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Local Focus: Tauranga rates rise under fire
Residents question 12.6 per cent rates hike. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Multi-billion-dollar red flag over Wellington's water woes
2014 report revealed $2.6b needed to fix asbestos cement pipes, or ones in poor condition.
A city that is going places
Disruption in Auckland is inevitable when you are making transformational change.
The sprinkler bandits of Hastings
Residents breaking bylaws in Hastings. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'City of cones, cranes and cameras' but Auckland's growing pains worth it
Auckland's dramatic transformation is necessary to develop it as a future-ready city.
Fran O'Sullivan: Auckland's Game-Changer
COMMENT: The Super City has finally achieved an exciting momentum.
Timing is everything: Cam Wilson explains how to unlock housing at Drury
Upgrades to the rail network will unlock Drury.
Demand for big South Auckland industrial park as Stevenson Group digs in
From Papakura through to Paerata will host a similar population to North Shore's 200,000.
How to build a community from the ground up
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Local Focus: Retirement homes in Kawerau are 'go'
64 units set to be built, freeing up houses for others. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Wetland, parkland or stormwater drain? Trouble in paradise
There's a storm brewing along the waterways of Pāpāmoa. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kawerau welcomes PGF cash injection
Small towns reaping the benefits in investment and jobs. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Wellington water fiasco: 'My whole life has turned to s***'
Councillors move on mayor after council warned it is 'misreading the mood in Wellington'.
Brian Rudman: $150,000 splurge on cultural consultant like a two-fingered salute to Goff and ratepayers
Brian Rudman: $150,000 on cultural consultant sends wrong message to Goff, ratepayers
Comment: Wellington mayor struggling to spread his wings
Andy Foster needs to orchestrate, not try and play every instrument in the symphony.
Local Focus: Council's Youth Committee needs rascals
Nicole Grey at Whanganui District Council wants you(th). Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Napier demolition the largest 'in living memory'
Napier Civic Building to be demolished. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Councils eye pulling out of 'contentious' arts fund
Lower Hutt and Porirua considering withdrawing from Wellington Regional Amenities Fund.
Airbnb rules are a tangled mess
We say: Government needs to take the lead ahead of a council crackdown.
Mayoral taskforce launched over Wellington's water woes
Wellington City Council moves into damage control over significant network failures.
Councillors told off for picking on each other
Councillors told to stop picking on each after jeers fly at committee meeting on parking.
Tauranga shootings: Armed police hit streets as gang violence escalates
Scared and angry locals want something done about violent crime in Tauranga.
Ratepayers to cough up for TCDC's $12m costs blowout
Thames Coromandel home and bach owners face a 10 per cent rates rise, plus higher charges.
Steve Baron: Councils are leaking billions of dollars on fixed interest loans
Comment: Given councils have done so poorly, one wonders why they are paying for advice.
Bach owners face massive rates hike after council blows budget
TCDC ratepayers will be hit with a much higher rates increase in 2020/21.
Local Focus: Rotorua Council forgives unpaid parking tickets
Council confirmed the gesture for first-time offenders. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
NZ's youngest mayor still gets asked for ID
Campbell Barry is New Zealand's youngest mayor, at 28 years old.
Outgoing Auckland Council boss to head national polytechnic
Steven Town will take up his new role, in Wellington, on July 6.
Auckland Council chief executive quits $698,000 job
Stephen Town has been chief executive for nearly seven years.
Investigation into former Wellington mayor's email mix-up drags on
Wellington City Council probe into alleged leak includes computer system search attempt.
A third of Wellington's wastewater pipes in poor condition
Wellington's poo-gate systematic of a national problem that's been neglected for too long.
'Ghost homes': Akl Council wants to use empty private houses for homeless
Auckland Council wants to tenant vacant houses - if it can get around privacy concerns.