The Maori Council's Waitangi Tribunal water claim has served notice that the "taniwha" of Maori customary ownership has been awakened by the Government's partial asset sales plan.

36 Auckland Council delegates will be at a Local Govt conference in Queenstown, costing ratepayers more than $93k.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority made an ass of itself this week, slapping Michael Laws with a wet bus ticket.

The Auditor-General is investigating a complaint that a secret report on the V8 supercars was hidden from Auckland Council.

As a fan, Matt Greenop is happy to see the V8s get funding. But as a ratepayer, he has a different view.

Freedom campers who urinate and defecate in public and bathe naked in Lake Taupo are ruining business and a pristine environment, say local tourism operators.