Local Council

The Auckland Mayor is launching a manifesto that calls for a commitment from all political parties to allow the city to make its own decisions on its future.

Wellington City needs to slash spending by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars in the coming years, a councillor says. Audio

A city councillor has called the bike lobby "greedy" as a proposal to link Wellington's popular cycleway network along the waterfront quays threatens to divide the capital's transport factions…

A major council IT system upgrade cost about $14.9 million more than first budgeted as the project stretched years beyond initial schedules.

Nelson's mayor says there should have been consultation with the community before a controversial housing intensification plan was released for the city.

Iwi of the Whanganui River expect a new strategy unveiled on Friday will reform resource management in the catchment.

Whangārei district councillors have confirmed plans to switch to the Single Transferable Voting (STV) system for the upcoming local elections in 2025 and 2028.

Plans to concrete in one of the last creeks in Auckland's Te Atatū Peninsula to turn it into a stormwater pipe are being questioned by a community group.

Nelson City Council has raised concerns that accepting a property buyout deal from the government will set a precedent in future natural disasters.

An under-fire community board chairperson in Otago has refused to stand down following revelations he made a racist outburst at a local pub worker.

Hastings and Napier councils have approved changes to their long-term plans to allow buyouts of category 3 homes.

South Wairarapa District Council will be asking the community for feedback on a wide-ranging review of the rating system.

The New Plymouth District Council had to eat humble pie at the beginning of three days of submissions on its controversial cycleway plans.