Local Council

A council has won its case to take steps to make motels used for emergency housing safer from fire and other threats.

Helen Beaumont had been out of office since February, with a colleague temporarily taking on the role in her absence.

As the attraction recovers from the pandemic, the area is struggling with the impact extreme weather has had on the roads.

The $4 million-funded Wellington Underground Asset Map will change the way buried infrastructure, such as telecommunications cables, gas pipes, and other services, are installed and maintained.

Canterbury Regional Council has applied to renew its own consents to spray chemicals for weed control - but it's both the applicant and consent authority.

West Coast ratepayers now face among the biggest rates increases in the country.

From today, Auckland Council will be reducing some services including noise control and mowing in parks as part of its annual budget cost cutting.

The government is following through on a promised ban on new coal boilers, and phasing out existing ones by 2037.

National says it will have the money, but stopped short of confirming where it will build a second Ashburton/Hakatere River bridge.

Wellington City Council have voted against withdrawing from the Let's Get Wellington Moving program.

Mayor Nadine Taylor says it is a relatively high rates increase, at a time when households are facing cost-of-living pressures.

Ratepayers in South Wairarapa are facing one of the biggest rate rises in the country this year.

John Ryan is recommending consistent leadership for its emergency management team as part of the council's response planning.