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SNAs rear their head again - and get pushed back
9 Aug 2024Hearings on the most controversial part of the West Coast's new district plan have been put back till November, as councils hope for confirmation that they no longer need to plan for significant…
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Failed transport hub: Tauranga council appeals High Court decision over costs
8 Aug 2024Tauranga City Council is awaiting a new trial date in its bid to recoup millions of dollars lost in a failed transport hub.
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Ex-councillor wins legal battle against council over pines
8 Aug 2024A former Marlborough councillor has overcome the final legal hurdle after taking the council to court over management of pines on his land.
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Three Canterbury councils unite for water plan
8 Aug 2024The Kaikōura, Hurunui and Waimakariri councils announced they will create a water services delivery plan together, once the new water legislation comes into effect.
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Councillor-turned-MP on salary donations and hate mail
7 Aug 2024Councillor-turned-MP Jamie Arbuckle said he received "a lot of phone calls from a lot of charities" when he announced he would donate his council salary.
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Stallions and loose horses a risk to safety
7 Aug 2024The subject of risks to the safety of both horses and people caused by stallions in the town was discussed at an Ōpōtiki District Council meeting on Tuesday.
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Ban on liquor sales after 9pm approved in Auckland
7 Aug 2024The new policy includes stricter trading hours, meaning bottle shops and supermarkets across the region cannot sell alcohol after 9pm.
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Rotorua Lakes Council installs fence to deter illegal rubbish dumping
12 Aug 2024Kiri Danielle has cleaned up rubbish dumped on the mountain over the past 12 years.
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Confusion in Gisborne: Councillors mistakenly vote for stricter alcohol rules
10 Aug 2024Councillors mistakenly voted for stricter rules, thinking they were removing CBD restrictions.
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Rotorua council injunction bid for sewerage works fails - for now
9 Aug 2024A council legal bid for an injunction to get protesters to stay at least a metre from controversial sewerage works near Rotorua's sacred Lake Rotokākahi has failed - for now.
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Gisborne council votes to keep Māori wards, public poll to take place
9 Aug 2024Many councillors said their decision to retain was made to represent the 54 percent Māori population in Gisborne who have historically been under-represented at the council table.
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Kaipara District Council votes to disestablish Māori ward
7 Aug 2024It has become the first council to do so under the new rules in a tense meeting.
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‘It will be ugly’: Council warns cost of water set to balloon
6 Aug 2024A rural council that hit its debt ceiling while expecting relief from Three Waters cash is warning that the cost of water services is about to balloon.
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Māori leader calls for mayor's resignation over Māori ward move
7 Aug 2024The council will potentially be the first council in the country to get rid of Māori wards under legislation passed last week.
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‘Exasperated’: Tauranga ferry decision delayed
6 Aug 2024Auckland water taxi company Hauraki Express is prepared to build two ferries for the service if local councils will subsidise the fares.
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'A step backwards': Māori ward's fate hangs on council's vote on public referendum
4 Aug 2024It has been described by the region's first Māori ward councillor as frustrating and heartbreaking.
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‘Naming and shaming’ illegal dumpers a success, despite privacy concerns
4 Aug 2024Enforcing fines and exposing offenders on social media is deterring illegal dumping in Māngere, but community leaders say more education is also needed.
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Region's Māori wards' future uncertain as new law kicks in
29 Jul 2024The new rules mean Northland's councils must poll their communities at the next election if they want to keep their Māori wards.
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Too full to take the bait? Rabbit cull delayed amid food boom
26 Jul 2024A poison drop to cull the number of rabbits in central Blenheim has been delayed after warm weather meant the pest already had "a lot of feed".
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Kaipara council poised to become first to can Māori ward
3 Aug 2024Mayor Craig Jepson would not predict the decision but said he would be voting to remove the ward.
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Far North council fears mining on historic Māori sites under fast-track Bill
1 Aug 2024Far North District Council is calling for part of the fast-tracking bill to be wiped due to fears it will allow mining currently prohibited in outstanding natural areas.
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Fears deepen for Canterbury's shrinking lake
29 Jul 2024Lake Camp has been a summer recreational mecca for over half a century - but families fear it will be too dry to use this summer.
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Family mulls moving down the road to double accommodation supplement
5 Aug 2024A mum says her supplement would almost double if she moved just a few minutes down the road.
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Liquor licence hurdles halt Gisborne bar plans
31 Jul 2024A Gisborne man spent hundreds of thousands on renovations for a planned bar, not realising his liquor licence had been appealed.
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