Making it work: Young councillors put jobs on hold
As one door opens another closes, because being on council is not a "retirement gig".
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Comment: The worst voter turnout ever, six years after the worse turnout ever.
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Local Focus: The big Napier wastewater fear
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Editorial: People have spoken, now like it or lump it
EDITORIAL: The die has been cast and we now live with the results for the next 3 years.
Paul Cornish: Confessions of a local body candidate
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Council bonuses of $1.1m despicable, says Living Wage group
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Auckland council executives paid $1m in bonuses
Unelected Auckland boards reward staff with generous salary extras.
One vote in it: NZ's tightest election race and 'one of the hardest elections I have faced' says candidate
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Grave concerns for missing Gisborne woman
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'Dodgy Wellington transport deal should be dead'
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Wairoa's mayor Craig Little has been re-elected for a third term
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Dear Auckland, thank you for privilege of again representing you and this city as mayor.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Few care about council elections
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Palmerston North mayor wanted more debates
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'Diversity burst' shatters council old boys' club
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Bernard Orsman: Auckland's new council and the balance of power
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Dunedin goes Green with the city's next mayor
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Phil Goff wins a second term as Auckland Mayor
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Local Focus: Candidate brings focus back on velodrome roof
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Local Focus: Can we ever be mates with rates?
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Local Focus: 'Tick that box or don't moan'
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