Local Council

A trading halt on Auckland Airport shares sparked by Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's reference to a significant public cash raising has been lifted.

Craig Jepson was this afternoon unrepentant in the face of a 6000-signature petition calling for his resignation and a hikoi of more than 300 people through the streets of Dargaville.

The Dunedin City Council is investigating whether a trial groyne can be built at the beach to combat erosion.

Mussels could soon be used to fight algae bloom in Canterbury's waterways.

Dame Rangimārie Naida Glavish is one of hundreds protesting the Kaipara mayor in Dargaville.

Dunedin city councillors have agreed to a new pay structure which will see two elected members earning less than their peers.

Gore District Council has appointed first-term councillor Keith Hovell to fill the vacant deputy mayor's role.

The cost of rural rail transport must drop, Ruapehu mayor Weston Kirton says, as Taumarunui reinstated as a stop on the main trunk line.

A stoush is brewing between Dunedin's new mayor and two left-wing councillors, with one of the councillors labelling the mayor's actions vindictive.

The Transport Minister and Auckland's mayor have agreed to cooperate on a "joined-up" transport plan, including clear decision about shifting Ports of Auckland.

Families of some of the Australian victims of the Whakaari eruption were welcomed to Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae for the memorial.

Electoral officials are encouraging people in today's Hamilton West by-election to get out and vote, even if they are not yet enrolled.

Nelson would be left without a fully functioning hospital in a major earthquake, the city's mayor says.

The council's handling of anti-government mandate protests "could have been better", a report has found.