Local Council

A proposed development has become a focal point for heritage advocates who say the city's history is being torn down and replaced by "insipid glass and steel".

Rotorua's council has permanently removed its after-hours dog drop-off box from the Rotorua Pound for health and safety reasons.

A Napier woman whose barking dogs have been driving her neighbours mad maintains they are not a nuisance - despite fresh council orders to get them under control.

The appeal is being made as overloaded pumps compromise the water supply in the small towns near Nelson.

Kāpiti Coast District Council is crediting its prudent investment in water meters and infrastructure for keeping the taps flowing freely this summer.

The test results confirmed it was consistent with a discharge of animal byproducts, and aligned with a discharge from the council wastewater treatment plant.

Managed retreat is being considered as an option for a Canterbury coastal community facing the threat of rising sea levels.

"If people were to say this is not the language or decorum you expect from a mayor, I would take that criticism on the chin," says Len Salt.

After six years in the "incredibly stimulating" role, Janine Dowding is handing the reins over at the end of the month.

Crews are urgently trying to fix an overflow of partially treated wastewater that has entered a Queenstown swamp.

Commuters are frustrated nearly 100 ferry trips were cancelled or delayed, and worry cruise season the will worsen the problem.

Auckland Council have reported large visitor numbers in many areas.

Business is "off the charts" for a water tank manufacturer as Wellington runs low on water this summer.

The long-delayed Waimea Dam in the Tasman District is not finished nor full, but local residents and growers are likely to need water from it in the dry months ahead.

Odours from the city's Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant are worse than ever before despite recent upgrades to improve the smells, a Lower Hutt resident claims.

A Kawerau resident has described the smell wafting over the town from a nearby worm farm as like "pungent, raw sewage".