Local Council

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.

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.