Last-minute amendment to cut Mayor Wayne Brown’s proposed 7.9% Auckland rates rise back to 5.9%
“This year isn’t business-as-usual; we are funding the country’s biggest transport infrastructure project ever in the City Rail…
Rotorua councillors approve major parking overhaul and new permit charges
The overhaul will also introduce new technology, including virtual parking meters, a new PayStay parking app and licence…
Far North leader Dover Samuels calls for rates freeze
Samuels said Olliver’s situation reflected what many were facing in the Far North. He believed councillors should freeze…
Tauranga sports facility projects advance as councillors demand cost control
The combined cost of the Memorial Park Aquatic Centre and a “national-scale courts and events hub” at Baypark…
Taupō councillors see future without their council
Councillors all over the country have expressed their concerns that reducing the amount of local councils could reduce…
Govt tells councils to submit radical reform plans in next three months ‘or we will do it for you’
Local Government Minister Simon Watts reiterated the ultimatum, saying the status quo was no longer feasible. “For areas…
Waikato regional councillor group backtracks on promise to quit Local Government NZ
Tipa Mahuta’s vote could not be recorded due to technology issues. The vote comes after seven councils, including…
Western Bay councillors narrowly approve Tauranga water partnership amid trust fears
Western Bay councillors were notably reluctant to agree to the partnership during the debate on Thursday, which lasted…
Hastings councillors clash over mana whenua seat on new water board
“There were people in this room who at the election were very popular but couldn’t lead their way…
Hawke’s Bay coastal v inland flood protection priorities at issue as councillors clash
However, councillor Neil Kirton disagreed. “They are starkly different beasts,” Kirton, who was part of the council’s original…
Tensions at Wellington City Council over mayor and councillors’ offices at new Jervois Quay HQ
Councillors spoken to by the Herald were unwilling to discuss on record their feelings about the new digs,…
Napier councillors decide city’s third deputy mayor in a month, Graeme Taylor
McGrath had also been top-polling candidate in the council’s new Napier Central ward, after 11 years as a…