Local Council

A plan to give the Hastings Youth Council voting rights on council subcommittees caused a storm in a bouncy castle teacup.

"Where does this stop?" Philip Dol said as his premiums went up from $2000 to $8000. Audio

Nelson's mayor has hit back at "disinformation" being spread on social media about fluoride in the city's water.

The mayor says it's a waste of ratepayers' money, with less than half of viewers feeling more optimistic about Auckland.

The majority of submissions made about a McDonald's restaurant opening in Wānaka are not lovin' it.

Opponents of the previously quashed scheme say the district council is attempting to advance it under the legitimacy.

The incorrect invoices related to an Oamaru transport rate and the Leith Flood Protection scheme.

The West Coast regional transport committee has been forced to withdraw its draft regional speed management plan, after Transport Minister Simeon Brown signed a new rule that overrides it.

Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark says he would rather operate Bluff's wastewater network on an expired consent than "gallop ahead" of water reforms.

Allan Birchfield has been censured since last year but can still attend council meetings, LGNZ principle advisor says.

One councillor says it's woeful that the sport is being "evicted" from its acclaimed venue at Western Springs after 95 years. Audio

Halloween is here, but the scariest monster in Napier has been lurking underground all this time.

Ōpōtiki council is being urged to ban or limit the number of overnight campers due to fears the public toilets are putting pressure on the delicate environment.

Andrew Bydder was meant to apologise to mayor Susan O'Regan as well the Cerebral Palsy Society.

Auckland councillors have voted to spend $11m upgrading Waikaraka Park in Onehunga, despite opposition from the motorsport community.

With just one year until the next local government elections, getting more young people elected is a challenge across the country and Tasman is no different.