Queenstown Lakes District Council seeks 35-year consent to pump wastewater into Kawarau River | RNZ News Skip to

UN Security Council to vote on authorising force to protect Hormuz | RNZ News Skip to

Police? Council? FENZ? Who knew what and when before the Mount Maunganui landslide? | RNZ

Christchurch council staff back away from mayor's proposal to pump sewage into sea | RNZ News

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Pūkaha wildlife centre to have council observer | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori Pacific IndoNZ

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Western Springs Bowl given green light by Auckland Council | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori Pacific IndoNZ

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Media Council finds two complaints had no grounds to proceed | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts

Tauranga City Council votes for independent review into fatal Mt Maunganui landslide | RNZ News News Life Radio

Auckland Council spends more than $100,000 in legal fight over off-leash dog ban | RNZ

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video

Gisborne District Council urged to stop 'appeasing' forestry industry | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te

the council changed course over breaching its own rules. Last year it appointed a council member, Tom Gott, as

the council changed course over breaching its own rules. Last year it appointed a council member, Tom Gott, as

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Palmerston North council forking out an extra $2500 daily for fuel | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts

canopy cover. "A 'Help Save Our Trees' petition has been submitted to council, requesting that council reconsider

Failed Wellington mayoral candidate trespassed from Upper Hutt council offices | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori Pacific

Auckland mayor blasts regional council after Kaitāia flooding hits $120m precinct | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori

Unwell woman risks homelessness after council acquires assets of holiday park | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te

botting@nzme.co.nz Former minister of foreign affairs Murray McCully chairs Whangārei District Council's new council-controlled

Wellington City Council considers budget cuts in bid to slow rates increases | RNZ News News

Wairarapa council hopes new anti-erosion tech will be 'magic bullet' to protect crucial road | RNZ

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that the council is conducting its governance appropriately and any disagreements between council members can be managed

Hutt City Council trials after-hours roaming dog patrols | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori

artist impression of the sludge minimisation plant. (File photo) Photo: Supplied / Wellington City Council Wellington City Council's

Airbnb owners in South Wairarapa may face new council charge | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao

next council term has failed. Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails 'We can move

Pūkaha Wildlife Centre gets $200,000 loan from Masterton District Council | RNZ News News Life Radio Podcasts Video Te Ao Māori

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Displaying items 1 - 25 of 291 in total Auckland mayor blasts regional council over Kaitāia flooding 3

co.nz Residents at a Fenton Park retirement home are petitioning the council over a recent

close the popular track. Closure of ‘spectacular’ sinkhole stuns climber 'Like jackhammers vibrating': Council ditches speed bumps despite

Grant Dermody's behaviour will be the subject of a special council meeting this week. Invercargill

next council term has failed. Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails Hastings residents will

headstones" and other recent maintenance issues at Rotorua cemeteries have left mourners disappointed. Rotorua Lakes Council says the issue

and said it could not replace the sleepers without permanently removing the council-owned walkway. In

found in central Otago lake during search for missing French national Antoine Richard Council welcomed back into water

highest and least affordable in the country, a new council-commissioned report says. Including

the government will reduce the minimum housing capacity required for Auckland Council's Plan Change 120

changed as the government scales back Auckland's minimum housing target even further. Auckland Council had been progressing a

Lakes Council district development deputy chief executive Jean-Paul Gaston. Photo: Rotorua Daily Post/Laura Smith Council destination and development

can reopen Strait with a little more time security The UN Security Council is now expected to

land. Gisborne District Council urged to stop 'appeasing' forestry industry Gisborne mayor reflects on council staffing, RMA reforms and

email Share on Reddit Share on Linked In Photo: 123RF The Midwifery Council has been directed to

the possibility of fuel shortages. McGrath, who doesn't have a council car, said it was

Lakes Council district development deputy chief executive Jean-Paul Gaston. Photo: Rotorua Daily Post/Laura Smith Council destination and development

as a community facility", Camp Rangi Woods trust chairperson Shayne Harris said. Photo: Horizons Regional Council declined an offer at

