Local Government

A new filter has been installed at a South Dunedin pumping station to help drain away stormwater in the event of a flood.

A member's bill that would restore a fully elected regional council to Canterbury has been pulled from the ballot in Parliament.

It is the Christchurch City Council's incompetence - not a lack of contractors - delaying the completion of projects, construction companies say.

The Buller District Council says the final count of votes has altered the outcome in the Seddon ward.

Analysis - Phil Goff's stated top priority of lifting the council's reputation suggests the shrill rhetoric of the campaign may still ring too loudly in his ears, writes Todd Niall.

Post-election news stories are mostly about the victors and how much they won by - but what of those who fought hard on the campaign trail but came up short?

Phil Goff is being urged to make housing and transport his top priorities as mayor of Auckland by shoppers at the city's markets at the weekend. Video

More than 100 people have missed out on voting in Horowhenua thanks to a "shonky" election process, the newly elected mayor and residents association says.

A safety campaigner warns it is only a matter of time before there's another fatal accident at a level crossing in Auckland if nothing is done about the risk.

In a last effort to get more Aucklanders to vote in the local-body elections, a temporary voting box was set up yesterday afternoon in the Manukau shopping centre.

A Dunedin councillor and mayoral candidate has told another candidate he's not up to the job because he has cerebral palsy. Video

Still not sure who's who in the Wellington mayoral race? Take a look at all the candidates and their plans for the capital here.

A High Court appeal to fight the higher-density zones set out in Auckland's Unitary Plan will lead to an even longer wait for affordable homes, says an architect. Audio

A legal challenge to the Auckland Unitary Plan could "make the whole process grind to a halt", the city's deputy mayor says. Audio

Water fluoridation is not a medical procedure and South Taranaki acted lawfully in fluoridating water in two towns, the Court of Appeal has found.

The Green Party won't be standing a candidate in the likely Mt Roskill by-election in Auckland.

Auckland's five leading mayoral candidates have struggled in a quick-fire quiz testing their knowledge of Māori and South Auckland issues.