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Ngāti Hāua Treaty Settlement Begins Journey Through Parliament

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:49 pm | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter

A small delegation of tribal members will travel to Wellington on behalf of Ngāti Hāua to attend the first reading of the Bill on Thursday. More >>

Taylorville Dump Applies For Temporary Consent

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:45 pm | Lois Williams - Local Democracy Reporter

The Council will process the consent on a limited notification basis, giving people the right to submit if they are considered to be directly affected, it says. More >>

Bluff Gorse Stoush: Ex-Councillor Hasn’t Paid Council Bill

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:38 pm | Matthew Rosenberg - Local Democracy Reporter

Karen Arnold has been embroiled in a battle with the organisation since 2022 when her section at Theodore St, Bluff, began failing inspections due to overgrowth. More >>

Strong Support For Waimakariri Water Plan

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:21 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter

Submissions to the Waimakariri District Council's annual plan were overwhelmingly in favour of the council's Local Water Done Well proposal to go it alone. More >>

Water Skiers Call For Review Of Lake Hood Closure

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:17 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

Users of Lake Hood are calling for a review of the closure process after undertaking their own water testing. More >>

Memorial For Unmarked Graves ‘Place Of Healing And Unity’

Monday, 12 May 2025, 8:09 pm | Torika Tokalau - Local Democracy Reporter

The decision to build a memorial came in the wake of the publication of Dr Robert Bartholomew's 2020 book No Māori Allowed, which detailed historic racism in Pukekohe, and the subsequent Reikura Kahi documentary of the same name. More >>

Lake Hood’s Toxic Algae Levels Drop

Monday, 12 May 2025, 8:04 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

Testing shows a reduction in toxic algae at Lake hood but not enough to have the health warning removed just yet. More >>

Support Tabled For Remutaka Action Group

Monday, 12 May 2025, 8:02 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

A group is advocating for the Remutaka Hill road to be listed as nationally significant. More >>

Hastings Deputy Mayor Tania Kerr Stepping Down After Long Tenure

Monday, 12 May 2025, 7:56 pm | Linda Hall - Local Democracy Reporter

Tania Kerr has served as deputy mayor of Hastings District Council for the past eight years, a councillor for 17 years, and a member of the Hastings District Rural Community Board since 2001. More >>

David Seymour Backs Watercress Seller Facing $600 Council Fee

Monday, 12 May 2025, 7:41 pm | Laura Smith - Local Democracy Reporter

Minister for Regulation David Seymour has written in support of a watercress seller who after 30 years was told he needed to register to sell, at a cost of $619. More >>

Ruapehu Mayoralty: Challengers Emerge, Kirton Yet To Confirm

Saturday, 10 May 2025, 10:49 am | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter

Ruapehu district councillors Lyn Neeson and Fiona Kahukura Hadley-Chase have announced they will contest the Ruapehu mayoralty in this year’s local body elections. More >>

The Old School Building That A Community Tried To Sell On Facebook

Saturday, 10 May 2025, 10:47 am | Matthew Rosenberg - Local Democracy Reporter

The school closed in 1971 and its building hasn’t been used since 2015 when a local playgroup moved to the nearby hall. More >>

Ruapehu Mayoralty: Challengers Emerge, Kirton Yet To Confirm

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:43 pm | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter

Mayoralty bid: Two Ruapehu district councillors have announced their mayoralty bids ahead of October's local body elections. More >>

Gisborne Mayor Invites Act Leader David Seymour To Witness Mayors’ Role In Schools And Community

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:41 pm | Zita Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter

Stoltz has participated in a campaign promoting school attendance with posters being put up at most schools and around town. More >>

Vi Hausia Urges Community Engagement, Voter Turnout In Local Elections

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:37 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter

The civil engineer is one of the youngest elected Pacific members on the Auckland Council, serving as deputy chair of the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board. More >>

Student’s Rallying Call For Unity: ‘I’m Tired Of Discrimination’

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:35 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter

Rather than settling for cultural weeks and symbolic gestures, Pillay called for student voice panels in schools, co-designed curriculums that reflect Aotearoa’s true diversity, and spaces where young people feel safe and heard. More >>

Massive Water Rehab Project Celebrates ‘Win For The Environment’

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:33 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

More than two years after it lodged a resource consent application, the Hekeao/Hinds Water Enhancement Trust (HHWET) has been granted consent, with conditions, to expand. More >>