Infrastructure
Simeon Brown on repealing Three Waters legislation
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown is confident that local councils will be capable of developing financially stable plans for water infrastructure.
This after the government announced on Monday… Audio
Buller mayor says repeal of Three Waters will cause problems
Three Waters will be repealed by the end of next week, keeping water assets in councils' hands.
Local Government minister Simeon Brown says new legislation is coming, which will allow councils to… Audio
Caution urged over resource management changes
Critics say the government's plan to speed up infrastructure projects puts too much power in the hands of one person. Audio
Mixed reaction to Three Waters repeal by end of next week
Whanganui's mayor has celebrated the scrapping of the Three Waters law, but Labour has blasted National, calling it "irresponsible".
Thousands of Auckland commuters affected by train cancellations
With more than 30 cancellations due to hot tracks are in place across the city, and AT says residents deserve better.
Faulty street lights in capital fixed ahead of schedule and under budget
The Wellington City Council says a project to fix faulty street lights around the capital has been completed ahead of schedule and under budget.
Busy Tauranga highway to reopen tomorrow morning after hole fix
State Highway 29A is set to reopen tomorrow morning with contractors working overnight to fix a large hole beneath the road.
Time for fourth option when 111 called says Minister Matt Doocey
The new Mental Health Minister says it's about time Aotearoa had a fourth option when people call 111.
A recent ministerial briefing proposed police withdraw from some family harm and mental health… Audio
Wellington firefighters planning for level 4 water restrictions
Firefighters in Wellington may have to use sea water, and are bringing water tankers into the region as a precaution, should water shortages worsen.
Fire and Emergency is planning for the possibility… Audio
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown on fuel tax axing
Auckland's mayor is warning that cancelling the region's fuel tax will consign major transport projects to the scrap heap.
The Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed the government will end… Audio
A Catch-22 nightmare of slips and bureaucracy
Homes suspended over landslides; lives suspended by bodies that can't or won't help Audio
Councils' consideration of water meters cuts chances of surcharges
The Greater Wellington Regional Council's chairperson says the four councils have made "quite a shift" in their attitude to the meters.
Featherston water supply risk remains
The pipe supplying the only source of drinking water to the town remains at high risk of failure and an urgent solution is needed, experts say.
Watercare gets extra $130m in debt funding after weather, sinkhole setbacks
Auckland Council has voted to temporarily increase the amount of debt funding for its water infrastructure company.
'Imperative' to hold national inquiry into cyclone
A new study shows people are still suffering adverse health effects from Gabrielle 12 months on. Audio
Business case to spend $600m improving State Highway 5 gets initial approval
But Waka Kotahi's board has endorsed a much more expensive plan for the stretch of road, which was hammered during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Southern mayors asking for real answers to rate hikes
Three southern mayors are pleading for the Government to offer real answers to a looming decade of big rate hikes, now the cost of three waters is back on their books.
The coalition Government has… Audio
Civil Contractors CEO responds to Wellington Water woes
There's a flood of experts with ideas on how to plug Wellington Water woes; yet the city is still hemorraghing 40% of drinkable water. Last week Master Plumbers told Checkpoint its members are… Video, Audio
Miramar leak: Drinking water down drain for almost a month
A leak in the Wellington suburb of Miramar has been spurting good drinking water into a drain at the rate of a litre per second for almost a month. Wellingtonians are getting increasingly frustrated… Video, Audio
Doco series finds defective builds still plaguing New Zealand
If you thought the leaky building crisis was a thing of decades past, John Gray and Roger Levie want you to think again. The pair were the heads of their respective body corporates when they had to… Audio
