Local Council

A raft of possible amendments concerning future land and residential development on the West Coast will go before the Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee on Tuesday.

Whakatāne District Council's hunt for suitable land to establish a new cemetery has been unsuccessful so far.

Hamilton becomes the fourth city to support MP Chlöe Swarbrick's bill to limit the sale and supply of alcohol in the community.

Wellington residents and business owners who have to pay to use their own garages are furious at the city council's proposal to double their fees.

The Hamilton City Council has voted to demolish the Founders Theatre after a lengthy debate.

Whanganui District Council has delegated the city's Mayor to lobby for a Green Party member's Bill to reduce alcohol harm.

Work has begun today to resolve the smell of rotting material at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Residents have won a major battle against McCallum Bros, Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete, with a resource consent application to take more sand off a beach north of the city rejected.

Community groups in Hamilton are on tenter-hooks awaiting a decision from the Hamilton City Council on the future of the Founders Theatre.

Residents at a Christchurch seaside suburb might be getting the flagpole they have been asking for since the 2011 earthquakes.

The Southland District Council has voted to start charging people more money to visit Stewart Island.

While local elections are still five months away, the fight for the top job in Hamilton is heating up with the current mayor being challenged by her deputy.

Horowhenua District Council is reviewing security at its council chambers in Levin after its interim chief executive was allegedly assaulted in the building.

Tania Tapsell has entered the race for the Rotorua mayoralty with a promise to focus on stopping "the spend".