Local Council

Gisborne District Council plans to designate high-erosion areas where farming and forestry must cease.

But Mahé Drysdale says he has worked in the city, grew up there and, if elected, will move at the end of the year.

Alarm bells are ringing for democracy in New Zealand, says the head of NZ's Free Speech Union.

The government wants to raise speed limits throughout Auckland - but councillors are fighting back. Audio

A group of Rotorua children have used science to prove whether the basis of the legendary love story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai is true.

The report has found communities were not well-served by the relationship between central and local government.

Shop owners say their incomes have been decimated by poor planning from Auckland Transport on Onehunga Mall Road.

A headland in the Bay of Islands was earlier occupied by hapū to stop homes being built. Now, a digger has arrived to start clearing vegetation.

An estimated $1800 hike in burial fees in Marlborough could be met with some "pushback" from the community, a councillor says.

Operators of Christchurch's new central city stadium say a home Crusaders game would be an "emotional" and fitting opener once gates finally open in two years time.

Recyclables will be collected weekly at the roadside, hand-sorted and disposed of by contractors.

Woody debris has once again filled culverts in Gisborne's Wainui Stream after last week's storm - a build-up being described as "a lot worse than Gabrielle".

New documents reveal the two first major exhibitions at Tākina in Wellington have either failed to break even or reach their target visitor numbers.

Councillor Thomas Nash says it should give councils the confidence to continue plans to build mixed-use development in and around city centres.

Council officers are sounding the warning bell about rates rises of more than 20 percent.