safety.
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The North Island road slowly falling into the sea
9 Oct 2023Narrow and winding, with large chunks of it already slumped towards the sea, it seems just a matter of time.
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Housing intensification plans fail to ‘get the vibe’ of the Mount
8 Oct 2023Mount Maunganui's unique beach vibe could be ruined by more housing, residents and businesses say.
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Work to protect Gisborne's fragile water supply to lose funding
7 Oct 2023A report presented to the council lays bare a stark warning that plant and animal control gains could be lost.
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Why Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell smiles even after the hardest days
7 Oct 2023Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell talks about the highs and lows of her job - and the little girl who makes her smile even on the hardest of days.
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Horizons gets $5m boost for flood forecasting, early warning systems
7 Oct 2023The council said it has received more than $4.2m to build resilience to the impacts of climate change and recover from Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Teen bullied over facial growth waiting months for removal
5 Oct 2023A Tauranga teenager with a bleeding tumour on his lip is facing up to eight months wait for treatment through the health system.
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'Not good enough': Council scrambles to find out how it sent incorrect rates bill
5 Oct 2023The West Coast Regional Council is scrambling to understand how it sent out wrongly calculated rates bills.
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Whangārei District Council baulks over government fluoridation mandate
4 Oct 2023The move comes amid funding concerns, claims of a loss of democracy and a councillor asking about a potential High Court injunction - which the council lawyer quickly dismissed.
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Pest gold clam invasion prevention ‘fast-moving’, council official says
4 Oct 2023Officials are searching Rotorua's Lake Ōkataina amid fears of invasive freshwater gold clams.
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Council apologises over 'embarrassing' rates mistake
3 Oct 2023The West Coast Regional Council has been left with egg on its face in a "potential error" over the way its rates bills have been calculated.
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Glacier retreat at Franz Josef changing shape of Waiho river - glaciologist
3 Oct 2023The rapid retreat of Franz Josef Glacier and the subsequent "huge" volume of riverbed material crawling down the Waiho Valley is a growing problem for the area.
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Bike trail bridge connects National Park and new ecosanctuary
3 Oct 2023The longest suspension bridge in Aotearoa will be built as part of the infamous "missing link" of the Mountains to Sea trail in the central North Island.
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A new section of a Great Ride cycle track, which is just 10km long
3 Oct 2023The South Wairarapa town of Featherston is now officially on New Zealand's cycling map.
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Residents frustrated over Greymouth landfill’s foul odour and ‘wall of gravel’
3 Oct 2023Residents are demanding "accountability" over the Taylorville Resource Park landfill near Greymouth and its foul smell and "wall of gravel".
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Issues over possible extension for smelly West Coast private landfill
1 Oct 2023Whether or not a private landfill should get more time to fix ongoing smell problems has been complicated by a WorkSafe shutdown and investigation, and advice is being sought, a West Coast council…
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Gisborne beach to close for emergency pipe repair
30 Sep 2023Urgent repairs to Gisborne's wastewater outfall pipe will close a section of Midway Beach for at least five days.
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Remote campground OKs dogs, despite officials' advice
29 Sep 2023Despite concerns from dog control officers and councillors, dogs will be allowed a at popular South Wairarapa camping destination this summer.
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Te Pāti Māori candidate tops informal audience poll at chamber event
28 Sep 2023Te Pāti Māori's first general seat candidate has come out on top in an unscientific audience poll at a business chamber election event in a district held by National since 2008.
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Owners of euthanised Gisborne dog: 'We have so many precious memories'
29 Sep 2023The owners of a dog mistakenly put down by Gisborne District Council staff are calling for an end to the controversial killing method used on their pet.
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Resident shocked at council's 100 percent rates hike
28 Sep 2023Some households face an increase of 100 percent thanks to additional council levies.
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Playground named for children's author Joy Cowley
27 Sep 2023Much-loved writer Joy Cowley is to be honoured by having a children's playground named after her.
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West Coast-Tasman must stop regional decline, election candidates say
26 Sep 2023Putting a stop to regional decline was a prevailing theme delivered by West Coast-Tasman's hopeful candidates during an election debate.
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