Public can be ‘brutal’: Councillors defend use of closed-door workshops
The ombudsman’s call to open council workshops is a ‘hard nut to crack’.
The ombudsman’s call to open council workshops is a ‘hard nut to crack’.
The land was purchased by Tauranga City Council in 1982.
Revealed: The fire report that led to a backpackers' being deemed a dangerous building.
Omanu resident has been pushing for a community garden since 2021.
The council issued the lodge two dangerous building notices within a week.
A group of five councillors dominated the voting as major changes took place.
The council commission decided to delay the plans at a meeting on Monday.
'Council is maintaining a watching brief on legal developments.'
Seven homes to be demolished after floods ripped through seaside town of Waihī Beach.
But restaurants can still serve alcohol from 9am.
"I am resisting the urge to say ‘I told you so’,” one councillor said.
Tui Shortland's resignation effective from Tuesday's meeting; she stays on the council.
The meeting opened with the words: “Kia hora te marino”.
Northland council rates are due on Monday, but many are struggling to pay.
With too many unregistered dogs for door-to-door visits, the fines will be mailed.
Moko Tepania said it has been a "hell of a year" but there's plenty more to do.
A proposal to put sportsfields on the land sparked community backlash.
A late addition to a submission to the Government about managed retreat was presented.
It is also looking at leasing its full $25m portfolio to a community housing provider.
New rules mean the council will need to lower speed limits around schools.
Plans for a cycleway in Te Puke have been canned because of community opposition.
Bars will now have to stop admitting people earlier.
A fire gutted the Golden Glow Motel's main building almost two years ago.
Tania Tapsell will visit two of Rotorua's sister cities at a cost of $10,000.
The Western Bay of Plenty development is one step closer, despite opposition.
Tapsell is concerned about 14 providers she believes might be taking in tenants.
Returning paper roads to marae is 'partially undoing a significant wrong'.
He says the culture of closed-door workshops is 'ingrained'.
"Some of them simply do not want to abide by rules," Rotorua Lakes Council says.
It went in within a week of Mary Smith sharing her story with Local Democracy Reporting.