Women left council to start natural health businesses. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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.

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

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.

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.

Auckland's congestion can be solved by hiring cars rather than owning them.

The PSA says Hamilton council staff think a 15 per cent pay rise for its CEO is unfair.

Hamilton City Council CEO's salary has risen 33 per cent in three years.

Lawyers for a community sports body have questioned the status of its Auckland paymaster

Proposal that could lead to microchipping, registration for cats became a official policy.

Resigning Rural Community Board member Euan McLachlan says job offer was too good to miss.

Tradies say subdivision's curving path a bit of a joke but not everyone is laughing.

COMMENT: Is your local council doing enough about mitigating effects of climate change?

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

Snippets of news around Northland.