Lower Hutt City Council Photo: RNZ / ANA TOVEY
Hutt City Council is considering adding a non-binding referendum question to this year's local election ballot, a new candidate has entered the race for the capital's next mayor.
A fourth person has been charged with manslaughter in the Loafers Lodge fire, and the owners of a four-year-old beagle that bit a woman's ankle say their dog is not menacing.
Tom Hunt is a journalist with Wellington paper The Post.
