Local Council

Aucklanders are being asked for feedback on whether the council should have Māori seats on its governing body.

A woman who cares for her paralysed husband has said that disabled facilities across the region are not adequate while councillors agree more needs to be done for accessibility.

Concerns around the installation of Motueka cycleways have resulted in conspiracy theories consuming much of the community board's public forum time.

A defamation case taken by West Coast Regional Councillor Frank Dooley against Buller Mayor Jamie Cleine has so far cost Buller ratepayers more than $15,000.

Cries of "no way" rang out through a courtroom as a judge ordered the destruction of a Tauranga rottweiler that bit a vet.

Murray Guy was ejected from a tumultuous Tauranga City Council meeting because he refused to stop speaking from the public gallery.

Auckland Council has found two Loafers Lodge-type boarding houses bad enough to trigger a dangerous building notice.

Human poo, used sanitary pads and fears for children's privacy are some of the reasons Rotorua's "smallest school" is pleading for neighbouring properties to not be allowed to build up.

Garth Mathieson is one of 11 people who have had their request to speak in public forum at a Tauranga City Council meeting turned down by commission chairperson Anne Tolley.

The Opera House and the Michael Fowler Centre have been issued with earthquake-prone building notices. Audio

Wellington city councillors have voted to allow a proposal of a three-year halt on rate payments for people to fix their earthquake-prone buildings to go out for public consolation.

Former West Coast Regional Council chairperson Allan Birchfield taunted fellow councillor Frank Dooley saying, "hit me Frank" during an altercation in May.

After languishing for a decade, there is a new sense of momentum in the centre of Tauranga.

North Canterbury police are seeing a change in the nature of protests since the Covid-19 lockdowns.