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Mayor demands answers over rural health centre delays
11 Apr 2025Ruapehu mayor Weston Kirton says his community is being stonewalled as inquiries about the planned Waimarino Wellness Centre in Raetihi go unanswered.
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Rare native plant thriving after road works discovery
10 Apr 2025The Brachyglottis turneri, or Manawa Kawa can only be found in 11 locations in Taranaki and a handful of places in Whanganui.
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Free laundry service a 'load off' for families, first-time user says
10 Apr 2025As housing hardship deepens across Aotearoa New Zealand, not-for-profit Orange Sky Aotearoa has launched a permanent, free laundry pod in Māngere.
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Teen boy's hikoi for Māori wards
9 Apr 2025A 15-year-old boy from Whakatāne's walk for wards aims to keep Māori voices in local government.
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Iwi, mayors, tourism partners team up to finish cycle trail
9 Apr 2025Iwi leaders, local government and Māori tourism representatives are banding together in a push to ensure the final sections of a "nationally significant" cycle trail are completed.
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Proposed Nelson freedom camping ban useless without enforcement - locals
9 Apr 2025After receiving many complaints, freedom camping is proposed to be banned at three Nelson sites, but the problems won't go away without enforcement, stakeholders say.
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Mum recalls 'horrendous aftermath' of dog attack on son
7 Apr 2025The Auckland mum is sharing her story as part of Dog Bite Prevention Week.
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Partially blind man gets Kāinga Ora home after two years in emergency housing
8 Apr 2025Tenants will move in next week, helping reduce the number of Gisborne residents in emergency housing.
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How Polyfest is shaping educational futures for NZ's Pacific youth
7 Apr 2025Performers are also building confidence, sharpening academic skills, and finding belonging often missing in traditional classrooms, a tutor says.
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Mayor raises security concerns after abusive messages
4 Apr 2025It follows a meeting disruption from an upset member of the public.
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Legal bid to halt sewerage pipe works fails in Environment Court
2 Apr 2025The decision comes less than two weeks since an urgent hearing.
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Rural residents challenge BOP boundary changes
2 Apr 2025The Representation Commission is consulting on its electoral boundary review that will see changes to the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua electorates for the 2026 general election. Audio
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Cash shortfall threatens 125-year-old art gallery
6 Apr 2025As of 31 December 2024, the Suter Art Gallery had a net loss of $183,000, which is expected to climb.
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Two Northland Mayors face in-house challenges
5 Apr 2025Far North Mayor Moko Tepania and Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo are both facing in-house leadership challenges in the upcoming October local elections.
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Canterbury farmers ask MPs to cut red tape
North Canterbury farmers want to help boost the economy, but say the red tape needs to go.
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Former ECan chair blasts councillors for 'acting like emus'
4 Apr 2025Environment Canterbury's former chair says his colleagues are ''acting like emus'' by allowing staff to continue planning work in the face of legislative change.
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'Kick in the guts': Homeowners' fight over cyclone-hit property rates
4 Apr 2025Landowners whose homes were submerged by Cyclone Gabrielle say it is unfair to force them to pay the exact same rates as they were before the destruction.
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Disabled people will be ‘further isolated’ if travel subsidy cut
3 Apr 2025A council plan to disincentivise a mobility service amid ballooning costs has been criticised by a disability group.
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Toilet talks stall: Cemetery loos divide Ashburton council
3 Apr 2025The decision on where to put new public toilets in the Ashburton Cemetery is on hold after a hung vote and the need for more information.
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Councillor resigns over 'grossly oversized' cricket ground
3 Apr 2025Hurunui councillor and former mayor Garry Jackson has resigned in protest at the "oversized" cricket ground in the Amberley Village Green.
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At-risk lizards to lose home to Canterbury's Woodend Bypass
3 Apr 2025Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is working with the Waimakariri District Council to a new home for Canterbury grass skinks found in the path of the Woodend Bypass.
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Cost-saving measures ridiculed by Tasman residents
29 Mar 2025Public toilets and rubbish bins are just some of the casualties of Tasman District Council's latest attempt to cut costs.
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Mangawhai spit loses massive quantities of sand
31 Mar 2025An estimated equivalent of 26,000 truckloads of sand has been lost in six years, according to a new aerial drone survey.
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The remote village fighting for survival
28 Mar 2025A local historian is among those advocating for the long-term future of a remote village situated precariously within an Invercargill reserve.
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