2014 report revealed $2.6b needed to fix asbestos cement pipes, or ones in poor condition.

The Hawke's Bay DHB election has a record field. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Can infrastructure ever catch up to growth? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Mayor insists council boss is worth new salary of $444,000.

COMMENT: Who on Earth would anyone want to run a dysfunctional council any way?

Gisborne treasure Meng Foon in his last days as mayor. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Hamilton Mayor Andrew King says his five billboards aren't electioneering.

Hamilton mayor Andrew King accused of being "ageist" after promoting new councillor.

Winston Peters is "where we need him", independence group says.

As Parliament comes to its final weeks, National is hoping to make few final law changes.

The Otago Regional Council's very existence is on the line as the Dunedin City Council considers the merits of a unitary council for the city.

I live in the go-to suburb for "gentrification" comedy. Even a house in naff Avondale is now unaffordable.

Brian Rudman asks, how many buildings does the panel think can penetrate a viewshaft before the view becomes as extinct as the volcano we can no longer see?

It is a city that prides itself on its diverse ethnic communities, but Auckland is run by a club of white men living in the wealthy suburbs.

A super city proposal for Wellington scrapped in favour of less rigorous change is being lamented as a lost opportunity.

There is strong opposition to a proposed Wellington super city, a survey has shown.

Questions remain about missing evidence and gaps in the Judith Collins investigation.

Civic leaders on Auckland's North Shore are trying to get a public pool designed for kids to "let loose" on playing features without disturbing mature patrons trying to exercise.

Len Brown is not the man Aucklanders thought he was when they elected him their mayor for a second term just last Saturday.

Auckland Council's local boards are about to get an injection of young blood, with the success of three candidates aged under 30 in Saturday's elections.

Auckland ratepayers and charities have stepped in to help students at two low-income South Auckland schools pay for their learner driver's licences.

Instead of calling a dead dog's owner to say their pet had been hit by a car, an Auckland call centre said they would send a street cleaner to pick it up.

The Whakatane District Council faces turmoil with the possibility of 10,000 residents defecting to neighbouring Kawerau.