Local Council

The champion rower says he would bring accounting and financial management to the job.

Submissions presented at Gisborne District Council's three-year plan hearings have seen residents clash with the council over pothole repairs and cycle paths.

It will be several weeks before a final recommendation is given on Nelson Airport's plans to extend its runway north after an "emotionally charged" hearing.

Despite the "best of intentions and considerable effort", the relationship between the board and the council has broken down, outgoing chair says.

Tauranga has a population of more than 130,000, but only 14 people have put their hand up to stand in the elections so far, with a week until nominations close.

Government plans to require local councils hold a referendum on whether to have Māori wards breaches the Treaty of Waitangi, a Waitangi Tribunal report has found.

Pokie machines raked in over $20m in profits from Ōtara-Papatoetoe, Manurewa and Mangere-Ōtāhuhu in the December quarter of 2023.

The overall rates rise for year two of the plan was 13.23 percent and was 10.19 percent in the third year.

Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre will be lit up in the trans-inclusive flag colours as a show of support for the rainbow community.

Te Waka, which began in 2018 to drive economic performance in the fourth-largest region in the country, is the smallest and lowest-funded agency.

General rates in Auckland will rise by 6.8 percent this year - far less than the double-digit increases proposed for some other cities. Audio

It sets out rates increases for the average Auckland household of 6.8 percent in 2025, 5.8 in 2026, and 7.9 percent the 2027 financial year.

Although his council supports the intent of the legislation, it's called on the government to reconsider its approach.

Christchurch City Holdings Limited chair and three directors have resigned following a breakdown of the relationship with the council.

Auckland Council will go over the final proposal for the city's 10-year-budget two days after it was revised by the mayor.

The boss of a popular Nelson campground has made an impassioned plea for long-term residents - many of them elderly - to be able to remain at Tāhuna Beach Holiday Park.

It had planned to bring in charges for overnight parking, but Wayne Brown said he had no idea it was happening.