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Gisborne locals to have say on alcohol rules in the CBD
Eighty-two percent of respondents oppose the current sensitive sites rule.
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Gisborne councillor quits to take up role within council
28 Feb 2025Gisborne District Council will be short of a councillor for the remaining seven months of the term.
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Whanganui to celebrate three decades since Pākaitore occupation
28 Feb 2025Ken Mair, a leader of the landmark iwi reclamation, says a lot has changed in the 30 years since they made their stand.
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'Out of control': Residents fed up with 'race track' roads
27 Feb 2025Residents in south Auckland are sick of the speeding on their roads, and say Auckland Transport needs to take action or more people will die.
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'No customers, no cars': Businesses 'crippled' by road closure
28 Feb 2025Business owners in Whakatāne say poor communication over road closures this summer crippled their businesses.
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Should new booze shops be allowed in Rotorua?
28 Feb 2025The proposals include a three-year freeze on new off-licence approvals.
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What is Local Democracy Reporting?
31 May 2021Find out more about the scheme and how to become a host newsroom or accredited media partner.
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Councillor clashes with mayoral hopeful, makes jibe about European holiday
25 Feb 2025First-term councillor Marcus Buddo announced over the weekend he would run for mayor on a platform focused on financial responsibility.
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Lower rates or better roads? The choice for Hurunui ratepayers
27 Feb 2025Hurunui ratepayers will have to choose between a lower rate rises or improved roads.
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'I'm so scared': Crackdown on roaming dogs as residents live in fear
26 Feb 2025The Auckland council are cracking down on unregistered dogs, with infringement notices being issued in the coming days as a final warning.
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West Coast's combined district plan costs soar
25 Feb 2025The bill will end up costing rate payers $8.491 million.
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Tāpu lake: The battle over a sewerage pipeline
25 Feb 2025Protesters to gather at Lake Rotokākahi , while an iwi group makes a last-minute legal bid to stop the construction work over risk of environmental damage.
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Mid Canterbury SPCA backs tougher cat rules
24 Feb 2025The local SPCA is backing a push for a potential cat management policy that is tougher on desexing and microchipping.
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Gisborne school to close after 60 years as student numbers dwindle
23 Feb 2025Cobham School students will have their last day on 27 June 2025.
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Napier council proposes two-year library closure
22 Feb 2025It says the closure will keep the proposed rates increase for Napier ratepayers below 7.9 percent.
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Defiance and threats as fluoride deadlines loom
22 Feb 2025There are 14 councils that have been ordered to fluoridate some or all of their drinking water, but who's following the order and who's fighting back?
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Boy racers costing ratepayers thousands
20 Feb 2025Carterton mayor Ron Mark said eventually "these idiot racers, these clowns, are going to get it wrong and someone is going to get killed".
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Council pledges Treaty law apology after brutal history lesson
20 Feb 2025Taranaki councillors have voted to investigate why a debate on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill was shut down by conservative councillors at a December meeting.
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'Bureaucracy gone mad': Speed review limbo
21 Feb 2025Carterton District Council been unable to implement proposed speed reductions because of a coalition government transport rule.
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Hawke's Bay Tourism secures $1m lifeline
20 Feb 2025Napier City Council has thrown its support behind the agency, which will have its Hawke's Bay Regional Council funding axed from June.
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Final rates remission for damaged Marlborough properties
20 Feb 2025The Marlborough District Council will end its rates remissions to the owners of properties that were red or yellow-stickered in the August 2022 storm.
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West Coast Regional Council debt soars as big flood projects shape up
19 Feb 2025The West Coast Regional Council's core debt has risen to $24 million, as it embarks on the largest infrastructure programme in its history.
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Tauranga traffic: Turret Rd tidal lane gets initial funding
18 Feb 2025NZTA Waka Kotahi agreed to fund $5.2 million for the 15th Ave to Welcome Bay project.
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The $30m plan to protect Masterton from major flooding cost
18 Feb 2025There are a number of draft concepts that provide flood protection from the Waipoua River.
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Recycling rule breakers could lose bins
17 Feb 2025A new 'three-strikes' system will be introduced across Southland in a bid to clamp down on reckless recyclers.
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Peters say fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace'
Making a council fluoridate its water is being slammed by New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters.
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$3m overspend frustrates Tasman councillors
16 Feb 2025Maintaining Tasman's infrastructure this financial year is expected to cost $3 million more than was budgeted for, and the district's councillors aren't happy.
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Martinborough speed review in limbo as community mourns fatality
14 Feb 2025One died and three others were injured on a stretch of road earmarked for speed reduction.
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