Local Council

The Christchurch City Council is considering options, including a bylaw, to address aggressive begging - with fears it is out of control in some areas.

An external review into last week's devastating flood following the controversial decision not to open the river mouth sooner is being commissioned.

The only road in and out of a collection of settlements hangs on a funding decision yet to be confirmed.

The independent investigation follows 24 complaints being laid over Andrew Bydder's comments - from members of two councils and the general public.

Paula Southgate is defending her council's continued membership of the local body organisation, despite a 16.5 percent rate rise.

The rollout of the national public transport ticketing system in Auckland is budgeted to cost $23 million initially, just to get to a halfway point.

The intruder was charged with a low-level offence and he was convicted and discharged. But, that wasn't the end of it.

The hikes will see the average homeowner's rates bill rise nearly $5 a week.

The $630,000 year-long Northland flood-affected marae project starts in July.

There were 59 cases of vandalism in a year, with the toilets at one park targeted 17 times.

Councils across Wellington have signed off their 10-year long-term plans after contentious public debates in recent months.

An eleventh-hour attempt by three Wellington City councillors to stop the sale of the council's airport shares has failed.

Christchurch City Council has adopted a rates rise below 10 percent in its 2024 to 2034 Long Term Plan.

Voting papers will start going out this weekend to residents of Tauranga for the city's first local body elections in nearly five years, with four of the mayoral candidates facing off in a debate last…