Local Government

Wellington's new mayor says he does not want Wellington's housing situation to "become another Auckland". Video

The union for workers at a Dunedin council-owned lines company says the replacement of rotten power poles needs to be sped up.

A Dunedin lines company manager turned whistle-blower says staff would talk about the risk from rotting and failing power poles. Audio

The new mayor of Marlborough District has made a plea for the new council to respect the decision-making process they have been elected to do.

Horowhenua's new mayor has agreed to work in the council's office building, after previously refusing to enter it due to concerns about its structural integrity.

Queenstown's new mayor has chosen a Wanaka representative as his deputy and reinstated four committees abolished by his predecessor.

A new filter has been installed at a South Dunedin pumping station to help drain away stormwater in the event of a flood.

A member's bill that would restore a fully elected regional council to Canterbury has been pulled from the ballot in Parliament.

It is the Christchurch City Council's incompetence - not a lack of contractors - delaying the completion of projects, construction companies say.

The Buller District Council says the final count of votes has altered the outcome in the Seddon ward.

Analysis - Phil Goff's stated top priority of lifting the council's reputation suggests the shrill rhetoric of the campaign may still ring too loudly in his ears, writes Todd Niall.

Post-election news stories are mostly about the victors and how much they won by - but what of those who fought hard on the campaign trail but came up short?

Phil Goff is being urged to make housing and transport his top priorities as mayor of Auckland by shoppers at the city's markets at the weekend. Video

More than 100 people have missed out on voting in Horowhenua thanks to a "shonky" election process, the newly elected mayor and residents association says.

A safety campaigner warns it is only a matter of time before there's another fatal accident at a level crossing in Auckland if nothing is done about the risk.

In a last effort to get more Aucklanders to vote in the local-body elections, a temporary voting box was set up yesterday afternoon in the Manukau shopping centre.

A Dunedin councillor and mayoral candidate has told another candidate he's not up to the job because he has cerebral palsy. Video