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Grant Dermody's behaviour will be the subject of a special council meeting this week. Photo

has been calling for changes for more than a decade. Council animal control officers have

of $58 per property to strengthen local emergency management capability. Overall, Hastings District Council is proposing a

doing neither, he said. In the bill, central government - not the council - gets the final

a decade-old rule resurfaces. Rotorua lake businesses blindsided by decade-old resource consent rule Council tightens museum's free

loved ones, and they deserve answers. I acknowledge that the Tauranga City Council has ordered its own

to see that was the effect of the polluted water." Auckland Council has tacked up signs

Dean is delighted by the Christchurch mayor's suggestion that the city council should contribute millions of

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25 of 76 in total Pūkaha wildlife centre to have council observer 3 Apr 2026

average of 66 hours each year stuck in traffic at peak times, council says. Photo: DAVID WHITE

big catering bill. Audio Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings Council's $100k

been mired in controversy since it was first supported by Hawke's Bay Regional Council (HBRC) almost a

odt.co.nz Invercargill deputy mayor Grant Dermody was found to have breached his council's code of

head of transport and parking compliance Rick Bidgood said the council organisation had considered people

in the walls. Woolworths fined $33,000 over rat infestation at South Dunedin supermarket Council considers sanctioning first-term

Hall , Hawkes Bay LDR Linda.Hall@nzme.co.nz Some homes in Napier City Council-owned residential development are

vulnerable will soon lose their home base as new parking restrictions come into force. Masterton District Council's new parking limits

be," she said. That's despite 18 months of work from the council to patch

damage and visitors using the "bushes as toilets''. The Mackenzie District Council's Lake Tekapo Master

the storm that ripped through the region in January . Thames-Coromandel District Council and Hauraki

afternoon. McGrath was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied / Napier City Council Napier's council made

how council decisions affect people in our community. People can contact me about anything council related from rates to

water notice. Audio Boil water notice continues after Auckland E coli found Brown cuts lunches at council meetings after $1 million

geckos and pollinators thrive. Zoo talks boost Ngāmotu natives in Conservation Week Council abuse reports triple as

grain and the pasta-maker bringing it to the plate Council hopes new anti-erosion

Westport would operate on Friday, 1 May. Buller Mayor Chris Russell said he and council staff had been advocating

open early next year. The airport said it was also working with Wellington City Council and the

up to provide. Te Toi Mahana , an independent community housing provider, took over Wellington City Council's housing portfolio in

has been in hot water this year with two breaches of his council's code of

by independent consultant Rebecca Needham and commissioned by the New Zealand China Council, was published on Wednesday

Hall , Hawkes Bay LDR Linda.Hall@nzme.co.nz Some homes in Napier City Council-owned residential development are

s visitor economy. Photo: LDR/supplied But Nelson Mayor Nick Smith disagreed, saying during Nelson City Council's Thursday meeting that

issued a trespass notice late last week. Failed Wellington mayoral candidate trespassed from Upper Hutt council offices Wellington council asks

Sir Bryan Williams, former All Black and Ponsonby Rugby stalwart, was absent from Auckland Council's governing body meeting

tracking below the same point in last year's vote. However, Auckland Council said it was normal

District and South Wairarapa , but there has been no significant regulation on it. Auckland City Council told RNZ short-term

local woman Chrissy Sainsbury, local MP Katie Nimon and local rangatahi. Photo: Wairoa District Council Communities in Northern

Tuesday - the first two days of term four following advice from Hamilton City Council and Ministry

local woman Chrissy Sainsbury, local MP Katie Nimon and local rangatahi. Photo: Wairoa District Council Communities in Northern

Democracy Reporter susan.botting@nzme.co.nz Far North Mayor Moko Tepania at the council's head office in

Mayor Moko Tepania faces possibly the first ever media standup at the council chambers in Kaikohe

KELLY O'HARA / SUPPLIED A Mount Maunganui leader has accused the city council of excluding

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Indonesia ascends to the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council, the country

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damage and visitors using the "bushes as toilets''. The Mackenzie District Council's Lake Tekapo Master

protection] scheme to its limits," Kitchen, who is also a Northland Regional Council (NRC) councillor, said. Far