A Hauraki town faces a huge clean up after a summer deluge.

Long-term funding needed to help councils meet growing tourist influx, lobby group says.

NZ doesn't have a co-ordinated plan to adapt to future climate change, Govt report finds.

Leading architects say extending wharf to create America's Cup base is a bad idea

COMMENT: In a one-day period major critical services have been exposed as haphazard.

We are a region. Our future lies as a region, and we have to pay for it.

A resident's association has put the Christchurch City Council on notice.

Hamilton mayor Andrew King won't invest in playgrounds, libraries or the zoo.

Local Government Commission rejects secession bids by Northern Rodney and Waiheke Island.

Comment: Paying rates based on the value of our house is insane

Federated Farmers signals the end of lengthy legal saga over GMO regulation in Northland.

COMMENT: Rural Rodney finds the Auckland Council too big, too distant from its needs.

It's been called a slow-moving crisis. How will NZ deal with rising seas that threaten it?

Auckland's bold mission to rid itself of pests has been met with a groundswell of support.

Phil Goff celebrates his first year as Auckland Mayor in the midst of a salary scandal.

Buller council face by-election after it was revealed a councillor was not a citizen.

A business owner alerted Auckland Transport about the Birkenhead slip four weeks ago.

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

Residents' six-year battle to move sex workers from plying trade outside their homes.

Labour's tax U-turn will not stop it from fixing NZ's housing woes, Jacinda Ardern says.

Investment needs to go into regional NZ to support economic growth, says Kevin Jaffe.

Environment Minister has welcomed a drop of poison bait at the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary.

Latest vision includes reclamation of ferry basin.

Where do political parties stand on science funding and natural hazards?

Western Bay of Plenty ratepayers are once again paying the highest rates in the country.

An Auckland councillor called for the head of the region's major sporting body to resign.

Ngāi Te Rangi support it but who else does? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

12 junior students from Poroti School take a seat around council table for a day.

Almost 25 per cent of Hawke's Bay's monitored swimming spots were deemed unsafe.

Something will have to give when planning project and, initially, it could be painful.