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Rotorua councillor Peter Bentley says the mayor's actions at a council meeting on Thursday were the final straw.

Rotorua council has pressed "pause" on its Māori wards bill, with Labour retracting its support.

The law seeking to amend the number and makeup of council wards in Rotorua, would need to pass by 1 June to be enacted in time for the October local elections.

Peter Bentley stepped down after a fiery exchange with mayor Steve Chadwick over the issue of a bill to change electoral laws.

Labour's support of Rotorua council's bill to change electoral rules for the district could be floundering, after the Attorney General found it was not consistent with the Bill of Rights Act.

A proposed law to introduce Māori seats to the Rotorua District Council may have to go back to square one but is salvageable, Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson says. Audio

The government will consider a report saying a proposed law to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory. Audio

The imminent cutting of rural ward councillors in Gisborne has prompted a range of reactions from elected members.

Gisborne District Council will be without rural ward councillors at its next election following a Local Government Commission hearing, missing out on its preferred option.

Rotorua will have three Māori ward seats at the next local election.

It's hoped the new local body election system for Tauranga will remedy a 'historic failure' to represent all of the city's communities.

A farmer is accusing the district council of "arrogance" for showing up to a Local Government Commission hearing with a ratepayer-funded lawyer.

When Lillian Te Hau-Ward went for a drive to inspect the damage of her small East Coast community after recent flooding, she cried and said she did not want to go back.

Wairoa's inability to attract healthcare workers has struck again with the closure of a hospital-level care unit, but the deputy mayor remains hopeful there's light at the end of the tunnel for the…

Explainer - Rotorua's council is pushing for an electoral law change. How did we get here?

Senior staff at Tokoroa Hospital are plugging the gaps on the wards to replace staff hit by Covid-19.

'Give Hamilton communities a voice' is the message from a Waikato Māori leader who believes community boards in Hamilton would be a great step forward.

Auckland Council will start formal consultation with iwi and urban Māori from next month on the creation of Māori seats in time for the 2025 election.

Tokomaru Bay locals are demanding action from the government after their community was cut in two by last week's severe flooding.

After talking to locals in Tokomaru Bay today, the prime minister says repairing roads and supporting locals with insurance issues will be priorities as the region cleans up from the week's flooding.

New Zealand's Local Government Commission ruling against district-wide voting for Whangārei's upcoming elections is a "sad indictment" on council decision-making, a former councillor says.

The chief executive of Rotorua council's iwi partnership group says the council dropped its final ward structure "out of thin air".