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Rotorua Lakes Council adopts first accessibility policy
12 Apr 2025It applies to a range of council work, from new projects and renewals of public buildings and footpaths, to its events, employment, services and communication.
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Final kilometre of Tarawera sewerage pipeline work to restart
13 Apr 2025Works were paused in February during Environment Court proceedings.
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Air Chathams may pull Whakatāne route
Air Chathams needs support from Whakatāne District Council and the community if is to continue providing flights to the Eastern Bay.
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Council may ditch credit rating agency after downgrade
10 Apr 2025The Waimakariri District Council could ditch the credit rating agency S&P after it received a credit rating downgrade.
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'Don't waste a good crisis': Māngere offered hope after disaster
12 Apr 2025The two flood resilience projects promises long-term protection for one of the Auckland's most flood-affected communities.
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Court dismisses injunction halting controversial Tauranga Marine Precinct sale
12 Apr 2025The judge's decision found the arguments for stopping the sale "generally weak", and that claims of a local boat fleet being harmed were "overstated". Audio
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Mayor demands answers over rural health centre delays
11 Apr 2025Ruapehu mayor Weston Kirton says his community is being stonewalled as inquiries about the planned Waimarino Wellness Centre in Raetihi go unanswered.
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Rare native plant thriving after road works discovery
10 Apr 2025The Brachyglottis turneri, or Manawa Kawa can only be found in 11 locations in Taranaki and a handful of places in Whanganui.
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Free laundry service a 'load off' for families, first-time user says
10 Apr 2025As housing hardship deepens across Aotearoa New Zealand, not-for-profit Orange Sky Aotearoa has launched a permanent, free laundry pod in Māngere.
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Teen boy's hikoi for Māori wards
9 Apr 2025A 15-year-old boy from Whakatāne's walk for wards aims to keep Māori voices in local government.
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Iwi, mayors, tourism partners team up to finish cycle trail
9 Apr 2025Iwi leaders, local government and Māori tourism representatives are banding together in a push to ensure the final sections of a "nationally significant" cycle trail are completed.
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Proposed Nelson freedom camping ban useless without enforcement - locals
9 Apr 2025After receiving many complaints, freedom camping is proposed to be banned at three Nelson sites, but the problems won't go away without enforcement, stakeholders say.
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Mum recalls 'horrendous aftermath' of dog attack on son
7 Apr 2025The Auckland mum is sharing her story as part of Dog Bite Prevention Week.
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Partially blind man gets Kāinga Ora home after two years in emergency housing
8 Apr 2025Tenants will move in next week, helping reduce the number of Gisborne residents in emergency housing.
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How Polyfest is shaping educational futures for NZ's Pacific youth
7 Apr 2025Performers are also building confidence, sharpening academic skills, and finding belonging often missing in traditional classrooms, a tutor says.
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Mayor raises security concerns after abusive messages
4 Apr 2025It follows a meeting disruption from an upset member of the public.
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Legal bid to halt sewerage pipe works fails in Environment Court
2 Apr 2025The decision comes less than two weeks since an urgent hearing.
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Rural residents challenge BOP boundary changes
2 Apr 2025The Representation Commission is consulting on its electoral boundary review that will see changes to the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua electorates for the 2026 general election. Audio
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Cash shortfall threatens 125-year-old art gallery
6 Apr 2025As of 31 December 2024, the Suter Art Gallery had a net loss of $183,000, which is expected to climb.
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Two Northland Mayors face in-house challenges
5 Apr 2025Far North Mayor Moko Tepania and Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo are both facing in-house leadership challenges in the upcoming October local elections.
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Canterbury farmers ask MPs to cut red tape
North Canterbury farmers want to help boost the economy, but say the red tape needs to go.
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Former ECan chair blasts councillors for 'acting like emus'
4 Apr 2025Environment Canterbury's former chair says his colleagues are ''acting like emus'' by allowing staff to continue planning work in the face of legislative change.
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'Kick in the guts': Homeowners' fight over cyclone-hit property rates
4 Apr 2025Landowners whose homes were submerged by Cyclone Gabrielle say it is unfair to force them to pay the exact same rates as they were before the destruction.
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Disabled people will be ‘further isolated’ if travel subsidy cut
3 Apr 2025A council plan to disincentivise a mobility service amid ballooning costs has been criticised by a disability group.
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