Infrastructure

Tasman District Council says a sewage overflow was discovered in Grey Street near Motueka High School and may have been happening for two days or more.

The speed limit on Kenepuru Road will also be reduced from 100 to 60km/h.

There are fears lives could be lost if the government doesn't step in to bring the country's ailing Cook Strait ferry services up to scratch.

They'll ditch rules that "invite every Tom, Dick, and Harry to vexatiously object to peaceful use and development", the government says.

The Wynyard Crossing bridge, linking the city centre to businesses in the Quarter, has been stuck upright since March.

The data collection vans will replace on-the-ground inspections across Aotearoa.

It comes as central government directs councils to "rein in the fantasies" and get back to core business.

The project looked at the region's freshwater aquifers and will inform policies to reduce the risk of drinking water contamination.

The Parihaka papakāinga, a village on ancestral Māori land, is located on the rural coast of Taranaki and is home to three marae and about 30 dwellings.

Nearly two years after the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, repairs are still being made to Scenic Drive in the Waitākere Ranges. Audio

Northlanders are being asked to identify potential uses for their share of the $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund.

Wayne Brown is proposing to build a causeway across the Waitematā Harbour - and says he promised the prime minister he would "sink" the idea of an expensive tunnel. Audio

Wellington councillors have voted against the demands of a petition calling for a major road upgrade to be paused and put under independent review.